Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 06/30/2016 11:15:43 AM OMB No. 1124,0002; Expires April 30,2017 Supplemental Statement Pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended U.S. Department of Justice Washington. DC 20530 For Six Month Period Ending May 31,2016 (Insert date) I - REGISTRANT 1. (a) Name of Registrant (b) Registration No. Sorini Samet & Associates, LLC 5839 (c) Business Address(es) of Registrant 540 N. Lincoln Street, Hinsdale Illinois 2. Mas there been a change in the information previously furnished in connection with the following? (a) If an individual: (1) Residence address(es) Yes • No • (2) Citizenship Yes • No • (3) Occupation Yes • No • (b) If an organization : (1) Name (2) Ownership or control (3) Branch offices Yes • Yes • Yes • No 0 No H No H (c) Explain fully all changes, if any, indicated in Items (a) and (b) above. N/A IF THE REGISTRANT IS AN INDIVIDUAL, OMIT RESPONSE TO ITEMS 3,4, AND 5(a). 1 3. If you have previously filed Exhibit C , state whether any changes therein have occurred during this 6 month reporting period. Yes • No H If yes, have youfiledan amendment to the Exhibit C? Yes • No • If no, please attach the required amendment. 1 The Exhibit C, for which no printed form is provided, consists of a truexopy of the charter, articles of incorporation, association, and by laws of a registrant that is an organization. (A waiver of the requirement to file an Exhibit C may be obtained for good cause upon written application to the Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division, US. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530.) FORM NSD-2 Revised 03/14 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 06/30/2016 11:15:43 AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 06/30/2016 11:15:43 AM (PAGE 2) 4. (a) Have any persons ceased acting as partners, officers, directors or similar officials of the registrant during this 6 month reporting period? Yes • No H If yes, furnish the following information: Name Position Date Connection Ended (b) Have any persons become partners, officers, directors or similar officials during this 6 month reporting period? Yes • No S If yes, furnish the following information: Name Residence Address Citizenship Position Date Assumed 5. (a) Has any person named in Item 4(b) rendered services directly in furtherance of the interests of any foreign principal? Yes • No • If yes, identify each such person and describe the service rendered. N/A (b) During this six month reporting period, has the registrant hired as employees or in any other capacity, any persons who rendered or will render services to the registrant directly in furtherance of the interests of any foreign prihCipal(s) in other than a clerical or secretarial, or in a related or similar capacity? Yes D No H Name Residence Address Citizenship Position Date Assumed (c) Have any employees or individuals, who havefileda short form registration statement, terminated their employment or connection with the registrant during this 6 month reporting period? Yes • No S If yes, furnish the following information: Name Position or Connection Date Terminated (d) Have any employees or individuals, who havefileda short form registration statement, terminated their connection with any foreign principal during this 6 month reporting period? Yes H No • If yes, furnish the following information: Name JohnKingery Position or Connection Consultant/trade advisor Foreign Principal Sri Lanka (and any other principals) Date Terminated May30,2016 ' 6. Have short form registration statements beenfiledby all of the persons named in Items 5(a) and 5(b) of the supplemental statement? Yes H No • If no, list names of persons who have notfiledthe required statement. N/A Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 06/30/2016 11:15:43 AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 06/30/2016 11; 15:43 AM (PAGE 3) II - FOREIGN PRINCIPAL 7. Has your connection with any foreign principal ended during this 6 month reporting period? If yes, furnish the following information: Foreign Principal Yes • No H Date of Termination N/A 2 8. Have you acquired any new foreign principal(s) during this 6 month reporting period? If yes, furnish th following information: Name and Address of Foreign Principal(s) Yes SI No • Date Acquired Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco (through Association Marocaine de I'lndustrie du Textile et de I'Habillement (AMITH)) April 1,2016 2 9. In addition to those named in Items 7 and 8, if any, list foreign principal(s) whom you continued to represent during the 6 month reporting period. Economic Development Board, Kingdom of Bahrain Embassy of Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Bahrain Government of Sri Lanka, Prime Minister's Office 10. (a) Have youfiledexhibits for the newly acquired foreign principal(s), if any, listed in Item 8? Exhibit A Yes H No • Exhibit B Yes S No • If no, please attach the required exhibit. 3 4 (b) Have there been any changes in the Exhibits A and B previouslyfiledfor any foreign principal whom you represented during this six month period? Yes [x No • If yes, have youfiledan amendment to these exhibits? Yes IE1 No • If no, please attach the required amendment. 