INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILING A DESIGNATION FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS (or Form U-2) PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 352-a OR 352-b OF THE GENERAL BUSINESS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (1) The applicant issuer or broker-dealer that is not incorporated or organized in New York should complete and execute the Designation. This should be done by a duly authorized officer, general partner or principal. (2) The Designation must be acknowledged by a notary public. (3) The Designation must be enclosed in a legal back or cover sheet, setting forth the title of the Designation and the name and address of the filer. (4) The filing fee is $35.00, payable to the NYS Department of State. All checks over $500 must be certified check, attorney's check, or postal money order. The original Designation (or Form U-2) are to be filed with its fees at the following address: NYS Department of State Division of Corporations One Commerce Plaza 99 Washington Ave., Suite 600 Albany, NY 12231 (5) (6) The Designation should be accompanied by a request that a photocopy be forwarded to the New York State Department of Law, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271, Attn: Investor Protection Bureau For information Department of State, Division of Corporations call (518) 474-4770 or (518) 473-2492. (7) 1 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com INSTRUCTIONS TO FORM U-2 UNIFORM CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS 1. 2. The name of the issuer is to be inserted in the blank space on line 1 Uniform Form U-2 ("Form"). The type of person executing the Form is to be described by striking out the inapplicable nomenclature in lines 2 - 4 and, if appropriate, by inserting a description of the person in the blank space provided on line 2 of the Form. The name of the jurisdiction under which the issuer was formed or is to be formed is to be inserted in the blank spaces on line 3 of the Form. The person to whom a copy of any notice, process of pleading which is served pursuant to the Consent to Service of Process is to be inserted in the appropriate black spaces at the end of page 1 of the Form. An "X" is to be placed in the space before the names of all States which the person executing this Form lawfully is appointing the officer of each State so designed on the Form as its attorney in that State for receipt of service of process. A manually signed Form must be filed with each State requiring a Consent to Service of Process on Form U-2 at the office so designated by the laws or regulations of that State and must be accompanied by the exact filing fee, if any. The Form must be signed by the issuer. If the issuer is a corporation, it should be signed in the name of the corporation by an executive officer duly authorized; if a partnership, it should be signed in the name of the partnership by a general partner; and if an unincorporated association or other organization which is not a partnership, the Form should be signed in the name of such organization by a person responsible for the direction of management of its affairs. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. If the Form is mailed, it is advisable to send it by registered or certified mail, postage prepared, return receipt requested. 2 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com Form U-2 Form U-2 Uniform Consent to Service of Process KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the undersigned ____________________________________ (a corporation), (a partnership), a ( ) organized under the laws of ___________________________ or (an individual), [strike out inapplicable nomenclature] for purposes of complying with the laws of the States indicated hereunder relating to either the registration or sale of securities, hereby irrevocably appoints the officers of the States so designated hereunder and their successors in such offices, its attorney in those States so designated upon whom may be served any notice, process or pleading in any action or proceeding against it arising out of, or in connection with, the sale of securities or out of violation of the aforesaid laws of the States so designated; and the undersigned does hereby consent that any such action or proceeding against it may be commenced in any court of competent jurisdiction and proper venue within the States so designated hereunder by service of process upon the officers so designated with the same effect as if the undersigned was organized or created under the laws of that State and have been served lawfully with process in that State. It is requested that a copy of any notice, process or pleading served hereunder be mailed to: _________________________________________________________________________________________ (Name) _________________________________________________________________________________________ (Address) Place an "X" before the names of all the States for which the person executing this form is appointing the designated Officer of each State as its attorney in that State for receipt of service of process: ___AL ___AK Secretary of State Administrator of the Division of Banking and Corporations, Department of Commerce and Economic Development The Corporation Commission __FL __GA Dept. of Banking and Finance Commissioner of Securities ___AZ ___GUAM Administrator, Department of Finance Commissioner of Securities Director, Department of Finance Secretary of State Secretary of State Commissioner of Insurance Secretary of State Secretary of State Director, Department of Insurance and Finance 3 ___AR ___CA The Securities Commissioner Commissioner of Corporations ___HI ___ID ___CO ___CT ___DE ___DC ___KY ___LA Securities Commissioner Banking Commissioner Securities Commissioner Dept. of Insurance, Securities and Banking Director, Division of Securities Commissioner of Securities ___IL ___IN ___IA ___KS ___OH ___OR American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com ___ME ___MD Administrator, Securities Division Commissioner of the Division of Securities ___OK ___PA Securities Administrator Pennsylvania does not require filing of a Consent to Service of Process Commissioner of Financial Institutions Director of Business Regulation ___MA ___MI Secretary of State Commissioner, Office of Financial and Insurance Services Commissioner of Commerce Secretary of State Securities Commissioner State Auditor and Commissioner of Insurance Director of Banking and Finance Secretary of State ___PR ___RI ___MN ___MS ___MO ___MT ___NE ___NV ___SC ___SD ___TN ___TX ___UT ___VT Securities Commissioner Director of the Division of Securities Commissioner of Commerce and Insurance Securi