FORM 4
VISION L.P.
FOREIGN TRADER
If you are not a resident of the United States, please read the following notice for foreign traders. If you are not subject to U.S. Income Tax Regulations, you must also complete the W-8 Tax Form on the bottom of this page.
PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT Regulation 15:05 of the United States Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) establishes VISION L.P. ("VISION") as your Agent for purposes of accepting delivery and service of any communication issued by or on behalf of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to you as a foreign broker or foreign trader with respect to any futures or options contracts which are or have been maintained in your accounts carried by VISION. Service or delivery of any communication issued by or on behalf of the Commission to VISION pursuant to such agency constitutes valid and effective service or delivery upon the foreign broker, the customer of the foreign broker or the foreign trader.
PLEASE BE FURTHER ADVISED THAT the CFTC, pursuant to Regulation 18:07 CFR, may require any trader located outside of the United States or its territories to comply with the filing of various reports with the Commission upon twenty days notice, except where such trader may be required by the Commission to file such reports within one business day after a special call upon such trader by the Commission.
PLEASE BE FURTHER ADVISED THAT, in the event the CFTC, pursuant to Regulation 21:03 CFR, issues a call for information on the account of a foreign trader, VISION, as your agent, may be required to provide any and all information concerning your account as specified in the above cited regulation, including but limited to your name and address and the name and address of any person having a ten percent or more beneficial interest in your account, the total open futures and options positions in your account and the number of futures contracts against which delivery notices have been issued or received or against which exchanges of futures for cash have been transacted for the period of time specified in the call.
I, the undersigned, hereby acknowledge receipt of the above NOTICE TO FOREIGN TRADER and affirm that I have read and understood its contents.
W-8 SECTION-FOREIGN PERSON EXEMPTION
Check here _____ this is the account of an EXEMPT. FOREIGN PERSON meeting each of the following requirements:
1. You are neither a citizen nor a resident of the United States;
2. You have not been nor plan to be in the U.S. for a period aggregating 183 or more days during the calendar year; and
3. You do not expect to engage in trade or business in the United States with respect to which any gain derived from transactions effected by the broker during the calendar year is effectively connected.
If your mailing address is within the United States, please provide your non-United States address below:
Name:___________________________________________________________________
Street:___________________________________________________________________
City and Postal Code:______________________Country:________________________
Certification: Under penalties of perjury, I certify that the information provided on this form is true, correct, and complete for Sections W-8.
(Customer Signature) X __________________________________
(Dated) _________________________________
(Customer Signature) X__________________________________
(Dated) _________________________________
Rev. April, 1995