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CONSENT OF
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF
SOUTHERN TRUST COMPANY, INC.
The undersigned, being all of the Directors of Southern Trust Company, Inc., a U.S. Virgin Islands
Corporation ("the Corporation"), hereby certify that the following resolutions were unanimously adopted
and entered into by the Board of Directors on the 19th day of March 2013.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Corporation is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the U.S.
Virgin Islands;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors as of the date of this Consent are as follows:
Jeffrey Epstein
Darren K. Indyke
Richard Kahn
WHEREAS, the undersigned, being all of the directors of the Corporation, consent to the taking of
the following actions in lieu of a meeting of the Board of Directors in accordance with the General
Corporation Law of the United States Virgin Islands (the "GCL") and waive any notice to be given in
connection with the meeting pursuant to the GCL;
WHEREAS, Financial Trust Company, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of
the United States Virgin Islands ("FTC"), is the sole shareholder of Jeepers, Inc., a corporation organized
and existing under the laws of the United States Virgin Islands ("Jeepers"), which has elected to be taxed as
a qualified subchapter S subsidiary;
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of FTC determined that it is in the best interests of the
Corporation and its sole shareholder, Jeffrey E. Epstein ("Epstein"), to transfer and distribute to Epstein all
of the issued and outstanding shares of Jeepers, free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances (the
`Jeepers Interest"), such that Epstein shall become the sole shareholder of Jeepers;
WHEREAS, Epstein is also the sole shareholder of Corporation;
WHEREAS, the Corporation is the sole member of Southern Financial, LLC, a United States
Virgin Islands limited liability company organized on February 25, 2013 ("SF'); and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of FTC has determined that it is in the best interests of FTC
and its sole shareholder to merge FTC into SF, upon the completion of which merger SF shall be the
surviving entity of said merger (the "Merger");
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WHEREAS, it is intended that the Merger be effectuated upon, in accordance with, and subject to,
the provisions of an Agreement and Plan of Merger in the form annexed as Exhibit "A" hereto, which has
also been approved by the Board of Directors of FTC and its sole shareholder (the "Merger Agreement");
WHEREAS, in connection with the Merger and pursuant to the provisions of the Merger
Agreement, Epstein is to surrender for cancellation ten thousand (10,000) shares of the Common Stock of
FTC, representing all of the issued and outstanding shares of FTC's Common Stock and all of such issued
and outstanding shares held by Epstein, and in consideration of FTC's merger with and into SF, the wholly
owned subsidiary of the Corporation, and the transfer of all of FTC's assets to SF by operation of law as a
result of such Merger, the Corporation is to issue an additional ten thousand (10,000) shares of its Common
Stock, $.01 par value (the "Common Stock") to Epstein (the "Additional Shares");
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Corporation has determined that it is both advisable
and in the best interests of the Corporation and of Epstein, as the sole shareholder of the Corporation, that
the Merger be consummated upon, in accordance with, and subject to the provisions of the Merger
Agreement, and that in connection therewith, the Corporation issue the Additional Shares to Epstein;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT:
RESOLVED, that, after consummation by FTC of its issuance to Epstein of the Jeepers Interest,
the Merger, upon, in accordance with, and subject to, the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, be
and it is hereby authorized and approved.
RESOLVED, that it is intended that the Merger qualify as a tax-free reorganization under section
368(a)(I)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code;
RESOLVED, that the form and provisions of the Merger Agreement, be and they hereby arc
adopted and approved;
RESOLVED, in connection with the Merger and pursuant to the provisions of the Merger
Agreement, the Corporation issue the Additional Shares to JE.
RESOLVED, that, the President of the Corporation be, and he hereby is, authorized, empowered
and directed, for and on behalf of the Corporation, to execute and deliver the Merger Agreement, and to
execute and file with the Office of the Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands Articles of
Merger in form and substance that has been approved by legal counsel to the Corporation as being
compliant with the requirements of the GCL and necessary or appropriate in order to effectuate Merger in
accordance with the provisions of the Merger Agreement; and
RESOLVED, that the officers of the Corporation be, and each of them hereby is, authorized,
empowered and directed, for and on behalf of the Corporation, to execute and deliver all such agreements,
documents and instruments, to pay all such costs, fees and expenses, and take all such other action as such
officer deems necessary or advisable in order to consummate the Merger in accordance with the provisions
of the Merger Agreement.
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This consent shall be filed with the Minutes of the proceedings of the Bond of Directors of the
Corporation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Resolution as the directors of
Financial Trust Company, Inc., on this 19th day of March, 2013.