2 The term "foreign principal" includes, in addition to those defined in Section 1(b) of the Act, an individual organization any of whose activities are directly or indirectly supervised, directed, controlled, financed, or subsidized in whole or in major part by a foreign government, foreign political party, foreign organization or foreign individual. (See Rule 100(a) (9)). A registrant who represents more than one foreign principal is required to list in the statements he files under the Act only those principals for whom he is not entitled to claim exemption under Section 3 of the Act. (See Rule 208.) 3 The Exhibit A, which isfiledon Form NSD-3, sets forth the information required to be disclosed concerning each foreign principal. 4 The Exhibit B, which is filed on Form NSD-4, sets forth the information concerning the agreement or understanding between the registrant and the foreign principal. Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 06/30/2016 11:15:43 AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 06/30/2016 11:15:43 AM (PAGE 4) I I I - ACTIVITIES 11. During this 6 month reporting period, have you engaged in any activities for or rendered any services to any foreign principal named in Items 7, 8, or 9 of this statement? Yes 0 No • If yes, identify each foreign principal and describe in full detail your activities and services: For Bahrain MFA: Technical advice related to public submission Under the labor chapter of the US-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement; internal advice re same with client; contact re FTA submission with US Executive Branch official. For Japan; ad hoc research and advice on political and public policy questions posed by the Embassy, focused on areas of international and U.S. trade policy and general U.S. government policy. For Bahrain, EDB: Advice related to TPL, short supply process under FTA and trade issues, including research, advice, and outreach to US officials. For Sri Lanka: advise client on issues related to US-Sri Lanka trade matters. For Morocco (through AMrTH): Advice related to TPL, short supply process under FTA and trade issues, including research. See attachment 1 for detailed list of contacts with US officials. 5 12. During this 6 month reporting period, have you on behalf of any foreign principal engaged in political activity as defined below? Yes H No • If yes, identify each such foreign principal and describe in full detail all such political activity, indicating, among other things, the relations, interests and policies sought to be influenced and the means employed to achieve this purpose. If the registrant arranged, sponsored or delivered speeches, lectures or radio and TV broadcasts, give details as to dates, places of delivery, names of speakers and subject matter. Please see response to question 11. Please see attachment 1. 13. In addition to the above described activities, if any, have you engaged in activity on your own behalf which benefits your foreign principal(s)? Yes • No 0 If yes, describe fully. 5 "Political activity," as defined in Section l(o) of the Act, means any activity that the person engaging in believes will, or that the person intends to, in any way influence any agency or official of the Government of the United States or any section of the public within the United States with referenceto formulating, adopting or changing the domestic or foreign policies of the United States or with reference to political or public interests, policies, or relations of a government of a foreign country or a foreign political party. Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 06/30/2016 11:15:43 AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 06/3072016 11:15:43 AM (PAGE 5) IV - FINANCIAL INFORMATION 14. (a) RECEIPTS-MONIES During this 6 month reporting period, have you receivedfromany foreign principal named in Items 7, 8, or 9 of this statement, or from any other source, for or in the interests of any such foreign principal, any contributions, income or money either as compensation or otherwise? Yes 0 No • If no, explain why. 6 If yes, set forth below in the required detail and separately for each foreign principal an account of such monies. Date From Whom Purpose Amount Please see attachment 2 $52,863.64 Total (b) RECEIPTS - FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN During this 6 month reporting period, have you received, as part of a fundraising campaign , any money on behalf of any 7 foreign principal named in Items 7, 8, or 9 of this statement? 8 If yes, have you filed an Exhibit D to your registration? If yes, indicate the date the Exhibit D was filed, Yes • No 0 Yes • No • Date N/A (c) RECEIPTS-THINGS OF VALUE During this 6 month reporting period, have you received any thing of value other than moneyfromany foreign principal named in Items 7, 8, or 9 of this statement, orfromany other source, for or in the interests of any such foreign principal? Yes • No IS 9 If yes, furnish the following information: Foreign Principal Date Received Thing of Value Purpose 6,7 A registrant is required to file an Exhibit D if he collects or receives contributions, loans, moneys, or other things of value for a foreign principal, as part of a fundraising campaign. (See Rule 201(e)). 