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        Signature
      
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        /s/ Gregory J. Quarles
      
      
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        Stock symbol
      
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        AERG
      
      
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        Transactions as of
      
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        Dec 21, 2023
      
      
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        Transactions value $
      
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        -$16,500
      
      
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        Form type
      
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        4
      
      
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        Date filed
      
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        12/26/2023, 04:56 PM
      
 
     
   
 
  
    Transactions Table
  
  
    
      
        
          | Type | Sym | Class | Transaction | Value $ | Shares | Change % | * Price $ | Shares After | Date | Ownership | Footnotes | 
      
      
          
            | transaction | AERG | Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share | Options Exercise | $3.5K | +10K |  | $0.35* | 10K | Dec 21, 2023 | Direct |  | 
          
            | transaction | AERG | Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share | Sale | -$20K | -10K | -100% | $2.00 | 0 | Dec 21, 2023 | Direct |  | 
      
    
   
  
    Derivative Securities (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
  
  
    
      
        
          | Type | Sym | Class | Transaction | Value $ | Shares | Change % | * Price $ | Shares After | Date | Underlying Class | Amount | Exercise Price | Ownership | Footnotes | 
      
      
          
            | transaction | AERG | Non-Qualified Stock Options | Options Exercise |  | -10K | -0.2% |  | 4.97M | Dec 21, 2023 | Common Stock, par value $.001 per share | 10K | $0.35 | Direct | F1 | 
          
            | holding | AERG | Restricted Stock Units |  |  |  |  |  | 1.95M | Dec 21, 2023 | Common Stock, par value $.001 per share |  | $0.00 | Direct | F2 | 
      
    
   
  
    * An asterisk sign (*) next to the price indicates that the price is likely invalid.
  
  Buy Plan / Sale Plan: These are also open market purchases/sales of shares, but in this case the transaction is part of a trading plan. Rule 10b5-1 allows insiders to setup a trading plan to buy/sell stocks over a certain period of time. Since the purchases/sales are predetermined, this protects the insiders from violating insider trading law.
  Transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c).
  
    Explanation of Responses: