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Loenttticffi: ' L Individual
Loenttticffi: ' L Individual
be*t
I Nonparticipating FFt (including an FFI related to a Reporting tcA X Nonreporting IGA FFt. Comptete part Xil.
FFI other than a deemed-compliant FFl, participating FFl,
o-r I t"r"igl g*ernr,ent, government of a u.s. possession, or foreign
owner)
exempt beneficial
central bank of issue. complete part xlll.
E Participating FFI E lrrternational organization. complete part xlv.
E Reporting Model 1 FFI E Exempt retiremL'nt plans. complete part XV.
E Reporting Model 2 n Entity wholly owrred by exempt beneficial owners. complete parl XVl.
! Registered deemed-compliant FFI (other than a reporting Model 1
tr fenitory financi;al institution. Complete part XVll.
or nonreportins IGA FFI covered in Fart xll)'
5:::Xi[:lff.:Fl' I r-""0,* nonfirranciar sroup entity. comprete part XVu.
n Ercepted nonfirrancial start-up company. Complete part XlX.
E sponsored FFl complete Part IV E Excepted nonfirancial entity in liquidation or bankruptcy.
E c"'titieo deemed-compliant nonregistering local bank. complete complete part )lX.
Part v-
tr 501(c) organization. Complete pad XXt.
E CertifieO deemed-compliant FFI with only low-value accounts. tr N,cnprotit organization. Complete part XXll.
complete Part vl
n nuollcly traded trlFFE or NFFE affiliate of a publicly traded
E Certitied deemed-compliant sponsored, closely held investment corporation. Complete part XXlll.
vehicle complete Part Vll
I E>rcepted territory NFFE. complete part XXIV.
X C"rtiti"d deemed-compliant limited life debt investment entity. X Ac,tire NFFE. Complete part XXV.
complete Part Vlll.
E passive NFFE. Complete part XXVI.
f] Curt"in investment entities that do not maintain financial accounts. E Excepted inter_affiliate FFl. Complete part XXV|l.
complete Part lX'
E Direct reporting lrJFFE.
I owner-documented FFl complete Part X. tr Sponsored direct reporting NFFE. comptete part XXVlll.
Country
n Government
base erosion test
test
n Other tax exempt organization
active trade or business test
E RuOlicty traded corporation
the U.S. competent authority received
n Srbsid,ary of a pubticty traded corporation I Oin"r. t"*"n, *,"," j"a ,"r"rrarr,
foreign corporation or interest from a U.S. trade
or business of a foreign corporation and meets quarified resident
status (see instructions).
't5 Special rates and conditions (if applicable_see instructions):
The beneficial owner is claiming the provisions of Arlicle and paragraph
V
Form W-8BEN-E (Rev. 7 -2017)
' Engages primarily in the business of receiving,deposits from and making loans to, with respect to a bank, retail customers
unrelated to such
:i:Xifl'J:l:"fi:,Tjffi:::1il:ffJ;fii::,"""Ii.T:j:iliio,.gu'ni,ution, membtxs, p,,ro.Jtn.t no member n.. u s,.ut., thans%
. Does not solicit account holders outside its
country of organization;
'
Has no fixed place of business outside such country
(for this purpose, a fixed place of business
does not include a location that is not
advertised to the public and from which the FFI performs
solely administrative support functions);
' Has no more than $175 million in assets on its
balance sheet and, if it is a member of an expanded
affiliated group, the group has no more
than $500 million in total assets on its consolidated
or combined balance sheets; and
' Does not have any member of its expanded affiliated group
that is a foreign financial institution, other than a foreign
financial institution that
is incorporated or organized in the same country
as the FFI identified in Part I and that meets the requirements
set forth in this part.
' ls not engaged primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting, or trading in securities, partnership interests, commodities,
principal contracts' insurance or annuity contracts, notional
or any interesi (inclurling a futures or forward contract or option)
partnership interest, commodity, notional principal in such security,
contract, in.rran"e contract or annuity contract;
o No financial account maintained
by the FFI or any member of its expanrJed affiliated r;roup, if
$50,000 (as determined after appryingappricabre any, has a balance or value in excess of
account aggregation rures); and
.
Neither the FFI nor the entire expanded affiliated group,
if any, of the FFl, have more than $50 millir:n in assets on its
combined balance sheet as of the end of its most rece-nt consolidated or
accounting year.
