EFTA01456701.pdf

Form W -9 (Rev. August 2013) Request for Taxpayer Give Form to the requester. Do not Deportment of the Treasury Identification Number and Certification send to the IRS. Internal FleverueService Name (as shown o your ncome tax return) Jeffrey Epstein Business namerdeuegarded entity name. it different from above LSJE, LLC 8 Check appropriate box for federal tax classification: ❑ Indwduai/sole proprietor ❑ C Corporation ❑ S Corporation ❑ Partnership ❑ Trust/estate Exemptions (see Instructions): Exempt payee code any) ❑ Limited liability company. Enter the tax classification (C=C corporation. S=5 corporation. P•partnership)P Exemption from FATCA reporting code (it any) ❑ Other (see instructional,. Address (number, street, and apt. or suite no.) Requester name and address (optional) rb City. state, and ZIP code List account numbers) here (optional) Part I Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) Enter your f IN in the appropriate box. fhe UN provided must match the name given on the 'Name" line Social security number to avoid backup withholding. For individuals, this is your social security number ISSN). 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. Not.. If the account is in more than one name, see the chart on page 4 for guidelines on whose LEmployer identification number number to enter. 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), and 4. The FATCA code(s) entered on this form (if any) indicating that I am exempt from FATCA reporting is correct. 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 abandonment of secured property, cancellation of debt, contributions to an individual retirement arrangement (IRA), and generally, payments other than interest and dividends, you are not required to sign the certification, but you must provide your correct TIN. See the instructions on page 3. Sign Signature of Here U.S, petaon► General Instructions withholding tax on foreign partners' share of effectively connected income, and 4. Certify that FATCA moans) entered on this form fit any) KAtatIN that you are Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code urvess otherwise noted. exempt from the FATCA reporting, is correct. Future developments. The IFS has created a page on IRS.gov for information Note. If you are a U.S. person and a requester gives you a form other than Form about Form W-9. at www.iragov/w9. Information about any future developments W-9 to request your TIN, you must use the requester's form if it is substantally affecting Form W-9 (such as legislation enacted after we release it) Will be posted similar to this Form W-9. on that page. Definition of a U.S. person. For federal tax purposes, you are considered a U.S. Purpose of Form person if you are: A person who a required to file an information return with the IRS must obtain your • An individual who is a U.S. citizen or U.S. resident alien, correct taxpayer identification number (TIN) to report. for example. income paid to • A partnership. corporation, company, or association created or organized in the you. payments made to you in settlement of payment card and third party network United States or under the nws of the United States. transactions. real estate transactions. mortgage interest you pad acquisition or • An estate (other than a foreign estate), or abandonment of secured property. cancellation of debt, or contributions you made to an IRA. • A domestic trust (as defined in Regulations section 301.7701-7). Use Form W-9 only if you are a U.S. person lincludrig a resident alien). to Special rules for partnerships. Partnerships that conduct a trade or business in provide your correct TIN to the person requesting it (the requester) and. when the United States are generally required to pay a withholding tax under section applicable. to: 1446 on any foreign partners' share of effectively connected taxable ncome from such business. Further, in certain cases where a Form W-9 has not been received, 1. Certify that the TIN you are giving is correct (or you are waiting for a number the rules under section 1446 require a partnership to presume that a partner is a to be issued), foreign person, and pay the section 1446 withholding tax. Therefore. if you are a 2. Certify that you are not subject to backup vAthholding. or U.S. person that is a partner in a partnership conducting a trade or business in the 3. Claim exemption from backup withholding if you are a U.S. exempt payee. If United States. arcade Form W-9 to the partnership to establish your U.S. status appkcable, you are also certifying that as a U.S. person. your allocable share of and avoid section 1446 withholding at your share of partnership income. any partnership income from a U.S. trade or bus nese is not subject to the Cat. No. 10231X Form W-9 (Rev. 8-2013) CONFIDENTIAL — PURSUANT TO FED. R. CRIM. P. 6(e) DB-SDNY-0115968 CONFIDENTIAL SONY GM_00262152 EFTA01456701