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APPENDIX
Agreements for Investment Trusts
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listing of the securities covered by this application. agrees with the New
York Stock Exchange as follows:
I. To notify the New York Stock Exchange promptly of any change in
the general character or nature of its business.
2. To notify the Stock Exchange promptly in the event of any sub-
stantial change in the management or affiliations of the Corporation.
3. To publish within thirty days after the close of each fiscal year, and
submit to .stockholders at least fifteen days in advance of the annual meet-
ing of the corporation, a Balance Sheet, an Income Statement for the last
fiscal year and a Surplus statement of the applicant company as a separate
corporate entity and of each corporation in which it holds directly or
indirectly a majority of the voting stock; or, in lieu thereof, eliminating
all intercompany transactions:
(a) a similar set of financial statements fully consolidated as to the
applicant company and all corporations in which it owns directly or
indirectly a majority of the voting stock, or
(b) a similar set of financial statements consolidated as to the
applicant company and specifically named ‘or described subsidiaries,
with separate similar financial statements for each unconsolidated cor-
poration in which the applicant company holds directly or indirectly a
majority of the voting stock.
Such statements shall disclose fully the nature and extent of the interest
of the applicant company in the corporations whose unconsolidated financial
statements are furnished, and also the existence of any default in interest,
cumulative dividend requirements or sinking fund or redemption fund
requirements of any of the corporations whose accounts are thus consoli-
dated or separately shown.
4. To publish in each annual report, as a footnote to the balance sheet,
a statement showing the aggregate value of securities held directly, or indi-
rectly, at the close of the period, based upon market value for all securities
listed on recognized stock exchanges and upon fair appraisal of other securi-
ties, compared with the aggregate cost of such securities.
5. To publish in each annugl report a footnote to the Income Account
showing the increase or decrease during the current year of the amount by
which the market value of securities held exceeds or is less than their book
value.
6. To publish in each annual report a list of securities held showing
names and quantities, provided, however, that an amount equal to ten (109)
per cent. of either the combined capital and surplus of the Corporation or
of the cost of the securities, whichever is lower, may be combined under
the heading “Miscellaneous.” This list shall disclose the aggregate cost of.
the securities and their aggregate market value, and in the case of securities
not listed on either the New York Stock Exchange or the New York Curb
Market, the price at which each such holding is inventoried for the purpose
of determining aggregate market value will be clearly set forth with such
information as may be required to support such valuation.
». To append to all annual financial statements and inventories required
by the Committee the certificate of a public accountant qualified under the
laws of some State or Country, which certificate shall include a statement