b'USA PATRIOT Act & Homeland Security Laws Certain sanctioned or blocked foreign nationals, nationals or residents of sanctioned countries designated by the U.S. government are prohibited from directly or indirectly investing in a U.S. company. These restrictions are aimed at persons or countries identified by the U.S. as rogue nations, terroristfacilitators,weaponsofmassdestruction(WMD)proliferators, money launderers, drug kingpins, and other national security threats.Collectively, the laws imposing these restrictions are known as U.S. anti-moneylaundering(AML)laws.Alistofprohibitedpersonsand countries is maintained and periodically updated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) under the USA PATRIOT Act and related Acts.PleaseseetheU.S.DepartmentofTreasuryswebsiteformore information about these programs and to search the lists at: https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/SDN-List/Pages/default.aspx.Any issuer of securities to non-U.S. persons will have strict liability for conformance with these requirements. Failure to comply may subject the issuer to charges for participation in such activities. As a safeguard, for any non-U.S. person, the issuer should inquire, verify and maintain the identity of each investor and whether they are prohibited from investing in the U.S. by obtaining a copy of a passport or other applicable residency or company documentation and verifying it against the AML lists.79'