THE GEORGE E BROWN UNITED STATESMEXICO

THE GEORGE E BROWN UNITED STATESMEXICO THE FOUNDATION IS A NON-PROFIT TAX EXEMPT ORGANIZATION WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO "SUPPORT PARTNERSHIPS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, EDUCATIONAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS" IN BOTH THE UNITED STATES AND IN MEXICO. THE ORGANIZATION WAS ORIGINALLY FOUNDED IN 1991 AS THE UNITED STATES MEXICO FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE, AND LATER IN 1993 ADOPTED THE NAME THE GEORGE E. BROWN UNITED STATES/MEXICO FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE AS MANDATED UNDER PUBLIC LAW 106-74, SECTION 423.THE FUNDACION MEXICO ESTADOS UNIDOS PARA LA CIENCIA, A.C. ("FUMEC") IS A MEXICAN ASSOCIACION CIVIL, OR AN EQUIVALENT OF A NON-PROFIT IN THE UNITED STATES, CREATED UNDER THE MEXICAN LAWS THROUGH A LEGAL CORPORATE DEED NUMBER 25510 IN 1993. FUMEC'S PURPOSE IS TO SERVE AS THE MEXICAN COUNTERPART OF THE FOUNDATION TO HELP STRENGTHEN SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL EXCHANGE BETWEEN MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES THROUGH PROMOTION OF JOINT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.