Government holders have been divided into three categories; Direct Government Holders, Indirect Government Holders, Government Pensions. Each category is defined differently in terms of determining available shares/float. Government Holdings:   Direct government holders: Those holdings listed as .government of. are considered unavailable and will be removed entirely from available shares. Indirect government holders: Shares held by government investment boards and/or investment arms will be treated similar to large private holdings and removed if the holding is greater than 10%. Government pensions: Any holding by a government pension plan is considered institutional holdings and will not be removed from available shares.

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