The Business Division’s brick-and-mortar office will close promptly at 5 pm on Friday, December 29, 2006 and will remain closed through Monday, January 1, 2007 in observance of the New Year’s Holiday. We will reopen our doors at 7:30 am on Tuesday, January 2, 2007. Caution: This closure includes December 31st, the last day of the 2006 calendar year.

As an alternative to in-person service, the Business Division offers many of our services online, often at reduced fees. Access to these online services is ordinarily available around-the-clock except for periods of scheduled maintenance, including calendar year-end reprogramming, and during occasional unexpected outages beyond our control.

As we approach year-end, please note that online filing of business organization and UCC/EFS/lien documents will be unavailable beginning at 11:15 pm on Sunday, December 31, 2006 until 12:00 noon on Monday, January 1, 2007. Any online filing transaction that is commenced prior to this 11:15 pm closure must be completed in all respects prior to 11:30 pm or it will be terminated and not completed.

This scheduled closure of online filing services is necessary at the end of each calendar year as part of the reprogramming of our computer-assisted records management and access system. During the closure, we change the date, time and numbering functions of the computer system in preparation for the next calendar year, and test the reprogrammed system.

All services, including access to and searching of records, reviewing and printing of document images and issuance of Certificates of Good Standing will be unavailable from 11:30 pm on December 31, 2006 until 12:00 noon on January 1, 2007.

We appreciate your understanding as to the necessity of these year-end maintenance procedures and related service interruptions.

Happy Holidays!

The Business Division