Deemed-C C losely Helolnvestiir:nt
20 Name of sponsoring entity:
21 E I certify that the lO*titi"O , Cu.t t.
"ntity
o ls an FFI solely because it is an investment entity described in Regulations section 1 .1471 -5(e)(4);
. ls not a Ql, WP, or WT;
and reportins responsibilities (determined as ir the FFt were participatins
:#iffi :[,il ftlffi"lffffi: #]:i".ldins,
a FFt) rutriled by the
'
20 or fewer individuals own all of the debt and equity interests-in the
participating FFls, registered deemed-compliant FFls,
entity (disregarding debt interests owned by U.s. financial institutions,
and certified d"il;e-;orpliant FFls and equity interests owned by an
entity owns 100% of the equity interests in the FFr and is itserf a -' entity if that
sponsored FFr)
Life !nvestment
certify that the entity identified in part
I l:
. Was in existence as of January 17, 2}lg;
v rff\ffi,ffi,
rorm W-8BEN-E (Rev. z-2012)
Form W-8BEN-E (Rev. 7 -201 7\
-Docu FFI
Check box 24b or 24c, whichever applies.
O X f certify that the FFt identified in part l:
o Has provided, or wiil provide,
an FFr owner reporting statement that contarns:
(i)
The name' address, TIN (if any), chapter 4
status, and type of docunrentation provided (if required) of every individual
owns a direct or indirect equitv interesi'in the and specified
u.3. [:I]liJl't
owner-documenteo i]i xoffi inrougt ail entities other than specified
(ii) rne name' address' TIN (if any), and chapter 4 status of every
indivicluar and specilied U.s. person that owns
owner-documented FFI (including any indirect a debt interest in the
oebt interesl ivnicn inclrou, debt irrterests iriany
the pavee or anv direct or indireci eqiitv interest entity that direcly or indirecry owns
in a debt n"rJ"ior t,r"
$50'000 (disregarding all such debt interests ou1n9d bv participating
pr;*I;;, ;;;;i;,rii I rnrn"irr account in excess of
FFls, iegistered o""r"o-"orpriant FFls, certified
compliant FFls' excepted NFFES, exempt beneficial deemed-
Lj.s: persons other than specified U.S. persons);
(iii) Any additional information the withholding ";;";.,;
agent requests in order to furfiil its obligations with respect
and
to the entity.
meetins the requirements or Regurations section r r47r-3(d)(6xiii)
;IfiiJ?;',f"1r::#:ffiJ:T;JX[,"T::I"ntation ror each person
c E I certify that the FFI identified in Part I has provided, or will provide, an auditor's letter, s;igned within 4 years of the date of payment,
from an independent accounting firm or legal representative
witn a tocation in the Unit,ei states stating that the firm
reviewed the FFI's documentation with respect to all or representative has
of its owners and debt hotders identified in-Regulations section
and that the FFI meets all the requirements to be an r.1a71-3(d)(6)(iv)(A)(2),
owner_documented FFl. The FFI i,Jentified in iart I has
an FFI owner reporting statement of its owners that also provided, or wiil provide,
are specified U.s. persons and Fonrr(s) w-g, with
applicable waivers.
Check box 2M it applicable (optional, see instructions).
o E r certify that the entity identified on line 1 is a trust that
does not have any contingent breneficiaries or designated
beneficiaries. crasses with unidentified
Restricted Distributor
(All restricted distributors check here) r certify
th;;rtity,d""t,fi"d i. F,rrt r
that
operates as a distributor with respect to debt or equity interests
' of the restricted fund with respect to which this form is furnished;
o Provides investment services to
at least 30 customers unrelated to each other and less thern half
of its customers are related to each other;
' ls required to perform AML due diligence procedures under
the anti-money laundering laws of its country of organization (which
is an FATF-
compliant jurisdiction);
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Form W-8BEN-E (Rev. I -ZO1 7\
Etcertitythutm
' Meets the requirements to be considered a nonrepofting
financial institution pursuant to an applicable IGA between
the United states and
is treated as a
The appticabte teA is a n UoO"t 1 tGA or uE Mod"t 2 tGA; and
under the provisions of the applicable IGA or Treasury regulations
(if applicable, see instructions);
o lf you are a trustee documented
trust or a sponsored entity, provide the name of the trustee
or sponsor
The trustee is: X U.S. n Foreign
27 E l certify tnu, *
inffi
ment, and is not engaged
yrffijlXf,""X
obligations for which
Jl,, this] #Hi::: ^":I:iir::::1"^1,1^,:ll:1,:i,jiLp""itory
tr" form is submitted (except institution"il,i,n ,""p"", to the payments,
.. p"irittJln'R;grr;il;;;J";i;; ;.;;;1;il)(;;i accounts, or
lnternational
Check box 28a or 2Bb, whichever applies.
28a I certiry that the entity identified in Part I is an international organization
I
described in sec;tion 7701(a)(i g).
b n certify that the entity identified in part l:
f
o ls comprised primarily of foreign governments:
o ls recognized as an intergovernmental
or supranational organization under a foreign law :similar to the lnternational
Act or that has in effect a headquarters agreement with a foreign government;- organizations lmmunities
Retirement Plans
Check box 29a, b, c, d, e, or f, whichever applies.
