American depositary receipts...Dividends?

So I own stock in Panasonic (for this issue neither good nor bad). I got the dividend...They charged the ADR charge just like my dividends in ENB (Canada) and GSK (Great Britain). But they also added a second charge of $1.95 calling it again a ADR fee. I know I have to go though banks to do these transactions (holdings and all that). Just wondering why I was charged a second fee?? Yeah, I looked on line. Don't want to bother Fidelity for this. Off hand, if you know, why the second fee??

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiXroaSvLjmAhVDXq0KHYGGCVYQFjACegQIARAB&url=https://www.aaii.com/investing-basics/article/american-depositary-receipts&usg=AOvVaw3S8gPW81NsVRQvEOo_NJ9K
 
https://www.schwab.com/public/schwab/nn/m/q207/adr.html
Last year, the Depository Trust Company (DTC) received SEC approval to start collecting custody fees on behalf of ADR agents for ADRs that do not pay periodic dividends. To collect the fees owed by ADR investors, the DTC has started charging companies like Schwab that hold ADRs for their clients. Fees charged to Schwab by the DTC are referred to as “ADR pass-through fees.”
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Pass-through fees are deducted from your account for your ADRs that do not pay dividends. For dividend-paying ADRs, agents will deduct their fees from your dividends as they have in the past. Going forward, both types of ADR fees will be identified on your statement as “ADR Pass Thru Fee.”
 
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