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Antitrust Compliance It is the practice of the American Institute of Architects and its members to comply strictly with all laws, including federal and state antitrust laws, that apply to AIA operations and activities. Compliance with the letter and spirit of the antitrust laws is an important goal of the AIA, and is essential to maintaining the Institute's reputation for the highest standards of ethical conduct. For the full AIA Antitrust Compliance Statement and Procedures, please visit http://aia.org/about/antitrust/index.htm THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS ANTITRUST COMPLIANCE GUIDELINES Introduction ♦ limiting production The American Institute of Architects and its members are committed ♦ whether or not to deal with any other business to full compliance with all laws and regulations, and to maintaining ♦ any competitively sensitive information concerning your own the highest ethical standards in the way we conduct our operations and activities. Our commitment includes strict compliance with federal and state antitrust laws, which are designed to protect this country's free competitive economy. Responsibility for Antitrust Compliance Compliance with the antitrust laws is a serious business. Antitrust violations may result in heavy fines for corporations, and in fines and even imprisonment for individuals. While the General Counsel provides guidance on antitrust matters, you bear the ultimate responsibility for assuring that your actions and the actions of any of those under your direction comply with the antitrust laws. business or a competitor's. * Do not stay at a meeting, or any other gathering, if those kinds of discussions are taking place. * Do not discuss any other sensitive antitrust subjects (such as price discrimination, reciprocal dealing, or exclusive dealing agreements) without first consulting counsel. * Do not create any documents, e-mail or other records that might be misinterpreted to suggest that the Institute condones or is involved in anticompetitive behavior. * Do consult counsel about any documents or activities that touch on sensitive antitrust subjects such as pricing, market allocations, refusals to deal with any business, and the like. Antitrust Guidelines * Do consult with counsel on any non-routine correspondence In all operations and activities of the Institute, you must avoid any that requests one of the Institute's members to participate discussions or conduct that might violate the antitrust laws or even in projects or programs, submit data for such activities, or raise an appearance of impropriety. The following guidelines will otherwise join other members in the Institute's actions. help you do that: * Do not have discussions with other members or competitors about any of the following subjects (unless you've first * Do use an agenda and take accurate minutes at every meeting. Have counsel review the agenda and minutes before they are put into final form and circulated. consulted legal counsel): ♦ your prices for products or services, or prices charged by your competitors ♦ costs, discounts, terms of sale, profit margins or anything else that might affect those prices ♦ allocating markets, customers, territories or products with your competitors 24 | We're Here to Help Whenever you have any question about whether particular Institute activities might raise antitrust or other problems, don't hesitate to contact AIA at (800) 242-3837. The American Institute of Architects General Counsel's Office July 2002. www.aialosangeles.org http://www.aia.org/about/antitrust/index.htm http://www.aialosangeles.org

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