Na E I certify that the entity identified in part l:
' ls established in a country with which the United states has an income
tax treaty in force (:see part lll if claiming treaty benefits);
o ls operated principaily to administer
or provide pension or retirement benefits; and
' ls entitled to treaty benefits on income that the fund derives from
U.s. sources (or would tre entiiled to benefits if it derived any such income)
as a resident of the other country which satisfies any applicable limitation
on benefits requirement.
U I t certify that the entity identified in part l:
' ls organized for the provision of retirement, disability, or death benefits (or any combination thereoO to beneficiaries that
are former
employees of one or more employers in consideration for services rendered;
o No single beneficiary has a right to more
than S%o of the FFl,s assets;
' ls subiect to government regulatlon and provides annual information reporting
about its beneficiaries to the relevant tax authorities in the
country in which the fund is established or operated; and
(i) ls generally exempt from tax on investment income under the laws
of the country in rruhich it is established or operates due to its status
as a retirement or pension plan;
(ii) Heceives at least 50% of its total contributions from sponsoring
employers (disregarcling transfers of assets from other plans described
in this part, retirement and pension accounts described in an appticatile
Model 1 or Model 2 lGA, other retirement funds described in
an applicable Model 1 or Model 2 lGA, or accounts described in Regulations
section i .1 471 -5(b)(2XiX4);
(iii) Either does not permit or penalizes distributions or withdrawals
made before the ocr:urrence of specified events related to retirement,
disability, or death (except rollover distributions to accounts described in
Regulations section 1.1471-s(b)(2xixA) (referring to retirement
and pension accounts), to retirement and pension accounts described in an applicable Model
1 or Model 2 lGA, or to other retirement
funds described in this part or in an appricabre Moder 1 or Moder 2
rGA); or
bv emplovees to the fund bv reference to earned income of the emptoyee
or may not exceed $50,000 annuaily.
- ,1'1":T]:t:::"'Y:tT
certity that the entity identified in part l:
L_-t r
ls
' organized for the provision of retirement, disability, or death benefits (or any comb,ination thereof) to beneficiaries that
employees of one or more employers in consideration for services rendered; are former
. Has fewer than 50 participants;
o ls sponsored by one or more employers
each of which is not an investment entity or passiv€, NFFE;
' Employee and employer contributions to the fund (disregarding transfers
pension accounts described in an applicable Model 1 or Model
of assets from other plans described in this part, retirement and
2lGA, or accounts described in Regulations section 1.1471-5(b)(2)(i)(A)) are
limited by reference to earned income and compensation of the emproyee,
respectivery;
'Participantsthatarenotresidentsofthecountryinwhichthefundisestablishedoroperatedarenotentifledtomorethan20%ofthefund,sassets;and
r ls subject to government regulation and provides annual information
reporting about its b,eneficiaries to the relevant tax authorities in the
country in which the fund is established or operates.
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Form W-8BEN-E (Rev. 7-2017\
Retirement Plans
o E ""r,'t. pi"rth"t**d.""tt@
than the requirement that the plan be funded by a trust created
or organized in the united states.
X I certify that the entity identified in Part I is established exclusively to earn income for the
benefit of one or more retirement funds
described in this part or in an applicable Model 1 or Model
2 lGA, or accounts described in Regulations section
retirement and pension accounts), or retirement and pension 1.1471-s(b)(2)(i)(A) (refening to
accounts described in an applicable Model 1 or Model
2 lGA.
E I certity that the entity identified in part l:
' ls established and sponsored by a foreign government, international
organization, centrar bank of issue, or government of a U.s. possession
(each as defined in Regulations section t i +zt -6)
or an exempt beneficiai owner describecr in an appricabie
trl-ooet t or Model 2 IGA to provide
to benericiaries or participants that are current or rormer emproyees
:*;ffi::rrt:::ff;&:Xtl,|";'"t'tt or the sponsor (or persons
3.|UlcertifythattheentityidentifiedinPartlisafinancialinstitution1ott.,u,tn*.ni*".tn,,",,t.'tfty)
vr vr Ysr rrlvr
- the laws of a possession of the united States.
' ls not a depository or custodial institution (other than for members of the entity's expanded affiliated group); and
' Does not function (or hold itself out) as an investment fund, such as a private equity fund, \/enture capital fund, leveraged buyout fund, or any
investment vehicle with an investment strategy to acquire or fund companies
and then hold interests in those companies as capital assets for
investment purposes.
