The SEC has, as per otcmarkets.com, rejected the idea of accredited investors from continuing to receive quotes in 'no info' and 'limited info' companies, but just for your info the following is what is required to qualify as an accredited investor:
The Purchaser covenants, represents and warrants to the Issuer that it satisfies one or more of the categories of "Accredited Investors", as defined by Regulation D promulgated under the 1933 Act, as indicated below: (Please initial in the space provide those categories, if any, of an "Accredited Investor" which the Purchaser satisfies.)
_______ Category 1 An organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, a corporation, a Massachusetts or similar business trust or partnership, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Securities, with total assets in excess of US $5,000,000.
_______ Category 2 A natural person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with that person's spouse, on the date of purchase exceeds US $1,000,000, excluding the value of such person's primary residence.
_______ Category 3 A natural person who had an individual income in excess of US $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with that person's spouse in excess of US $300,000 in each of those years and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year.
_______ Category 4 A "bank" as defined under Section (3)(a)(2) of the 1933 Act or savings and loan association or other institution as defined in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the 1933 Act acting in its individual or fiduciary capacity; a broker dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (United States); an insurance company as defined in Section 2(13) of the 1933 Act; an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (United States) or a business development company as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of such Act; a Small Business Investment Company licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (United States); a plan with total assets in excess of $5,000,000 established and maintained by a state, a political subdivision thereof, or an agency or instrumentality of a state or a political subdivision thereof, for the benefit of its employees; an employee benefit plan within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (United States) whose investment decisions are made by a plan fiduciary, as defined in Section 3(21) of such Act, which is either a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company or registered investment adviser, or if the employee benefit plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000, or, if a self-directed plan, whose investment decisions are made solely by persons that are accredited investors.
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_______ Category 5 A private business development company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (United States).
_______ Category 6 A director or executive officer of the Issuer.
_______ Category 7 A trust with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Securities, whose purchase is directed by a sophisticated person as described in Rule 506(b)(2)(ii) under the 1933 Act.
_______ Category 8 An entity in which all of the equity owners satisfy the requirements of one or more of the foregoing categories.
Note that prospective Purchaser claiming to satisfy one of the above categories of Accredited Investor may be required to supply the Issuer with a balance sheet, prior years' federal income tax returns or other appropriate documentation to verify and substantiate the Purchaser's status as an Accredited Investor.
If the Purchaser is an entity which initialled Category 8 in reliance upon the Accredited Investor categories above, state the name, address, total personal income from all sources for the previous calendar year, and the net worth (exclusive of home, home furnishings and personal automobiles) for each equity owner of the said entity:
The Purchaser covenants, represents and warrants to the Issuer that it satisfies one or more of the categories of "Accredited Investors", as defined by Regulation D promulgated under the 1933 Act, as indicated below: (Please initial in the space provide those categories, if any, of an "Accredited Investor" which the Purchaser satisfies.)
_______ Category 1 An organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code, a corporation, a Massachusetts or similar business trust or partnership, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Securities, with total assets in excess of US $5,000,000.
_______ Category 2 A natural person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with that person's spouse, on the date of purchase exceeds US $1,000,000, excluding the value of such person's primary residence.
_______ Category 3 A natural person who had an individual income in excess of US $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with that person's spouse in excess of US $300,000 in each of those years and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year.
_______ Category 4 A "bank" as defined under Section (3)(a)(2) of the 1933 Act or savings and loan association or other institution as defined in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the 1933 Act acting in its individual or fiduciary capacity; a broker dealer registered pursuant to Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (United States); an insurance company as defined in Section 2(13) of the 1933 Act; an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (United States) or a business development company as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of such Act; a Small Business Investment Company licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (United States); a plan with total assets in excess of $5,000,000 established and maintained by a state, a political subdivision thereof, or an agency or instrumentality of a state or a political subdivision thereof, for the benefit of its employees; an employee benefit plan within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (United States) whose investment decisions are made by a plan fiduciary, as defined in Section 3(21) of such Act, which is either a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company or registered investment adviser, or if the employee benefit plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000, or, if a self-directed plan, whose investment decisions are made solely by persons that are accredited investors.
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_______ Category 5 A private business development company as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (United States).
_______ Category 6 A director or executive officer of the Issuer.
_______ Category 7 A trust with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Securities, whose purchase is directed by a sophisticated person as described in Rule 506(b)(2)(ii) under the 1933 Act.
_______ Category 8 An entity in which all of the equity owners satisfy the requirements of one or more of the foregoing categories.
Note that prospective Purchaser claiming to satisfy one of the above categories of Accredited Investor may be required to supply the Issuer with a balance sheet, prior years' federal income tax returns or other appropriate documentation to verify and substantiate the Purchaser's status as an Accredited Investor.
If the Purchaser is an entity which initialled Category 8 in reliance upon the Accredited Investor categories above, state the name, address, total personal income from all sources for the previous calendar year, and the net worth (exclusive of home, home furnishings and personal automobiles) for each equity owner of the said entity:
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