Notice To Creditors Having qualified as Executor of the Estate of Michael Ballek, late of Durham County, North Carolina, the undersigned does hereby notify all persons, firms and corporations having claims against the estate of said decedent to exhibit them to the undersigned's legal counsel, Ceradini Law, PLLC, 8480 Honeycutt Road, Ste. 200, Raleigh, North Carolina 27615, on or before the 5th day of, June 2026, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons, firms and corporations indebted to the said estate will please make immediate payment to the undersigned. This the 5th day of March 2026. /s/ Matthew P. Ceradini Matthew P. Ceradini, Esq., on behalf of Beatrice Susanne Setnik, Executor Of the Estate of Michael Ballek Matthew P. Ceradini, Esq. Ceradini Law, PLLC 8480 Honeycutt Road, Ste. 200, Raleigh, NC 27615 Counsel for the Estate of Michael Ballek IPL0317532 Mar 3,10,17,24 2026