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E 510 7 Leesbur g Pike , Suit e 2501 , Fall s Church , V A2204 1 703-824-838 3 800-424-2495 LETTE RO FTRANSMITTA L

Jun e 30 , 199 3

Sher i Dunatchi k Environmenta l Protectio n Agenc y 256 5 Plymout h Roa d An n Arbor , M I 4810 5 Dea r Sheri : Th e following lette r o f transmitta l wil l provid e yo u wit h informatio n regardin g th e gatherin g an d processin g o f th e dat a recentl ysen t t o yo u vi a diskette

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Basi c busines s informatio n wa s collecte d a s follows : 1
. LOOKU P - Businesse s wer e looke d up vi a a n on-lin e hooku p t o th e mai n Dun & Bradstree t databas e system
. Criteri a fo r searc h wa s nam e o f busines s an d state
. Wher e severa l example s wer e found , th e busines s wa s chose n base d o n addres s give n b y client

. Whe n busines s wa s found , th e busines s dat a wa s inserte d int o th e desire d clien t format
. 2
. VERIFICATION- Businesse s no t foun d vi a th e abov e metho d wer e pu t through a verificatio n search , consistin g i n mos t case s o f phon e research , i n som e case s physica l researc h (i.e. , a D& B analys t drov e t o th e busines s sit e t o se e i f i t wa s stil l valid. ) Whe n th e busines s wa s found , th e busines s dat a wa s inserte d int o th e desire d clien t format
. Businesse s no t foun d a t thi s stag e wer e deeme d "Unabl e t o Locate"
. I t shoul d b e note d tha t i n th e abov e process , foreign record s wer e submitte d t o th e Lookup proces s only
. Verificatio n o f foreign record s require s a longe r tim e period

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Sher i Dunatchi k

Transmitta l Lette r Pag e 2

Result s o f th

e search : Record s submitte

d51 3 Record s returned51 3 Tota l Matche s 37 7 (73.5% ) Headquarter s 11 9 (23% ) Singl e Location s 7 5 (14.5% ) Branche s 5 9 (11.5% ) Ou t o f Busines s 12 3 (24% ) Subsidiar

y 1 (.5% ) Sale s Figure s provided. . 31 1 (86.5 % o f al l matches ) Unabl e t o Locat e 13 6 (26.5% )

Followin

g i s a revie

w o f dat a element s tha t ma y nee dfurthe r clarification :

* Lega l Nam

e vs . DB

A Compan y Name : The lega l nam

e o f a compan

y i s th e nam e a s legall y

registered . The DB A (Doin g Busines s As ) nam

e i s the nam

e the compan

y goe s b y o na dail y

basis . For example , 7-Eleve ni s th e DB A nam e o f Southlan

dCorporation , an

dSouthlan

dCorporatio

ni s th e lega l nam e o f th e company .
* Annua l Sales : Thi s figur e i s takenfro m financia l statement s wher e available . Whenstatement s ar e no t available , w e as k the busines s owne r for the figure , an dthencorrelat e thi s figur e vi a bankin

g information , dat a w e receiv

e fro m creditors , an

d a variety

o f othe r busines s sources .
* Ne t Worth : Wher e Annua l Sale s wa s no t available , w e providedNe t Wort h wher e available .
* Forme r Compan

y DUNS : Whena compan

y ha s ceasedt o exis t legall y an dbeenabsorbed int o anothe r company , th e Forme r Compan

y DUN S wil l establis h linkage for yo

ut o retrac e back t o the forme r busines s establishment .P. 4

Sher i Dunatchi k Transmitta l Lette r Pag e 3
Subsidiary : Thi s i s a Yor N field , indicatin

g i f the busines s i s a subsidiar

y o f anothe r business . The definitio no f a Subsidiar

y i s a compan

y tha t i s mor e tha

n50 % ownedb

y anothe r company . Primar y SIC : The Standar

dIndustria l Classificatio ntell s wha t lin

e o f busines s th

e compan

y i s in . Primar

y SI C i s the lin

e o f busines s tha t th

e compan

y make s th

e majority

o f it s busines s in . A

busines s recor

dinou

r databas e ca

nals o carr

y Secondar

y SIC' s whichdetai l othe r line s o f busines s th e compan y i s involve

din . Type o f Locatio

n— Possibl e value s are : Blank , - W

e wer e unabl e t o locat e th e company , therefore , w e canno t make a judgement a s t o wha t type o f locatio n the y represent . O B - Ou t o f Business . A compan y i s judge

dt o be out o f busines s whenw

e contac t the owner , the Stat e Corporatio n Commission , o r evendirector y assistanc e an

dlear ntha t th e number ha s beendisconnected . An y o f th e abov e instance s confir

m tha t the busines s di da t one tim e exist . Thi s i s incontras t t o the instanc e wher e w e are unabl e t o locat e — i f w e canno t locate , w e canno t confir m tha t the

y eve r existed , s o w e canno t determine tha t the

y ar e indee

dout o f business . H O - Headquarter s —

Thi s locatio

nha s branche s reportin g t o it , an

dthos e branche s bea r the sam e name . A Headquarter s ca

nals o be a singl e location , but wher e bot hvalue s wer e available , Headquarter s wa s chosen . I t i s possibl e tha t a Headquarter s ma y answe r t o anothe r location , an

ds o b e a Branchor Subsidiar y o f anothe r company . B E - Branch—

A compan y locatio

ntha t report s t o a headquarter s an

dcarrie s the sam e nam e a s th

e headquarters . Branche s carr y n o annua l sale s or employment counts , sinc e thes e figure s "rol l up " t o th e headquarter s inour database . So , branche s wil l accoun t for som e "missing " figure s insale s an demployment . S L - Singl e Locatio n— A busines s establishmen t wit hn o branche s reportin

g t o it . Thi s busines s ca nals o be a paren t and/or subsidiar y o f anothe r business . S B - Subsidiar

y — A compan y tha t i s mor e tha

n50 % owned b y anothe r company . Ther e i s onl y one subsidiar

y inyour database . Subsidiarie s answe r t o Parents , an dther e ar e n o parent s inyou

r database .P. 5

Sher i Dunatchi k Transmitta l Lette r Pag e 4

* Majo r Recen t Events : I n Dun & Bradstree t reports , ther e i s a sectio n entitle d "Specia l Events"
. Thi s are a tell s an yrecen t even t i n th e company' s historytha t migh t b e o f interes t t o anyon e considerin g dealin g wit h tha t compan yi n a financia l sense . Thi s informatio n ha s bee n entere d whol e int o you r database
. A s w e discussed , i t woul d b e bes t fo r yo u t o edi t thi s tex t t o retai n onl ywha t i s o f interes t t o you .

* Wh yCompan

yCanno t b e Located : I n th e even t tha t a compan yi s ou t o f busines s o r w e ar e unabl e t o locate , w e wil l tel l yo u so . W e als o wil l tel l yo u wha t step s wer e take n t o locat e a non-locatabl e company .
* Th e second sectio n o f th e report , starting wit h H Q Duns , pertain s t o th e headquarter s o f th e busines s i n questio n i f on e exists

. Th e informatio n correspond s t o th e explanation s above , bu t fo r th e headquarter s company .

Sincerely ,
Kathry n E. Brigham Governmen t Suppor t Manage r 

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cc : Michae l Caski n