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The following list is comprised of different categories of Accredited Investors. If you do NOT fit under at least one of the following categories, click the button "I am NOT an Accredited Investor" at the bottom of the page. If you do fall under at least one of the following categories, certify that you are an Accredited Investor by clicking the "I am an Accredited Investor" button at the bottom of the page. This website is not an effort to solicit and is for informational purposes only.
1. A natural person (individual) whose own net worth, taken together with the
net worth of the individual’s spouse, exceeds $1,000,000.
2. A natural person (individual) who had an individual income in excess of $200,000
(or joint income with the individual’s spouse exceeding $300,000) in each of
the two previous years and who reasonably expects a gross income in excess of
$200,000 (or joint income in excess of $300,000) this year.
3. Any one of the following: (i) a bank as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the
Securities Act or a savings and loan association or other institution as defined
in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the Securities Act; (ii) a broker or dealer registered
pursuant to Section 15 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;
(iii) an insurance company as defined in Section 2(13) of the Securities Act;
(iv) an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act or a
business development company as defined in Section 2(48) of the Investment Company
Act; (v) a Small Business Investment Company licensed by the U.S. Small Business
Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment
Act of 1958; (vi) a plan established and maintained by a state, its political
subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions
for the benefit of its employees, and has total assets in excess of $5,000,000;
(vii) an employee benefit plan within the meaning of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), and the decision to invest
in the Fund was made by a plan fiduciary (as defined in Section 3(21) of ERISA),
which is either a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company or registered
investment adviser; or (viii) an employee benefit plan within the meaning of
ERISA which has total assets are in excess of $5,000,000.
4. Any of the following entities not formed for the specific purpose of investing
in a Fund with total assets in excess of $5,000,000: (i) an organization described
in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, (ii) a corporation, (iii)
a Massachusetts or similar business trust, (iv) a partnership or (v) a limited
liability company.
5. An accredited investor because all of the equity owners of the entity are
accredited investors under one or more of the criteria listed.
6. A trust with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, was not formed for the
specific purpose of acquiring an interest in the Fund, and its purchase
is directed by a sophisticated person. As used in the foregoing sentence, a
"sophisticated person" is one who has such knowledge and experience in financial
and business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risk of
a prospective investment.
7. A revocable trust which may be amended or revoked at any time by the grantors
thereof and all of the grantors are accredited investors under one or more of
the criteria listed.