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Instructions for completing the certification Appendix A – Certification Regarding Correspondent Accounts For Foreign Banks – Must be completed if the original Certification provided was a different version of the Certification enclosed in this packet. If you have a global certification (one certification for all accounts your institution maintains at any U.S. covered financial institution) and maintain this certification on your website or have posted your Certification with Bankers Almanac, you need only provide us with the link. Section B The first box allows you to fill out one certification for all accounts your institution maintains at any U.S. covered financial institution. OR The second box requires that you identify a specific U.S. covered financial institution and only that institution can rely on the certification. Section C – Physical Presence – you must include the full physical address (no P.O. Boxes), country and Banking Authority for each location you wish to cover with the Certification. Completing multiple pages with Section C or using the attached location/branch listing can accomplish this. Section D – Indirect Use of Correspondent Accounts – this box must be checked as confirmation/certification that you will not use any accounts with us to directly or indirectly provide financial services to a shell bank. Section E – Ownership Information – you must choose one of the boxes indicated. If neither 1 nor 2 apply, you must check box 3. If none of the owners meet the definition as indicated in this section, please mark as N/A or nil. Section F – Process Agent – you must indicate a U.S. person or entity designated to accept legal service in the U.S. on your institution’s behalf. Section G – General – please read, complete and sign as indicated on the form Please review the completed Certification prior to sending. The Certification must be fully completed in order for us to accept and approve. All necessary boxes must be checked and