Specimen: Request for admission to collective safe custody of investment funds [Letterhead of the issuing bank (issuing agent/lead manager), if required] Specimen Specimen Street 2 S-12345 Specimen Town Specimen Country Clearstream Banking AG New Issues Frankfurt Neue Börsenstrasse 8 D-60487 Frankfurt am Main Germany Request for admission to collective safe custody Dear Sir or Madam We kindly ask you to admit the following investment fund or asset class(es) to collective safe custody with Clearstream Banking AG, Frankfurt am Main (CBF): Name of the investment fund: ______________________ Unit class: _______________________ ISIN: XX0000000000 / German securities code (WKN): XXXXXX Base currency (EUR, USD, GBP etc.):1 _________________ Type of investment fund (please mark with a cross where applicable): 0 Alternative investment fund Documentation: physical securities certificate, copy of the valid general terms and conditions of investment (GTC) and/or special terms and conditions of investment (STC) 0 German retail fund / non-German fund: Documentation: physical securities certificate, copy of the valid sales prospectus and a (uncertified) copy of the permission granted by the supervisory authority responsible for fund distribution licences. We will send these documents and, if applicable, a detailed list (if more than five investment funds are concerned) by email to: fonds-frankfurt@clearstream.com. We are aware that the timely admission of securities is only possible if CBF receives the above-mentioned documents in due time before the scheduled admission date, always under the proviso that the required checking and validation processes have been successfully concluded. Distribution/issue date (DD.MM.YYYY): ________________ Term: unlimited limited until ____________ Appropriation of income: distribution reinvestment Smallest transferable unit:2 ________________ (equal or greater than 0.001) Financial year: ________________ 1 A list of all available currencies can be called up via the CASCADE transaction code KVAV IW. 2 This unit is relevant for the transfer of units in connection with the settlement of securities transfers by book entry. Specimen: Request for admission to collective safe custody of investment funds Issue of physical individual securities: excluded Global coupon sheet: yes no Tax treatment: standard procedure not excluded special procedure We confirm that the global certificate(s) (to be) delivered (no(s).1/xxxx) of the above investment fund has/have been duly and legally signed by [Mr or Ms A] and [Mr and Ms B]; all formal requirements connected with the global certificate(s) (to be) delivered (no(s).1/xxxx) have been fulfilled and a standard banking compliance check on the issuer (including a ‘know your customer’ (KYC) audit regarding anti-money laundering (AML), terrorism financing and/or (capital market) fraud has been carried out. Furthermore we declare that we have an account connection with CBF [no. XXXX] and assumed the function of issuing bank (agent/lead manager) for the securities issue in question. Marking up and marking down of the nominal value in accordance with the currently issued volume will be instructed and settled via this CBF account; we will act as the principal paying agent for all issue-related transactions carried out via CBF through our CBF account [no. XXXX]; all payments due in connection with the above investment fund will be settled through this account. Or alternatively: [XY bank] will act as the principal paying agent for all issue-related transactions carried out via CBF through this bank’s CBF account [no. XXXX]; all payments due in connection with the above investment fund will be settled through this account; separate written confirmation of assumption of the paying agent function will be provided. Yours faithfully [legally binding signature] [legally binding signature] [First name and surname of signatories in block letters or stamp]