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SCHEDULE A. Real Property

Real property held by you or by a partnership, limited liability partnership, or limited liability company in

which you have an interest must be disclosed, if it is held at any time during the reporting period. You must

report real property whether it is located in or outside of Maryland. Partnership property must be disclosed,

without regard to the extent of your interest in the partnership. You must also report any interest you have in

leasehold property, for example, property in which you are tenant, including business offices and

personal residences. You must report your personal residence if it is owned directly by you,

attributable to you or rented by you. Note also that all appropriate information (e.g., date, seller, etc.) must

be reported for land you own whether or not you have constructed improvements on it.

Schedule A deals with real property interests only; do not report here your interests in business entities.

If real property held by an entity is attributable to you, or is a partnership, limited liability partnership, or limited

liability company property, list the real property on this Schedule. Report your interest in the entity on Schedule

B, C, or H (whichever is appropriate) if it falls within the reporting requirements of those Schedules.

Please answer the Questions 1 through 11 as appropriate. The Ethics Law requires for each property to

be disclosed that you give the location, the type of property, the nature and extent of your interest, the identity

of other persons holding an interest in the property, encumbrances, date and manner of acquisition, the

identity of the person from whom you acquired the property, and the nature and amount of consideration.

Additionally, if you transferred the property during the calendar year, the name of the person to whom you

transferred the property, the portion of interest transferred and the amount of consideration received are

required to be disclosed.

SCHEDULE B. Interests in Corporations/Partnerships

Report all interests in any corporation, partnership, limited liability partnership or limited liability

company held by you during the reporting period, whether or not the entity does business with the State.

Examples of frequently disclosed items on this schedule are corporate stocks, corporate bonds, and

partnerships. Interests in publicly traded mutual funds or exchange-traded funds traded on a national scale need

not be disclosed unless the mutual fund or exchange-traded fund is composed primarily of holdings of stocks and

interests in a specific sector or area that is regulated by the filer’s governmental unit. Filers are not required to

disclose holdings in an Internal Revenue Service qualified trust or college savings plan. This would include the

State of Maryland § 401(a), § 401(k) and § 457 (deferred compensation) plans. This would also include

Maryland College Savings Plans, such as 529 investment accounts. Other possible qualified retirement

accounts include 403(b) plans. Filers must determine whether the plan in which they participate meets the

requirements for exemption from disclosure. (See definition of “interest” in glossary of terms.)

Please answer the Questions 1 through 8 as appropriate. The Ethics Law requires for each interest to be

disclosed that you give the name and address of the entity, the nature and extent of your interest, the amount of

the interest, other interests held in the entity, and any encumbrances or conditions. Additionally, if the interest

was acquired during the calendar year, the date and manner of acquisition, the identity of the person from

w h o m you acquired the interest, and the nature and amount of consideration will need to be disclosed. If the

acquisition solely consists of an addition to an existing, publicly traded corporate interest acquired by dividend or

dividend reinvestment and the total value is less than $500, you need not provide any additional information.

Finally, if you transferred the interest during the calendar year, the name of the person to whom you

transferred the interest (if known), the portion of interest transferred and the amount of consideration received.

NOTE: In lieu of completing a separate Schedule B for each interest owned, you may upload a year-end

statement from your broker identifying your holdings, provided the statement includes all of the information

required by Schedule B for each interest you held during the calendar year. Do not confuse a year-end

statement (acceptable), reflecting the activity during the course of the entire calendar year, with a statement for

the month of December (not acceptable), reflecting only the activity during the month of December. If you elect

to upload a year-end statement, you should redact information such as account numbers and social security

numbers before doing so, as the statement is available for review by the public.

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October 1, 2017

Financial Disclosure Statement Instructions (Form 1) - Maryland State Ethics Commission Page 6

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