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Form _9
<br />Request for Taxpayer
<br />Give Form to the
<br />(Rev. December 2014)
<br />Identification Number and Certification
<br />requester. Do not
<br />Department of the Treasury
<br />send to the IRS.
<br />Internal Revenue Service
<br />1 Name (as shown on your income tax return). Name is required on this line; do not leave this line blank.
<br />2 Business name/disregarded entity name, if different from above
<br />Manning & Kass Eltrod, Ramirez, 'lli LLP
<br />3 Check appropriate box for federal tax classification; check only one of the following seven boxes;
<br />4 Exemptions (codes apply only to
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<br />Indivirli'll/qn1p prnnriptnr or C. Crirrorntion (7,rirporition 7V Partnership F] Trust/estate
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<br />certain entities, not individuals: see
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<br />instructions on page 1,:
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<br />single -member LLC
<br />Limited liability company. Enter the tax classification (C=C corporation, S=S corporation, P=parinership) ►11�
<br />Exempt payee code (if any)
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<br />Note. For a single -member LLC that is disregarded, do not check LLC: check the appropriate box in the line above for
<br />Exemption from FATCA reporting
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<br />the tax classification of the singIe-member owner.
<br />code (if any)
<br />other (see instructions) 0-
<br />(Appl— t. accwns Wd.,Wda rhe US)
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<br />5 Address (number, street, and apt, or suite no.)
<br />Requester's name and address (optional)
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<br />15th Floor at 801 'Fower - 801 South Figueroa Street
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<br />6 City, state, and ZIP code
<br />Los Angeles, CA 90017-3012
<br />7 List account nurnberfs) here (optional)
<br />KM Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN)
<br />Enter your TIN in the appropriate box. The TIN provided must match the name given on line 1 to avoid[Social security number
<br />backup withholding. For individuals, this is generally your social security number (SSN). However, for a
<br />resident alien, sole proprietor, or disregarded entity, see the Part I instructions or, page 3. For other _M
<br />entities, it is your employer identification number fFIN). If you do not have a number, see Now to aet a
<br />TIN on page 3.
<br />or
<br />Note. If the account is in more than one name, see the instructions for line 1 and the chart on page 4 for I employer ioemrrrcartionnumloer
<br />guidelines on whose number to enter.
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<br />Certification
<br />Under penalties of perjury, I certify that:
<br />1. The number shown on this form is my correct taxpayer identification number (or I am waiting for a number to be issued to me); and
<br />2. 1 am not subject to backup withholding because: (a) I am exempt from backup withholding, or (b) I have not been notified by the Internal Revenue
<br />Service (IRS) that I am subject to backup withholding as a result of a failure to report all interest or dividends, or (c) the IRS has notified me that I am
<br />no longer subject to backup withholding; and
<br />3, 1 am a U.S, citizen or other U.S. person (defined below); and
<br />4. The FATCA code(s) entered on this form (if any) indicating that I, aril exempt from FATCA reporting is correct.
<br />Certification instructions, You must cross out item 2 above if you have been notified by the IRS that you are currently subject to backup withholding
<br />because you have failed to report Wi interest and dividends on your tax return. For reat estate transactions, item 2 does not apply. For mortgage
<br />interest paid, acquisition or abandonment of secured property, cancellation of debt, contributions to an individual retirement arrangement (IRA), and
<br />generally, payments other than interest and dividends, you are not required to sign the certification, but you must provide your correct TIN. See the
<br />.instructions on page 3, 4) A !1 0
<br />Sign Signature of i V
<br />Here U.S. person 0-f 'f 'A Date 11- 7
<br />General Instructi
<br />Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code imTess otherwise noted.
<br />Future developments. Information about developments affecting Form W-9 (such
<br />s legislation enacted after we release it) is at www.irs.gov/fw9.
<br />Purpose of Form
<br />An individual or entity (Form W-9 requester) who is required to file an information
<br />return w1h the iRS must obtain your correct taxpayer identification number (TIN)
<br />which may be your social security number (SSN), individual taxpayer identification
<br />number (ITIN), adoption taxpayer identification number (ATIN), or employer
<br />identification number (EIN), to report on an information return the amount paid to
<br />you, or other amount reportable on an information return. Examples of information
<br />returns include, but are not limited to, the following:
<br />Form 1099 -INT (interest earned or paid)
<br />Form 1099-M (dividends, including those from stocks or mutual funds)
<br />Form 1099-MISC various types of income, prizes, awards, or gross proceeds)
<br />• Form 1099-6 (stock Or MLItUaf fund sales and certain other transactions by
<br />brokers)
<br />• Form 1099-S (proceeds from real estate transactions)
<br />• Form 1099-K (merchant card and third party network transactions)
<br />- Form 1098 (home mortgage (merest), I1198 -fir (student loan interest), 1096-T
<br />(tuition)
<br />• Form 1099-0 (canceled debt)
<br />• Form 1099-A (acquisition or abandonment of secured property)
<br />Use Form W-9 only if you are a U.S. person (including a resident atlen), to
<br />provide your correct TIN.
<br />H you do not return Form W-9 Co the requester with a TIN, you might be subject
<br />to backup withholding. See What is backup withholding? on page 2.
<br />By signing the filled -out form, you:
<br />1. Certify that the TtN you are giving is correct (or you are waiting for a number
<br />to be issued),
<br />2. Certify that you are not subject to backup withholding, or
<br />3. Claim exemption from backup withholding if you are a U.S. exempt payee. H
<br />applicable, you are also certifying that as a U.S.person, your allocable share of
<br />any partnership income from a U.S. trade or business is not subject to the
<br />withholding tax on foreign partners' share of effectively connected income, and
<br />4. Certify that FATCA codes) entered on this form (if any) indicating that you are
<br />exempt from the FATCA reporting, is correct. See What is FATCA reporting? on
<br />page 2 for further information
<br />Form W-9 (Rev. 12-2014)
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<br />and . Schwal,zmann
<br />,")eIiior Assistant OtY Attorney
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