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CONSENT OF
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF
FINANCIAL INFOMATICS, INC.
The undersigned, being all of the Directors of Financial Infomatics, Inc., a U.S. Virgin Islands
Corporation ("the Corporation'), hereby certify that the following resolutions were unanimously adopted
and entered into by the Board of Directors on the IV' day of November, 2011.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Corporation is a corporation organized and existing tinder the laws of the U.S.
Virgin Islands; and
WHEREAS, the Corporation was duly formed in the United States Virgin Islands on November
18,2011; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors as of the date of this Consent are as follows:
Jeffrey Epstein
Darren Indyke
Richard Kahn
WHEREAS, the undersigned, being all of the directors of Financial Infomatics, Inc., consent to the
taking of the following actions in lieu of a meeting of the Board of Directors in accordance with the
corporation laws of the United States Virgin Islands and waive any notice to be given in connection with the
meeting pursuant to the corporation laws of United Stares Virgin Islands; and
WHEREAS, this corporation is authorized, in its arrick of incorporation, to issue an aggregate of
10,000 shares of stock of the par value of 1.01 per share; and
WHEREAS, a depository shall be established for the funds of the corporation and those who are
authorized to do so may withdraw them on behalf of the corporation; and
NOW THEREFORE BE IT:
RESOLVED, that all actions taken by the incorporators of the Corporation during the period from
November 18, 2011 through the date of this Consent, including, but not limited to, filing the Certificate of
Incorporation of the Corporation and adopting the initial By-Laws of the Corporation, be, and each of the
same hereby is, in all respects, ratified, adopted and approved; and it is further
RESOLVED, that the officers of the Corporation shall include a President, and may include one or
more Vice presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer; and it is further
RESOLVED, that each of the following persons is hereby appointed and elected to the office set
forth opposite his name below to serve as such in accordance with the provisions of the By-Laws of the
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Corporation until the next meeting of directors of the Corporation immediately following the next annual
meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation and until his successor shall have been duly elected and shall
have qualified:
Jeffrey Epstein, President
Darren Indyke, Vice President and Secretary
Richard Kahn, Treasurer
And it is further
RESOLVED, that the officers of the Corporation be, and each of them hereby is authorized,
empowered and directed to produce all books of account, stock books and other materials and supplies
necessary or appropriate in connection with maintaining the records and conducting the business of the
Corporation, and to pay all costs and expenses and to make full reimbursement for all expenditures made in
connection with the organization of the Corporation; and it is further
RESOLVED, that the specimen of stock certificate to evidence shares of the Common Stock, par value
of .01 (the "Common Stock'), of the Corporation in the form submitted to the undersigned, which is to be
filed with this Consent, be and the same hereby is, approved and adopted, and the President, the Vicc
President, the Secretary and/or any other officers authorized by the By-laws of the Corporation be, and
each of them hereby is, authorized to issue certificates in such form for shares of fully paid and non-
assessable Common Stock when the issuance thereof is duly authorized by the Board of Directors of the
Corporation; and it is further
RESOLVED, that the Corporation accept the subscription of Jeffrey E. Epstein for 10,001) shares
of Common Stock, upon the terms and conditions contained in the subscription agreement, dated as of
November 18, 2011 of Jeffrey E. Epstein, a copy of which shall be filed with the official records of the
Corporation; and it is further
RESOLVED, that the Vice President and the Treasurer of the Corporation be, and each of them
hereby is, authorized and directed to issue, on behalf of the Corporation, to Jeffrey E. Epstein, a certificate
for 10,000 shares of the Common Stock; and it is further
RESOLVED, that all of the 10,000 shares of the Common Stock as authorized for issuance by the
immediately preceding resolution shall be in all respects, when issued as aforesaid, validly issued, fully paid
and non-assessable; and it is further
RESOLVED, that the seal, an impression of which appears in the margin of this Consent, be, and
the same hereby is adopted as the seal of the Corporation; and it is further
RESOLVED, that the corporate record book and the stock transfer ledger thereof, be and each of
the same hereby is, adopted as the record book and stock transfer ledger, respectively, of the Corporation;
and it is further
RESOLVED, that, with respect to the opening, maintaining and closing of bank accounts of the
Corporation, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer and the Secretary of the Corporation, be, and
each of them hereby is, authorized as follows:
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1. To designate one or more banks, trust companies or other similar institutions as depositories of
the funds, including, without limitation, cash and cash equivalents, of the Corporation;
2. To open, keep and close general and special bank accounts, including general deposit accounts,
