Section 13Sec./Art. 13

Issuance and Transfer of Investor Securities. - The following rules shall apply:

i. The original Issuance of investor securities shall be subject to DST under Title VII of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, as amended;

ii. Any sale, barter, exchange or other disposition of listed investor securities through the Exchange, including block sales or cross sales with prior approval from the Exchange, shall be subject to the stock transaction tax imposed under Section 127(a) of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, as amended;

iii. Any sale, barter or exchange or other disposition of listed investor securities through the Exchange, including block sales or cross sales with prior approval from the Exchange, shall be exempt from the DST prescribed under Title VII of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, as amended; and

iv. Any initial public offering and secondary offering of investor securities shall be exempt from the tax imposed under Section 127(b) of the National Internal Revenue Code of 1997, as amended.