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CALIFORNIA CITRUS COOPERATIVE
Sunkist Growers, Inc.
(;ROWER MEMBERSHIP AGREEMENT - SU KIST'AND LOCAL ASSOCIATION
The undersigned ("Grower") warrants that Grower produces the variety of citrus fruit on the acreage set forth
below, and such production and acreage are the subjects of this Agreement:
DetaiLcd_Location of-Grove Acres Yariety
East side of Jusdon St., between San 4 Grapefruit
Bernardino Ave and Pennsylvania Ave. 4.8 Valencias
Grower hereby applies for memberships in CAI-IFORNIA CITRUS COOPERATIVE
(,"Local Association") and in SUNKIST GROWERS, INC. ("Sunkist").
). Such memberships shall continue in
effect until terminated pursuant to the bylaws of Local Association or of Sunkist.
As a material part of the consideration given by Grower for memberships in Sunkist and Local Association,
Grower agrees to be bound by the articles of incorporation and bylaws of Local Association and of Sunkist as
now in force and as hereafter amended. This Agreement, together with such articles of incorporation and
by laws. shall constitute the membership agreements between Grower and Local Association, and between
Grower and Sunkist. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, under Sunkist Bylaw §23, Grower has
appointed a Sunkist-licensed packer or a Local Association to pack Grower's fruit and to act as Grower's agent
in the receipt and distribution of all proceeds under Sunkist Bylaws 9.4(g) and 9.5(d), and the collection of
capital contributions and maintenance of capital accounts under Sunkist Bylaw 510.4. Sunkist is not a
guarantor of any obligation owed to Grower by any Local Association, licensed packer or anyone else as agent
of Grower in this regard or otherwise. Sunkist is not, and shall not be, responsible or liable for any failure of
ariv Local Association, licensed packer or anyone else to rernit to Grower any monies delivered by Sunkist to it
as'Grower's agent or otherwise. Grower shall take the stated dollar amount of written notices of allocation and
per-Unit retain certificates distributed by Sunkist or Local Association into account as provided in 26 U.S.C.
1:)85(a). Grower acknowledges haying read and understood notification printed on the reverse of this form,
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and having received separate notification of any applicable bylaw provision of Local Association pertaining to
tax treatment of distributions.
With respect to the citrus fruit covered by this Agreement, Grower shall at all times comply with good
agri cult Lira 11 practices and all laws and regulations pertaining to such practices, and Grower hereby grants
Sunkist such access to Grower's books and records as Sunkist may deem reasonably necessary to enable Sunkist
to conium Grower's compliance with such practices, taws and regulations.
-City of Redlands - Mullin Memorial Grove 95-6000766
(I Grqyver's Business Name(please print or type) Grower's Sec.Sec.#or(dent.#
Address: PO Box 3005
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Sigi re of or Authorized Date
19 tative
Attest: �f7 Redlands, CA 92373
Sam IrwiV, diLty Clerk Zip
Pete Aguilar, Mayor City of Redlands Telephone: 909 798-7655
PnIlt'd Name of Grower or Authorized Representative (Area Code) Number
ACCEPTED :
CALIFFORNIA CITRUS COOPERATIVE Sunkist Growers, Inc.
Local Association
JAN 18 2013
By,
Date Date
NONTRANSFERABIT. JOINT MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATE
614 808-08 GaOWER-ASSOCIATION-SUNKIST
NOTIFICATION AND SIGNIFICANCE OF BYLAW
PERTAINING TO
TAX TREATMENT OF DISTRIBUTIONS
Bylaw No. 10.11 of Sunkist Growers, Inc,, effective November 1, 1961-7, reads as follows:
10.11 Tax Treatment — Every person who hereafter applies for and is accepted to
membership in Sunkist and each member of Sunkist on the effective date of this bylaw who
continues as a member after such date shall, by such act alone, consent that the amount of
any distributions with respect to his patronage occurring after November 1, 1967, which
are made in written notices of allocation or per-unit retain certificates (as defined in 26
UXC. 13881 and which are received by him from Sunkist will be taken into account by
him at their stated dollar amounts in a manner provided in 26 U.S.C. 1385(a) in the
taxable year in which such written notices of allocation or per-unit retain certificates are
received by him. This bylaw is effective November 1, 1967. For tax treatment for prior
years refer to prior bylaw.
The effect of such Bylaw No. 10.11, as amended effective November 1, 1967, is that each
member agrees to include both patronage dividends and per-unit retains issued with respect to
patronage occurring after November 1, 1967, In income at their face amount for federal tax
purposes in the taxable year when the rnet-fiber receives a written notice stating the amount of such
patronage allocation. This is true even though the allocation is not paid in cash until a later year.