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Special Instructions for the filing of Temporary Form SH on EDGAR (including Information Table XML Specifications)

  1. This form consists of two parts: the Temporary Form SH (“Form SH”) and the Information Table.
     
  2. When preparing the report, omit all bracketed text. Include brackets used to form check boxes.

Form SH:

  1. The period end date used in the report is the Saturday before the Form SH is filed. The date should name the month, and express the day and year in Arabic numerals, with the year being a four-digit numeral (i.e., 2008).
     
  2. Amendments to a Form SH must either restate the Form SH in its entirety or include only entries that are being reported in addition to those already reported in a current Form SH for the same period. If the Institutional Investment Manager (the “Manager”) is filing the Form SH report as an amendment, then the Manager must check the amendment box on the form; enter the amendment number; and check the appropriate box to indicate whether the amendment (a) is a restatement or (b) adds new entries. Each amendment must include a complete Form SH and Information Table. Amendments must be filed sequentially.
     
  3. Present the Form SH information in the format and order provided in the form. The Form SH may include information in addition to the required information, so long as the additional information does not, either by its nature, quantity, or manner of presentation, impede the understanding or presentation of the required information. Place all additional information after the signature of the person signing the report. Do not include any additional information in the Information Table.
     
  4. Designate the Report Type for the Form SH by checking the appropriate box.
     
    1. If all of the information that a Manager is required to report on Form SH is reported by another Manager (or Managers), check the box for Report Type “FORM SH NOTICE,” and omit the Information Table.
       
    2. If all of the information that a Manager is required to report on Form SH is reported in this report, check the box for Report Type “FORM SH ENTRIES REPORT,” and include the Information Table.
       
    3. If only a part of the information that a Manager is required to report on Form SH is reported in this report, check the box for Report Type “FORM SH COMBINATION REPORT,” and include Information Tablet.
       
  5. Include in the Form SH, where applicable, the List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager, the Number of Other Included Managers, the Total Number of Transactions Reported and the List of Other Included Managers, and the Information Table.
     
    1. If other Managers report some of the information for this Manager, this Form SH shall include the List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager. Enter in the List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager all such Managers together with their respective Form 13F file numbers, if known and Central Index Key Numbers (CIK). (The Form 13F file numbers are assigned to Managers when they file their first Form 13F).
       
    2. Enter as the Number of Other Included Managers the total number of other Managers listed in the List of Other Included Managers, not counting the Manager filing this report. If none, enter the number zero (“0”).
       
    3. Enter as the Total Number of Transactions Reported the total number of line entries providing issuer information included in the Information Table.
       
    4. Include the List of Other Included Managers.
       
      1. If this SH does not report the information that a Manager is required to report on Form SH of any Manager other than the Manager filing this report, enter the word “NONE”.
         
      2. If this Form SH reports the information that a Manager is required to report on Form SH of one or more Managers other than the Manager filing this report, enter in the List of Other Included Managers all such Managers together with their respective Form 13F file numbers, if known and Central Index Key Numbers (CIK). Assign a number to each Manager in the List of Other Included Managers, and present the list in sequential order. The numbers need not be consecutive. The List of Other Managers cannot include the Manager filing this report.

Information Table:

  1. Furnish the Information Table using XML tagged data files as provided for in the EDGAR Submission Type SH-ER Information Table XML Technical Specification. Do not include any additional information in the Information Table. Submit the Information Table using the SH-ER or SH-ER/A document type.
     
    1. Instructions for each data element in the Information Table:
       
      1. Element 1. Date. Enter in Element 1 the date for which the data is reported.
         
      2. Element 2. CIK of the Institutional Investment Manager. Enter in Element 2 the CIK number for the institutional investment manager for whom the transactions are being reported.
         
      3. Element 3. Name of Issuer. Enter in Element 3 the name of the issuer as it appears in the current 13F List. Reasonable abbreviations are permitted.
         
      4. Element 4. CUSIP Number. Enter in Element 4 the nine (9) digit CUSIP number of the security for which information is being reported.
         
      5. Element 5. Short Position (Start of Day). Enter in Element 5 the number of securities that represent the Manager’s short position in the issuer as of the start of each calendar day during the reporting period.
         
      6. Element 6. Number of Securities Sold Short (Day). Enter in Element 6 the aggregate number of securities in the issuer that the Manager sold short for each calendar day during the reporting period.
         
      7. Element 7. Short Position (End of Day). Enter in Element 7 the number of securities that represent the Manager’s short position in the issuer as of the end of each calendar day during the reporting period.
         
  2. Preparation of the electronic filing:
    SH filing documents may be submitted in either ASCII or HTML document format; however the Information Table shall be submitted in XML tagged data format. Preparation of the filing document should follow instructions in the EDGAR Filer Manual, (Volume 2) EDGAR Filing available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov/info/edgar/edmanuals.htm and in the EDGAR Submission Type SH-ER Information Table XML Technical Specification available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov/info/edgar.shtml and http://www.sec.gov/info/edgar/ednews/formshsubmission.htm. To assist those filers that are not familiar with XML, a fillable PDF SH-ER XML Information Table form is also available. Information Table documents completed using the fillable PDF SH-ER XML Information Table form must be saved as XML, using the “Save as XML” button on the form, before the resulting document is attached to the SH-ER or SH-ER/A submission and filed on EDGAR.
     
    1. No line on the Form SH may exceed 80 characters in length. See rule 305 of Regulation S-T [17 CFR 232.305]. The EDGAR <TABLE> tag may be used if it is necessary to increase the width of a line in a Form SH that is formatted in ASCII. See EDGAR Filer Manual (Volume 2) for details on the use of this tag.
       
    2. In preparing the Form SH report for electronic filing, a Manager may omit underscoring used in the form to indicate the placement of information that the Manager is to furnish.
       
    3. Use the following EDGAR submission types (EDGARLink Template #3) for the following Form SH Report Types:
       
      Form SH Report TypeEDGAR Submission Type
      FORM SH ENTRIES REPORT
      Initial FilingSH-ER
      AmendmentsSH-ER/A
      FORM SH NOTICE
      Initial FilingSH-NT
      AmendmentsSH-NT/A
      FORM SH COMBINATION REPORT
      Initial FilingSH-ER
      AmendmentsSH-ER/A

       
    4. Use the following EDGAR document types when attaching documents as part of the aforementioned submission types available from EDGARLink Template #3:
       
         Form SH Report TypeEDGAR Document Type
      FORM SH ENTRIES REPORT
         Initial Filing
         ASCII/HTML Primary DocumentSH-ER
         Information Table (XML Document)SH-ER
         Amendments
         ASCII/HTML Primary DocumentSH-ER/A
         Information Table (XML Document)SH-ER/A
      FORM SH NOTICE
         Initial Filing
         ASCII/HTML Primary DocumentSH-NT
         Amendments
         ASCII/HTML Primary DocumentSH-NT/A
      FORM SH COMBINATION REPORT
         Initial Filing
         ASCII/HTML Primary DocumentSH-ER
         Information Table (XML Document)SH-ER
         Amendments
         ASCII/HTML Primary DocumentSH-ER/A
         Information Table (XML Document)SH-ER/A

 

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Modified: 10/28/2008