LETTER OF GOOD STANDING
File Number 5636-939-2
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State of Illinois
Office of
The Secretary of State
To all whom these Presents Shall Come, Greeting:
I, Jesse White, Secretary of State of the State of Illinois, do hereby certify
that PACIFIC TELCOM, INC., A DOMESTIC CORPORATION, INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS
OF THIS STATE MAY 2, 1991, APPEARS TO HAVE COMPLIED WITH ALL THE PROVISIONS OF
BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT OF THIS STATE RELATING TO THE FILING OF ANNUAL REPORTS
AND PAYMENT OF FRANCHISE TAXES, AND AS OF THIS DATE, IS IN GOOD STANDING AS A
DOMESTIC CORPORATION IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
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In Testimony Whereof, I hereto set my hand and cause to be affixed the Great
Seal of the State of Illinois, this 31ST day of October A.D. 2000.
[signature]
Jesse White
Secretary of State
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