Margin Disclosure Statement
Kensington Capital Corp. is furnishing this document to provide some basic facts about
purchasing securities on margin, and to alert you to the risks involved with trading
securities in a margin account. Before trading in a margin account, please review this
statement and our margin agreement carefully and contact Kensington regarding any
questions you may have about your margin account.
When you purchase securities, you may pay for the securities in full or you may borrow
part of the purchase price from Kensington. If you choose to borrow funds from
Kensington, you will need to open a margin account. The securities purchased are the
firm's collateral for the loan to you. If the securities in your account decline in value, so
does the value of the collateral supporting your loan. As a result, Kensington can take
action, such as issue a margin call and/or sell securities in your account, in order to
maintain the required equity in the account.
It is important that you fully understand the risks involved in trading securities on
margin. These risks include, but are not limited to, the following:
You can lose more funds than you deposit in the margin account.
A decline in the value
of securities that are purchased on margin may require you to provide additional funds
to Kensington to avoid the forced sale of those securities or other securities in your
account.
Kensington can force the sale of securities in your account.
If the equity in your
account falls below the maintenance margin requirements required under the law, or
Kensington's higher "house" requirements, Kensington can sell the securities in your
account to cover the margin deficiency. You also will be responsible for any shortfall in
the account after such a sale.
Kensington can sell your securities without contacting you.
Some investors mistakenly
believe that a firm must contact them for a margin call to be valid and that Kensington
cannot liquidate securities in their accounts to meet calls unless Kensington has
contacted them first. This is not the case. Kensington will attempt to notify you of
margin calls, but is not required to under the regulations or as stated in our margin
agreement. Even if Kensington has contacted a customer and provided a specific date by
which the customer can meet a margin call, Kensington can still take the necessary steps
to protect its financial interests, including immediately selling any securities without
notice to the customer.
You are not entitled to choose which security in your margin account is liquidated or
sold to meet a margin call.
Because the securities are collateral for the margin loan,
Kensington has the right to decide which security to sell in order to protect its interest.
Kensington can increase its "house" maintenance margin requirements at any time
and is not required to provide you with advance written notice.
These changes at
Kensington can take effect immediately and may result in the issuance of a maintenance
margin call. Your failure to satisfy the call may cause Kensington to liquidate or sell
securities in your account.
You are not entitled to an extension of time on a margin call.
While an extension
of time to meet margin requirements may be available to customers under certain
conditions, a customer does not have a right to the extension.


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