3lit n r
r was".rtity
formed on (or, in the case of a new line of business, the date of board resolution
apprcving the new line of business)
(date must be less than 24 months prior to date of payment);
' ls not yet operating a business and has no prior operating history or is investing capital in assets with the inrent to operate a new line of
business other than that of a financial institution or passive NFFE;
' ls investing capital into assets with the intent to operate a business other
than that of a financial institution; and
fund, such as a private equity fund, venture capirar fund, reverased buyout fund,
;,:":::::1,:fl:l]::^9j"i:,,:^::,r.::rl^1,
M*lYeligle wlo-s.e pulPose is to l:y":y,"rl :: or any
ScquiJg"or lund
companles ana tren rrota interests in tnose i"rprrr.rl. .r;;,;i;;;;i;Y;ilr"ffi";; ;"dr:.:
Excepted Nonfinancial in Liquidation or Bank
34 ! I certity tnat tne entity ,Oentified in part l:
' Has' or will provide, documentary evidence such as a bankruptcy filing or other public documentation that supports its claim if it remains in
bankruptcy or liquidation for more than 3 years.
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Form W-BBEN-E (Rev. T -2011)
35 ! t certity tnr, *
' Has been issued a determination letter from the IBS that is currently in effect concluding that the payee is a section 501(c) organization that
dated_ ; or
is
' Has provided a copy of an opinion from U.s. counsel certifying that the payee
is a section 501(c) organization (without regard to whether
payee is a foreign private foundation). the
UlcertifythattheentityidentifiedinPartlis,nonp.titorganizationtr,"t,""t.tr,"totto-,s*q
, residence
,,:,:._.-.:,1? excrusrvery ror rerigious, charrtabre, scientiric, qr
.: l['JXIj:::':t:'::l:: :1i1i::.
The entity is exempt from income tax in its country of residence;
artrstic,
iloL,u, uurrur
curturar or EUuuduUIlat
dr ur educationar purposes;
'
The applicable laws of the entity's country of t::i99ngg orthe.entity's
dissolution' all of its assets be dist;ibuted to in entity that is -g6r;",rent,
formation documents require that, upon the entitys liquidation
or
a tor"iin an integral part oii toreign government, a contiolled entity
:Jril#:?tJi,,,liilliXill;,?i1fl|:lfflrTgilization
that is describJd in ti,
pu,.t or escheats to ths.sovernmenr or the entity,s
country or
39 E lcertifythat:
' The entity identified in part I is a foreign entity that is not a financial institution;
' Less than 50% of such entity's gross income for the preceding
calendar year is passive income; and
assets that produce or are hetd ror rhe production or passive income (catcutated
;,::';^lji,"t:':!-'rli:::::-1"]l^lr-ti:l:itltv l. as a
#ll eE .rin.t,,r"iion-.t.,'i["
arterly)(see J#;,,on"or;""il"";:il""i
rJLr uuuur 15 r(rr U te uertrituon oI passtve lncome).
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Form W-8BEN-E (Rev. 7-20j7)
Excepted Inteffii6-FFT
4'l El"".tiryffi
. ls a member of an expanded affiliated group;
' Does not maintain financiar accounts (other than accounts maintained for members of its affiliated group);
' Does not make withhordabre payments to any person other than to members oiiia affiliated group;
o Does not hord an account (other
than depository accounts in the country in which "rorn
payments from any withhording agent other the errt is operating to pay for expenses) with or receive
than a member of its expanded affiriated group,;
' Has not agreed to repod under Regurations section 1.1471-4(d)(2xiD(c) or otherwise act as an for chapter 4 purposes on behalf of any financial
institution, including a member of its expanded
affiliated group.
Name
' The entity identified on line 1 of this form is the beneficial owner
of all the income to which this form is using this form to certify its status for chapter 4
purposes, or is a merchant submitting this form for purposes
of section 605OW;
. The entity identified on line 1 of this form is not a U.S. person;
' The income to which this form relates is: (a) not effectively connected with the conduct oF a trade or in the United States, (b) elFectivety connected but is
not subject to tax under an income tax treaty, or (c) the partner's
share of a partnership,s effectivery connec income; and
'
For broker transactions or barter exchanges, the beneficial
owner is an exempt foreign person as defined in inslructions.
Furthermore, I authorize this form to be provided to any withholdf\
agent that has control, receipt, or custody of the of which the entity on tine 1 is the beneficial
owner or any withholding agent that can disburse or make p"yr{n\
of the income of which the entity on tjne .t is th€l
owner
I asree that I wirrsubmit a new form this form becomes incorrect'
f1x:":':lvi'on
Sisn Here
) Signature of
1 1 -03-201 9
Date (MM-DD-Yyyy)
E I certify that t have the capacity to sign Ior the entity identified
on rine 1 of thir;