ACH/Direct Deposit file transmission • Reconciling checks • Preparing payment register in list form • Withholding and filing taxes for non-resident aliens and others • Filing federal tax information returns • Processing "B" and "C" notices received from the IRS • Mailing required statements (Form 1099DIV or Form 1042) • Maintaining stop payment files and issuing replacement checks • Maintaining separate dividend addresses • Receiving, verifying and posting dividend payment funds Investment Plan Services (per separate Plan agreement) • Opening and maintaining participant accounts • Processing reinvestment and optional cash payments • Preparing participant statement of accounts, after each transaction, showing activity for current period • Processing liquidations and terminations according to plan specifications • Providing periodic investment reports to Client • Preparing Form 1099B to report sale proceeds • Issuing replacement checks • Mail authorization material as requested either separately or part of new account mailing Escheatment Functions • Assist in establishing compliance with the unclaimed property requirements of all jurisdictions that may have a claim on escheatable property held by Agent on behalf of Client. • Processing records and property subject to reporting based upon current state statutes, rules, and regulations • Identifying property that has become escheatable since the last filing date • Assist in reviewing state regulations to determine if there have been any changes in reporting procedures • Reporting and remitting property to states Proxy and Annual Meeting Functions • Assisting in Annual Meeting planning • Processing and mailing Annual Meeting materials • Provide eKit interactive Annual Meeting materials integrated with Internet Proxy Voting B-5 • Tabulating physical (both scanner and manual) proxies returned by shareholders • Soliciting registered shareholders for their consent to receive electronic meeting materials • Collecting, processing and archiving electronic consents and revocations • Tabulating telephone and Internet proxies returned by