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The information contained in the Website is password protected. In order to obtain a password and gain access to the Website, you must submit complete answers to the following questions. The Ascend Partnerships will then determine whether you will receive a password. The Ascend Partnerships may request additional information to verify your answers below.

Part I: RESIDENCY INFORMATION (REQUIRED)
First Name:

Last Name:

Address:

Address:

City:

State:

Zip Code:

Country:

Phone:

Email:

Please check if you are a financial advisor

Part II: NET WORTH INFORMATION (REQUIRED)

Please indicate your estimated net worth (inclusive of home, furnishings and automobiles) by checking the range that applies to you:

$100,000-$999,000
$1,000,000-$4,999,999
$5,000,000-$24,999,999
$25,000,000-$49,000,000
$50,000,000 or more

Part III: QUALIFICATIONS (REQUIRED)

Admission to this Web Site will be accepted from persons who qualify as "accredited investors" within the meaning of Rule 501(a) promulgated under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"). Please check the category or categories that apply to you.

  1. The Applicant is a natural person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with that person's spouse, exceeds $1,000,000.


  2. The Applicant is a natural person who had an individual income in excess of $200,000 in each of the last two calendar years, or joint income with that person's spouse in excess of $300,000 in each of those years, and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in this calendar year.


  3. The Applicant is an entity with total assets in excess of $5,000,000 which was not formed for the purpose of investing in any of the funds managed by Ascend Management Company LLC or A.P. Opportunities Management LLC ("Funds") and which is one of the following:


    1. a corporation;
    2. a partnership;
    3. a limited liability company;
    4. a business trust; or
    5. a tax-exempt organization described in Section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code").


  4. The Applicant is a personal (non-business) trust with total assets in excess of $5,000,000 which was not formed for the purpose of investing in any of the Funds and whose decisions to invest in the Funds will be directed by a person who has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that he is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Funds.


  5. The Applicant is an employee benefit plan within the meaning of Title I of the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (including an Individual Retirement Account) which satisfies at least one of the following conditions.


    1. it has total assets in excess of $5,000,000;
    2. the investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary which is a "bank", "savings and loan association", "insurance company" (as such terms are used and defined in Rule 501 (a) under the Act) or a U.S. registered investment adviser; or
    3. it is a self-directed plan (i.e., a tax-qualified defined contribution plan in which a participant may exercise control over the investment of assets credited to his or her account) and the decision to invest is made by those participants investing, and each such participant qualifies as an accredited investor under the criteria listed in Question 1 or Question 2.


  6. The Applicant is an employee benefit plan established and maintained by a state within the United States, its political subdivisions or any agency or instrumentality of such a state or its political subdivisions, which has total assets in excess of $5,000,000.


  7. The Applicant is licensed, or subject to supervision, by U.S. Federal or state examining authorities as a "bank," "savings and loan association," "insurance company," or "small business investment company" (as such terms are used and defined in Rule 501 (a) under the Act) or is an account for which such a bank or savings and loan association is subscribing in a fiduciary capacity and over which such fiduciary exercises investment discretion.


  8. The Applicant is registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission as a broker or dealer or an investment company; or has elected to be treated or qualified as a "business development company" (within the meaning of Section 2(a) (48) of the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940 or Section 202(a) (22) of the U.S. Investment Advisers Act of 1940).


  9. The Applicant is an entity in which all of the equity owners are qualified under one or more of the criteria listed above.


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The foregoing statements are true and accurate to the best of the undersigned's information and belief and the undersigned will promptly notify The Ascend Partnerships if the responses indicated above cease to be true and correct.