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EFTA01463353 W-9 Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification Give Form to the requester. Do not send to the IRS. Form (Rev. December 2011) Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Name (as shown on your income tax return) Southern Trust Company, Inc Business name/disregarded entity name, if different from above eg o> u> a Check appropriate box for federal tax classification: CD Individual/sole proprietor CD C Corporation \7\ S Corporation CD Partnership CD Tiust/estate 5 11 D Exempt payee CD Limited liability company. Enter the tax classification (C=C corporation, S=S corporation, P=partnership) CD other (see instructions) . Address (number, street, and apt. or suite no.) Requester's name and address (optional) 6100 Red Hook Quarter B3 (/> City, state, and ZIP code St. Thomas, USVI00802 List account number(s) here (optional) Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) Part I Social security number Enter your TIN in the appropriate box. The TIN provided must match the name given on the "Name" line to avoid backup withholding. For individuals, this is your social security number (SSN). However, for a resident alien, sole proprietor, or disregarded entity, see the Part I instructions on page 3. For other EFTA01463354 entities, it is your employer identification number (EIN). If you do not have a number, see How to get a TIN on page 3. Employer identification number Note. If the account is in more than one name, see the chart on page 4 for guidelines on whose number to enter. 66 - 0779861 Certification Part II Under penalties of perjury, I certify that: 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 2. I 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 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 no longer subject to backup withholding, and 3. I am a U.S. citizen or other U.S. person (defined below). 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 because you have failed to report all interest and dividends on your tax return. For real estate transactions, item 2 does not apply. For mortgage lured property, cancellation of debt, contributions to an individual retirement arrangement (IRA), and dends, you are not reguicBd^o-sign the certification, but you must provide your correct TIN. See the interest paid, acquisition or abandonment^Lsec generally, payments other than intere^.afid div d instructions on page 4. / Sign Here Signature of U.S. person . Date- 1 General Instructioi^s Section references are to the Internal Revenue C6i noted. Purpose of Form A person who is required to file an information return with the IRS must obtain your correct taxpayer identification number (TIN) to report, for example, income paid to you, real estate transactions, mortgage interest you paid, acquisition or abandonment of secured property, cancellation of debt, or contributions you made to an IRA. Use Form W-9 only if you are a U.S. person (including a resident alien), to provide your correct TIN to the person requesting it (the requester) and, when applicable, to: EFTA01463355 1. Certify that the TIN you are giving is correct (or you are waiting for a number to be issued), 2. Certify that you are not subject to backup withholding, or 3. Claim exemption from backup withholding if you are a U.S. exempt payee. If applicable, you are also certifying that as a U.S. person, your allocable share of any partnership income from a U.S. trade or business is not subject to the withholding tax on foreign partners' share of effectively connected income. Note. If a requester gives you a form other than Form W-9 to request your TIN, you must use the requester's form if it is substantially similar to this Form W-9. Definition of a U.S. person. For federal tax purposes, you are considered a U.S. person if you are: • An individual who is a U.S. citizen or U.S. resident alien, • A partnership, corporation, company, or association created or organized in the United States or under the laws of the United States, • An estate (other than a foreign estate), or • A domestic trust (as defined in Regulations section 301.7701-7). Special rules for partnerships. Partnerships that conduct a trade or business in the United States are generally required to pay a withholding tax on any foreign partners' share of income from such business. Further, in certain cases where a Form W-9 has not been received, a partnership is required to presume that a partner is a foreign person, and pay the withholding tax. Therefore, if you are a U.S. person that is a partner in a partnership conducting a trade or business in the United States, provide Form W-9 to the partnership to estabiish your U.S. status and avoid withholding on your share of partnership income rise Form W-9 (Rev. 12-2011) Cat. No. 10231X W-9 Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification Give Form to the requester. Do not send to the IRS. Form (Rev. December 2011) Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service Name (as shown on your Income tax return) Southern Trust Company, Inc. Business name/disregarded entity name, if different from above cvi Southern Financial LLC St Check appropriate box for federal tax classification; CD Individual/sole proprietor CD C Corporation [7] S Corporation CD Partnership CD Trust/estate o> S EFTA01463356 CD Exempt payee CD Limited liability company. Enter the tax classification (C=C corporation, S=S corporation, P=partnership) I = CD other (see instructions) . Address (number, street, and apt. or suite no.) 6100 Red Hook Quarter B3 Requester's name and address (optional) 03 City, state, and ZIP code St. Thomas, USVI00802 a> List account number(s) here (optional) Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) Part I Social security number Enter your TIN in the appropriate box. The TIN provided must match the name given on the "Name" line to avoid backup withholding. For individuals, this is your social security number (SSN). However, for a resident alien, sole proprietor, or disregarded entity, see the Part I instructions on page 3. For other entities, it is your employer identification number (EIN). If you do not have a number, see How to get a TIN on page 3. Note. If the account is in more than one name, see the chart on page 4 for guidelines on whose number to enter. Employer identificata'on number 66 - 0799192 Part II Certification Under penalties of perjury, I certify that: 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 2. I 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 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 no longer subject to backup withholding, and 3. I am a U.S. citizen or other U.S. person (defined below). 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 because you have failed to report all interest and dividends on your tax return. For real estate transactions, item 2 does not apply. For mortgage interest paid, acquisition or abandonjjieRt-Qf secured property, cancellation of debt, contributions to an individual retirement arrangement (IRA), and generally, payments other than interest and dividends, you are noUeguiredto EFTA01463357 sign the certification, but you must provide your correct TIN. See the instructions on page 4. /\ Sign Signature of / U.S. person >is I 7-J2-/3 Here Date^ 1 General Instructions Section references are to the Internal Revenue noted. Purpose of Form A person who is required to file an information return with the IRS must obtain your correct taxpayer identification number (TIN) to report, for example, income paid to you, real estate transactions, mortgage interest you paid, acquisition or abandonment of secured property, cancellation of debt, or contributions you made to an IRA. Use Form W-9 only if you are a U.S. person (including a resident alien), to provide your correct TIN to the person requesting it (the requester) and, when applicable, to: 1. Certify that the TIN you are giving is correct (or you are waiting for a number to be issued), 2. Certify that you are not subject to backup withholding, or 3. Claim exemption from backup withholding if you are a U.S. exempt payee. If applicable, you are also certifying that as a U.S. person, your allocable share of any partnership income from a U.S. trade or business is not subject to the withholding tax on foreign partners' share of effectively connected income. Note. If a requester gives you a form other than Form W-9 to request your TIN, you must use the requester's form if it is substantially similar to this Form W-9. Definition of a U.S. person. For federal tax purposes, you are considered a U.S. person if you are: * An individual who is a U.S. citizen or U.S. resident alien, • A partnership, corporation, company, or association created or organized in the United States or under the laws of the United States. • An estate (other than a foreign estate), or • A domestic trust (as defined in Regulations section 301.7701-7). Special rules for partnerships. Partnerships that conduct a trade or business in the United States are generally required to pay a withholding tax on any foreign partners' share of income from such business. Further, in certain cases where a Form W-9 has not been received, a partnership is required to presume that a partner is a foreign person, and pay the withholding tax. Therefore, if you are a U.S. person that is a partner in a partnership conducting a trade or business in the United States, provide Form W-9 to the partnership to establish your U.S. status and avoid withholding on your share of partnership income. less oth Form W-9 (Rev. 12-2011) EFTA01463358 Cat. No. 10231X EFTA01463359