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~ i~ia ~~`;re Transfer Remit to: Northern TrustlChicag~~, Illinois Standard & Poor's/Platt's/JJ Kenny Account No. 31 163096 ABA Nn.07l000152 Send Checksand Correspondenceto: Standard & Poor's/Platt's/JJ Kenny P.O. Box 80-2542 Chicago, IL 60680-2542 Always include your a~count number when corresponding with us. This assures you of the best possible service. If less than the fu11 smount is being paid, indicate the specific items yoi.i are paying and State the reasons for not paying the others. The foll~owing paragraphs shall govern your subscription tc~ the service(s) on the front of this invoice only if you have not enter.ed into a subscriber agreement with Standard & Poor's/Platt's/J.J. Kenny in connection with your subscription to such ser~~ices(s). If you have entered into any such subscriber agreeme~t, the foilowing paragraphs shall be of no force and effect and, without limiting the foregoing, if such paragraphs and the terms of such subscriber agreement are inconsistent, the tenns of the subscriber agreement shall prevail. With respect to thase products that contain investment advice, pursuant to the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, subscribers may request Part 1I of the The McGraw-Hill Companies Investment Advisor Registration Statement filed with the Commission. No assignment of an advisory subscription shall be made without the subscriber's consent. To the extent that a product covered by this invoice cuntains investment advice, you should be aware that the investment advisory publications and services are independent of and have no access to information obtained by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, which in its regular o~erations, may obtain information of a confidential nature. This invoice confirms your agreement(s) for the service(s) listed on the front of this invoice. Al] purchases of subscription services will be renewed (unless you tell us ~>therwise) at the termination of the sub~criptic~n period(s) at the then cui•rent rate(s) payable in advance. The Securities and Exchange Commission has indicated that it may be a violatio^ of fiduciary law for a fiduciary to forward Ehis invoice to a broker for payment whe^ the broker did not provide this service, and there is no intention to reimburse the broker with commissions from managed accounts. We will not, therefore, accept payment of this imoice by atry such broker. However, our affiliated brokerage firm, Standard & Poor's Securities, Inc., will continue to provide our research for soft dollars. We do not warrant the accuracy or adequacy of any of the information contained in any of the publications covered by this invoice. We make no warranty, express or implied, as to the results ro be obtained from use of any of the publications and make no warranty of inechantabi]ity ar fitness for a particular purpose or use. In no event shall we be liabie to you c~r any third party for any loss of profits, special, indirect, or consequential damages. In addition ~o and notwithstanding the foregoing in no event shall our cumulative liability to you exceed the total amount of the fees paid by you hereunde.r during the previous twelve (12) months. Information contained in the publications may also be present in eertain real-time computer information services which update and disseminate more frequently and, therefore, could be inconsistent with the information in the publications. For Standard & Poor's Ratings Services Clients Only Standard & Poor's will maintain surveillance on rated issues for a period of one year. After one year Standard & Poor's may, at its option, discontinue surveillance and ~vithdraw the rating. Issuers who wish Standard & Poor's to maintain surveiilance for more than one year must so notify Standard & Poor's and will be eharged an annual fee for each year the rating is maintained. If during the one year period other issues of the Issuer are rated by Standard & Poor's, the one year ,urveilIance date will autoinatically be reset for all issues of the Issuer based on Che date of the most current issue rated. Issuers who have entered into annual fee or surveillance contracts with Standard & Poor's are exempt from this po]icy. --------------------- ^ ~ , 1 ---- ^ Please note address corrections here: