Predicted number of CCEs in the Flashlights survey for two different IMFs used in the current work. The vertical blue dashed line represents the observed number of transients in Flashlights, and the shaded region around it marks the 1σ Poisson error. The yellow and red vertical lines represent the expected number of CCEs in the Flashlights survey for Salpeter (α = 2.35) and top-heavy (α = 1.0) IMFs, respectively, and the shaded region around these lines marks the 1σ uncertainties.