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Exhibit D Compilation Accounting Services Compilation of Historical Financial Statements Our Responsibilities: The objective of our engagement is to apply accounting and financial reporting expertise to assist you in the presentation of financial statements without undertaking to obtain or provide any assurance that there are no material modifications that should be made to the financial statements in order for them to be in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America or the cash basis of accounting based on information provided by you. We will conduct our compilation engagement in accordance with the Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services (SSARS) promulgated by the Accounting and Review Services Committee of the AICPA and comply with the AICPA's Code of Professional Conduct, including the ethical principles of integrity, objectivity, professional competence, and due care when performing the compilation engagement. We are not required to, and will not, verify the accuracy or completeness of the information you will provide to us for the engagement or otherwise gather evidence for the purpose of expressing an opinion or a conclusion. Accordingly, we will not express an opinion or a conclusion nor provide any assurance on the financial statements. Our engagement cannot be relied upon to identify or disclose any financial statement misstatements, including those caused by fraud or error, or to identify or disclose any wrongdoing within the entity or noncompliance with laws and regulations. We in our sole professional judgement, reserve the right to refuse any procedure or take any action that could be construed as assuming management responsibilities. Your Responsibilities: The engagement to be performed is conducted on the basis that you acknowledge and understand that our role is to assist you in the presentation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America or with the cash basis of accounting. You have the following overall responsibilities that are fundamental to our undertaking the engagement in accordance with SSARS: 1. The selection of the cash basis of accounting or accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America as the financial reporting framework to be applied in the preparation of the financial statements. 2. The preparation and fair presentation of financial statements in accordance with the cash basis of accounting or accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The election to omit substantially all disclosures normally included in the financial statements in accordance with the cash basis of accounting or accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.