payroll accounts and working fund accounts, with any such depository;
3. To cause to be deposited in such accounts with any such depository, from time to time such
funds, including, without limitation, cash and cash equivalents, of the Corporation, as such
officers deem necessary or advisable, and to designate or change the designation of the officer or
officers and agents of the Corporation who will be authorized to make such deposits and to
endorse such checks, drafts or other instruments for such deposits;
4. From time to time to designate or change the designation of the officer or officers and agent or
agents of the Corporation who will be authorized to sign or countersign checks, drafts or other
orders for the payments of money issued in the name of the Corporation against any funds
deposited in such accounts, and to revoke any such designation;
5. To authorize the use of facsimile signatures for the signing or countersigning of checks, drafts or
other orders for the payment of money, and to enter into such agreements as banks and trust
companies customarily require as a condition for permitting the use of facsimile signatures;
6. To make such general and special rules and regulations with respect to such accounts as they
may deem necessary or advisable; and
7. To complete, execute and/or certify any customary printed blank signature card forms in order
to conveniently exercise the authority granted by this resolution and any resolutions thereon
shall be deemed adopted as part hereof; and it is further
RESOLVED, that the President or the Secretary of the Corporation be, and such officer hereby is,
authorized to prepare and certify as the resolutions of the Board of Directors, as if adopted verbatim by this
Consent, any such additional resolutions as any such depository may require in connection with the opening
of an account with such depository as authorized pursuant to the immediately preceding resolution, and that
any such depository to which a copy of the immediately preceding resolution and such additional
resolutions, if any, have been certified shall be entitled to rely thereon for all purposes until it shall have
received written notice of the revocation or amendment of such resolutions by the Board of Directors: and
it is further
RESOLVED, that the fiscal year of this Corporation shall begin the first day of January in each
year; and it is further
RESOLVED, that for the purpose of authorizing the Corporation to do business in any state,
territory or dependency of the United States or any foreign country in which it is necessary or expedient for
the Corporation to transact business, the officers of the Corporation be, and each of them hereby is,
authorized to appoint and substitute all necessary agents or attorneys for service of process, to designate and
change the location of all necessary offices of the Corporation, whether statutory or otherwise, and, under
the seal of the Corporation, to make and file all necessary certificates, reports, powers of attorney and other
instruments as may be required by the laws of such state, territory, dependency or country to authorize the
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Corporation to transact business therein; and it is further
RESOLVED, that the officers of the Corporation be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and
directed, on behalf of the Corporation, to do and perform all such further acts and things, to execute and
deliver and, where necessary or appropriate, file with the appropriate governmental authorities, all such
further certificates, contracts, agreements, documents, instruments, instruments of transfer, receipts or other
papers, and to pay all costs and expenses (but only to the extent that any such officer has signing authority
with respect to the bank accounts of the Corporation), including, without limitation, such taxes and
assessments, as in their judgment or in the judgment of any of them shall be necessary or appropriate to
carry out, comply with and effectuate the purposes and intent of the foregoing resolutions; and it is further
RESOLVED, that the Corporation proceed to carry on the business for which it was incorporated.
This consent shall be filed with the Minutes of the proceedings of the Board of Directors of tht
Corporation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Resolution as the first directors of Financial
Infomatics, Inc., on this le day of November, 2011.
Jeffrey Epstein, Director
Dart Indyke, Director
Richard Kahn, Director
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FINANCIAL INFOMATICS, INC.
SUBSCRIPTION FOR COMMON STOCK
The undersigned hereby subscribes for Tcn Thousand (10,000) shares of the Common
Stock, 5.01 par value, of Financial Infomatics, Inc., a United States Virgin Islands corporation (the
"Coporation"), the Certificate of Incorporation of which was filed with the Office of the
Lieutenant Governor of the United States Virgin Islands on the 18h1 day of November, 2011, and
agrees to pay therefor and in full payment thereof, upon call of the Board of Directors of the
Corporation, 44-n ee..‘A-s ($ C' • I 0 1 per share in cash or by check nude payable to the
Corporation, at which time a certificate shall be issued to the undersigned for the number of shares
subscribed for.
Dated as of November 18, 2011
Jeffrey F. lips
Subscriber for tn,
of Common Stock, $.01 Par Value
Subscription Accepted
As of November 18, 2011
FINANCIAL INFOMATICS, INC.
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Darren K. Indyke
Vice President
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