EFTA01383187.pdf

Form W-9 (Rev. 11-2017) 3 Criminal penalty for falsifying information. Willfully falsifying IF the entity/person on line 1 is THEN check the box for. . . certifications or affirmations may subject you to criminal penalties a(n) ... including fines and/or imprisonment. Misuse of TINs. If the requester discloses or uses TINs in violation of • Corporation Corporation federal law, the requester may be subject to civil and criminal penalties. • Individual Individual/sole proprietor or single- • Sole proprietorship, or member 11C Specific Instructions • Single-member limited liability company (LLC) owned by an Line 1 individual and disregarded for U.S. You must enter one of the following on this line; do not leave this line federal tax purposes. blank. The name should match the name on your tax retum. • LLC treated as a partnership for Limited liability company and enter If this Form W-9 is for a joint account (other than an account U.S. federal tax purposes, the appropriate tax classification. maintained by a foreign financial institution (FFI)), list first, and then • LLC that has filed Form 8832 or (P• Partnership; Ce C corporation: circle, the name of the person or entity whose number you entered in 2553 to be taxed as a corporation, or S• S corporation) Part I of Form W-9. If you are providing Form W-9 to an FFI to document or a joint account, each holder of the account that is a U.S. person must • LLC that is disregarded as an provide a Form W-9. entity separate from its owner but a. Individual. Generally, enter the name shown on your tax return. If the owner is another LLC that is you have changed your last name without informing the Social Security not disregarded for U.S. federal tax Administration (SSA) of the name change, enter your first name, the last purposes. name as shown on your social security card, and your new last name. • Partnership Partnership Note: MN applicant: Enter your individual name as it was entered on your Form W-7 application, line la. This should also be the same as the • Trust/estate TrusVestate name you entered on the Form 1040/1040A/1040EZ you filed with your application. Line 4, Exemptions b. Sole proprietor or single-member LLC. Enter your individual If you are exempt from backup withholding and/or FATCA reporting, name as shown on your 1040/1040A/1040EZ on line 1. You may enter enter in the appropriate space on line 4 any code(s) that may apply to your business, trade, or "doing business as" (DBA) name on line 2. Wu- Exempt payee code. c. Partnership, LLC that is not a single-member LLC, C corporation, or S corporation. Enter the entity's name as shown on the • Generally, individuals (including sole proprietors) are not exempt from entity's tax return on line 1 and any business, trade, or DBA name on backup withholding. tine 2. • Except as provided below, corporations are exempt from backup d. Other entitles. Enter your name as shown on required U.S. federal withholding for certain payments, including interest and dividends. tax documents on line 1. This name should match the name shown on the • Corporations are not exempt from backup withholding for payments charter or other legal document creating the entity. You may enter any made in settlement of payment card or third party network transactions. business, trade, or DBA name on line 2. • Corporations are not exempt from backup withholding with respect to e. Disregarded entity. For U.S. federal tax purposes, an entity that is attorneys' fees or gross proceeds paid to attorneys, and corporations disregarded as an entity separate from its owner is treated as a that provide medical or health care services are not exempt with respect "disregarded entity." See Regulations section 301.7701.2(c)(2)(ii). Enter to payments reportable on Form 1099-MISC. the owner's name on line 1. The name of the entity entered on line 1 The following codes identify payees that are exempt from backup should never be a disregarded entity. The name on line 1 should be the withholding. Enter the appropriate code in the space in line 4. name shown on the income tax retum on which the Income should be reported. For example, if a foreign 11C that Is treated as a disregarded 1—An organization exempt from tax under section 501(a). any IRA. or entity for U.S. federal tax purposes has a single owner that is a U.S. a custodial account under section 403(1)(7) if the account satisfies the person, the U.S. owners name is required to be provided on line 1. II requirements of section 401(0(2) the direct owner of the entity is also a disregarded entity. enter the first 2 —The United States or any of its agencies or instrumentalities owner that is not disregarded for federal tax purposes. Enter the 3—A state, the District of Columbia, a U.S. commonwealth or disregarded entity's name on line 2. "Business name/disregarded entity possession, or any of their political subdivisions or instrumentalities name." If the owner of the disregarded entity is a foreign person, the owner must complete an appropriate Form W-8 instead of a Form W-9. 4—A foreign government or any of its political subdivisions, agencies. This is the case even if the foreign person has a U.S. TIN. or instrumentalities 5—A corporation Line 2 6—A dealer in securities or commodities required to register in the If you have a business name, trade name, DBA name, or disregarded United States, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. commonwealth or entity name. you may enter it on line 2. possession 7—A futures commission merchant registered with the Commodity Line 3 Futures Trading Commission Check the appropriate box on line 3 for the U.S. federal tax 8—A real estate investment trust classification of the person whose name is entered on line 1. Check only one box on line 3. 9—An entity registered at all times during the tax year under the Investment Company Act of 1940 10—A common trust fund operated by a bank under section 584(a) 11—A financial institution 12—A middleman known in the investment community as a nominee or custodian 13—A trust exempt from tax under section 664 or described in section 4947 CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED. R. CRIM. P. 6(e) DB-SDNY-0082855 CONFIDENTIAL SONY GM_00229039 EFTA01383187