No Form number (987) CA Date--Certificate of Voter Eligibility

OMB No. 0581-0178

CALIFORNIA DATE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE

P.O. Box 1736

Indio, CA 92202-1736

Tel: (760) 347-4510 Fax: (760) 347-6374

VOTER ELIGIBILITY CERTIFICATE

VOTER ELIGIBILITY: Producers who delivered dates to handlers in the current marketing year shall be eligible to vote for producer nominees unless such producers also have a proprietary interest in a date packing facility, as explained in the attached voting guidelines.

Please provide the following information. The Ballot will be invalidated if this certification is not completed.

I, __________________________________, of ______________________________________________________

Print Name Address

do hereby certify that I am a producer of Deglet Noor, Halawy, Khadrawy, or Zahidi dates and that I am qualified to vote for producer representatives to serve on the California Date Administrative Committee (Committee). I also certify that I have no proprietary interest in a date packing facility. (For purpose of this Ballot, ownership of stock in a date packing facility does not preclude an individual from voting as a producer, unless ownership of such stock allows the stockholder to dictate policy in the operation and management of said packing facility.)

I further certify that I have voted on the attached Ballot as one of the following:

□ Owner-operator □ Partnership – Name: ______________________________________________

Partners: _________________________________________________________

□ Cash rent tenant □ Corporation – Name: _____________________________________________

Date of Incorporation: ______________________________________________

□ Share tenant □ Estate – Name: __________________________________________________

□ Share landlord □ Trust – Name: ___________________________________________________

□ Other – Specify: ______________________________________________________________________________

Name(s) of handler(s) to whom I have delivered dates this marketing year (October 1, 20___ through April 30, 20___): ________________________________________________________________________________

Signature: _______________________________________ Date: ______________________________________

Title: ___________________________________________ Phone No.: _________________________________

Title (if Corporation, Estate or Trust): ______________________________________________________________

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