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REGULATION S OF THE SECURITIES ACT 1933
a.
U.S. person.
1.
"U.S. person" means:
i.
Any natural person resident in the United
States;
ii.
Any partnership or corporation organized
or incorporated under the laws of the United
States;
iii.
Any estate of which any executor or
administrator is a U.S. person;
iv.
Any trust of which any trustee is a U.S.
person;
v.
Any agency or branch of a foreign entity
located in the United States;
vi.
Any non-discretionary account or similar
account (other than an estate or trust) held by
a dealer or other fiduciary for the benefit or
account of a U.S. person;
vii.
Any discretionary account or similar
account (other than an estate or trust) held by
a dealer or other fiduciary organized,
incorporated, or (if an individual) resident in
the United States; and
viii.
Any partnership or corporation if:
A.
Organized or incorporated under the laws
of any foreign jurisdiction; and
B.
Formed by a U.S. person principally for
the purpose of investing in securities not
registered under the Act, unless it is organized
or incorporated, and owned, by accredited
investors (as defined in
Rule 501(a)) who are not natural persons,
estates or trusts.
2.
The following are not "U.S. persons":
i.
Any discretionary account or similar
account (other than an estate or trust) held for
the benefit or account of a non-U.S. person by a
dealer or other professional fiduciary
organized, incorporated, or (if an individual)
resident in the United States;
ii.
Any estate of which any professional
fiduciary acting as executor or administrator is
a U.S. person if:
A.
An executor or administrator of the
estate who is not a U.S. person has sole or
shared investment discretion with respect to the
assets of the estate; and
B.
The estate is governed by foreign law;
iii.
Any trust of which any professional
fiduciary acting as trustee is a U.S. person, if
a trustee who is not a U.S. person has sole or
shared investment discretion with respect to the
trust assets, and no beneficiary of the trust
(and no settlor if the trust is revocable) is a
U.S. person;
iv.
An employee benefit plan established and
administered in accordance with the law of a
country other than the United States and
customary practices and documentation of such
country;
v.
Any agency or branch of a U.S. person
located outside the United States if:
A.
The agency or branch operates for valid
business reasons; and
B.
The agency or branch is engaged in the
business of insurance or banking and is subject
to substantive insurance or banking regulation,
respectively, in the jurisdiction where located;
and
vi.
The International Monetary Fund, the
International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development, the Inter-American Development
Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the African
Development Bank, the United Nations, and their
agencies, affiliates and pension plans, and any
other similar international organizations, their
agencies, affiliates and pension plans.
b.
United States.
"United States" means the United States of
America, its territories and possessions, any
State of the United States, and the District of
Columbia. |