8 An Exhibit D, for which no printed form is provided, sets forth an account of money collected or received as a result of a fundraising campaign and transmitted for a foreign principal. 9 things of value include but are not limited to gifts, interestfreeloans, expense free travel, favored stock purchases, exclusive rights, favored treatment over competitors, "kickbacks," and the like. Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 06/30/2016 11:15:43 AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 06/3072016 11:15:43 AM (PAGE 6) 15. (a) DISBURSEMENTS-MONIES During this 6 month reporting period, have you (1) disbursed or expended monies in connection with activity on behalf of any foreign principal named in Items 7, 8, or 9 of this statement? Yes 13 No • (2) transmitted monies to any such foreign principal? Yes • No H If no, explain in full detail why there were no disbursements made on behalf of any foreign principal. If yes, set forth below in the required detail and separately for each foreign principal an account of such monies, including monies transmitted, if any, to each foreign principal. Date To Whom Please see attachment 3 Purpose Amount $3,284.99 Total Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 06/30/2016 11:15:43 AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 06/30/2016 11:15:43 AM (PAGE 7) (b) DISBURSEMENTS-THINGS OF VALUE During this 6 month reporting period, have you disposed of anything of value other than money in furtherance of or in connection with activities oh behalf of any foreign principal named in Items 7, 8, or 9 of this statement? Yes • NpH 10 If yes, furnish the following information: Date Recipient Foreign Principal Thing of Value Purpose (c) DISBURSEMENTS-POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS During this 6 month reporting period, have you from your own funds and on yoUf own behalf either directly or through arty other person, made any contributions of money or other things of value in connection with an election to any political office, or in connection with any primary election, convention, or caucus held to select candidates for political office? 11 Yes • No 0 If yes, furnish the following information: Date Amount or Thing of Value Political Organization or Candidate Location of Event 10,11 Things of value include but are not limited to gifts, interestfreeloans, expense free travel, favored stock purchases, exclusive rights, favored treatment over competitors, "kickbacks," and the like. Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 06/30/2016 11:15:43 AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 06/30/2016 11:15:43 AM (PAGE 8) V-INFORMATIONAL MATERIALS 12 16. (a) During this 6 month reporting period, did you prepare, disseminate or cause to be disseminated any informational materials? Yes • No IS If Yes, go to Item 17. (b) If you answered No to Item 16(a)* do you disseminate any material in connection with your registration? Yes • No 13 If Yes, please forward the materials disseminated during the six month period to the Registration Unit for review. 17. Identify each such foreign principal. N/A 18. During this 6 month reporting period, has any foreign principal established a budget or allocated a specified sum of money to finance your activities in preparing or disseminating informational materials? Yes • No H If yes, identify each such foreign principal, specify amount, and indicate for what period of time. 19. During this 6 month reporting period, did your activities in preparing, disseminating or causing the dissemination of informational materials include the use of any of the following: N/A • Radio or TV broadcasts • Magazine or newspaper • Motion picture films • Letters or telegrams • Advertising campaigns • Press releases • Pamphlets or other publications • Lectures or speeches • Other (specify) • Electronic Communications : • • .• • Email Website URL(s): Social media websites URL(s): Other (specify) ; • 20. During this 6 month reporting period, did you disseminate or causetobe disseminated informational materials among any of the following groups: i N/A D Public officials • Newspapers • Libraries • Legislators • Editors • Educational institutions • Government agencies • Civic groups or associations • Nationality groups • Other (specify) ; 21. What language was Used in the informational materials: N/A • English • Other (specify) 22. Did you file with the Registration Unit, U.S. Department of Justice a copy of each item of such informational materials disseminated or caused to be disseminated during this 6 month reporting period? Yes ^ No d N/A 23. Did you label each item of such informational materials with the statement required by Section 4(b) of the Act? N/A Yes • No • 12 The term informational materials includes any oral, visual, graphic, written, or pictorial information or matter of any kind, including that published by means of advertising, books, periodicals, newspapers, lectures, broadcasts, motion pictures, or any means or instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce or otherwise. Informational materials disseminated by an agent of a foreign principal as part of an activity in itself exempt from registration, or an activity which by itself would not require registration, need not be filed pursuant to Section 4(b) of the Act. Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 06/30/2016 11:15:43 AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 06/30/2016 11:15:43 AM (PAGE 9) VI - EXECUTION In accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1746, the undersigned swear(s) or affirm(s) under penalty of perjury that he/she has (they have) read the information set forth in this registration statement and the attached exhibits and that he/she is (they are) familiar with the contents thereof and that such contents are in their entirety true and accurate to the best of his/her (their) knowledge and belief, except that the undersigned make(s) no representation as to truth or accuracy of the information contained in the attached Short Form Registration Statement(s), if any , insofar as such information is not within his/her (their) personal knowledge. (Date of signature) June 29,2016 13 (Print or type name under each signature or provide electronic signature ) N Ronald Sorini eSigned 13 This statement shall be signed by the individual agent, if the registrant is an individual, or by a majority of those partners, officers, directors or persons performing similar functions, if the registrant is ah organization, except that the organization can, by power of attorney, authorize one or more individuals to execute this statement on its behalf. Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 06/30/2016 11:15:43 AM o 2 <:' n> o- cr Attachment 1 Sorini, Samet & Associates, LLC Response to Questions 11 & 12 CONTACT LOG FOR BAHRAIN, MFA Date Contact Name O February 18, 2016 > rs March 9, 2016 to" April 15,2016 S. n o CD r-t- o > 3 a 3 CONTACT LOG FOR BAHRAIN, EDB Date Contact Name o to > S3 c 3 o December 2, 2015 Decembers, 2015 December 2, 2015 December 9, 2015 > January 20, 2016 March 9, 2016 Cathy Novelli Josh Teitelbaum William Jackson Nature of the contact Email Email Email Agency/Office Contact Title U.S. Department of State Undersecretary of State U.S. Department of Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary Office of U.S. Trade Representative Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative William Jackson and Phone call Office of U.S. Trade Representative Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Josh Teitelbaum Representative and Deputy and U.S. Department of Assistant Secretary, .Commerce, respectively respectively Josh Teitelbaum Email U.S. Department of Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary Ambassador William Meeting U.S. State Department/U.S. U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain Roebuck Embassy Bahrain Issue Discussed Trade Issues Trade Issues Trade Issues Trade Issues Trade Issues Trade issues o ON o to o ON April 15,2016 May 23, 2016 Ambassador William Meeting U.S. State Department/U.S. Roebuck and Timothy Embassy Bahrain Pounds William Jackson Phone call Office of U.S. Trade Representative CONTACT LOG FOR MOROCCO Date Contact Name January 20, 2016 May 23, 2016 Josh Teitelbaum William Jackson U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain and Deputy Chief of Mission, respectively Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Contact Title Nature of Agency/Office the contact Email U.S. Department of Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary Phone call Office of U.S. Trade Representative Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Trade issues Trade Issues Issue Discussed Trade Issues Trade Issues Attachment 2 Sorini, Samet & Associates, LLC Response to Question 14 CD O CO < RECEIPTS: Purpose ft Date cr Fees Reimbursed Expenses Total Embassy of Morocco NONE 0.00 0.00 0.00 Bahrain MFA NONE 0.00 0.00 0.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 301.11 0.00 62.53 O > ft CO 3 Bahrain EDB O a 12/10/2015 02/01/2016 03/21/2016 10,301.11 10,000.00 10,062.53 Subtotal: $ 30,363.64 3 O Embassy of Japan ON OJ o to o OS Sri Lanka 01/19/2016 04/18/2016 NONE 11,250.00 11,250.00 0.00 11,250.00 11,250.00 Subtotal: $ 22,500.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 $ TOTAL: $ 52,863.64 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 06/30/2016 11:15:43 AM Attachments Sorini, Samet & Associates, LLC Response to Question 15a Date Paid Paid To Expense Type Amount Bahrain MFA General Expenses NONE Bahrain EDB General Expenses Bank Service Charges 12/10/2015 Bank Fee 01/10/2016 Desiree Tucker-Sorini Reimbursable Postage & Delivery 02/01/2016 Bank Fee Bank Service Charges 02/10/2016 Desiree Tucker-Sorini Reimbursable Postage & Delivery 03/10/2016 Desiree Tucker-Sorini Reimbursable Postage & Delivery 03/21/2016 Bank Fee Bank Service Charges 15.00 62.53 15.00 62.53 62.53 15.00 62.53 21.63 62.53 32.79 2.50 04/10/2016 Desiree Tucker-Sorini Reimbursable Postage & Delivery 04/10/2016 Andrew J. Samet Reimbursable Taxis & Parking 05/10/2016 Desiree Tucker-Sorini Reimbursable Postage & Delivery 05/10/2016 Andrew J . Samet Reimbursable Taxis & Parking 05/10/2016 Andrew J. Samet Reimbursable Telephone 05/10/2016 Andrew J. Samet Reimbursable Travel (airfare, hotel, taxicab) 2,870.42 Travel Embassy of Japan General Expenses NONE Sri Lanka General Expenses NONE Embassy of Morocco General Expenses NONE TOTAL Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 06/30/2016 11:15:43 AM 3,284.99