Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:40:14 AM OMB No. 1124-0006; Expires May 31,20.20 Exhibit A to Registration Statement Pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended U.S. Department of Justice Washington, DC 20530 INSTRUCTIONS. Furnish this exhibit for EACH foreign principal listed in an initial statement and for EACH additional foreign principal acquired subsequently. The filing of this document requires the payment of a filing fee as set forth in Rule (d)(1), 28 C.F.R. § 5.5(d)(1). Compliance is accomplished by filing an electronic Exhibit A form at https://www.fara.gov Privacy Act Statement. The filing of this document is required by the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, 22 U.S.C. § 611 etseq., for the purposes of registration under the Act and public disclosure. Provision of the information requested is mandatory, and failure to provide this information is subject to the penalty and enforcement provisions established in'Scction 8 of the Act. Every registration statement, short form registration statement, supplemental statement, exhibit, amendment, copy of informational materials or other document or information filed with the Attorney General under this Act is a public record open to public examination, inspection and copying during the posted business hours of the Registration Unit in Washington, DC. Statements are also available online at the Registration Unit’s webpage: htrps://www.fara.gov. One copy of every such document, other than informational materials, is automatically provided to the Secretary of State pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, and copies of any and all documents are routinely made available to other agencies, departments and Congress pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Act. The Attorney General also transmits a semi-annual report to Congress on the administration of the Act which lists the names of all agents registered under the Act and the foreign principals they represent. This report is available to the public in print and online at: https://www.fara.gov. Public Reporting Burden. Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average .49 hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden.estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden to Chief, Registration Unit, Counterintelligence and Export Control Section, National Security Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530; and to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503. 2. Registration No Name and Address of Registrant RunSwitch PR, LLC 9300 Shelbyville Road, #1005, Louisville, KY 40222 3. Name of Foreign'Principal 4. Principal Address of Foreign Principal Embassy of Japan through Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld LLP through DCI Group AZ, LLC Embassy of Japan 2520 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20008 5. Indicate whether your foreign principal is one of the following: 0 Government of a foreign country1 . □ Foreign political party □ Foreign or domestic organization: If either, check one of the following: □ Partnership Q Committee D Corporation □ Voluntary group □ Association □ Other (specify) □ Individual-State nationality _____________________________________ 6. If the foreign principal is a foreign government, state: a) Branch or agency represented by the registrant Embassy of Japan b) Name and title of official with whom registrant deals All communications are through DCI Group AZ, LLC 7. If the foreign principal is a foreign political party, state: a) Principal address b) Name and title of official with whom registrant deals c) Principal aim 1 "Government of a foreign country," as denned in Section I (c) of the Act, includes any person or group of persons exercising sovereign dc facto or de jure political jurisdiction over any country, oilier than the United States, or over any pnrl of sucli country, and includes any subdivision of any such group and any group or agency to which such sovereign dc facto or dc jure authority or functions arc directly or indirectly'delegated. Such term shall include any faction or body of insurgents within a country assuming to exercise governmental authority whether such faction or body of insurgents has or has not been recognized by the United States. FORM NSD-3 Revised 05/17 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:40:14 AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:40:14 AM 8. If the foreign principal is not a foreign government or a foreign political party: a) State the nature of the business or activity of this foreign principal. b) Is this foreign principal: Supervised by a foreign government, foreign political party, or other foreign principal Yes □ No Q Owned by a foreign government, foreign political party, or other foreign principal ‘ Yes □ No □ Directed by a foreign government, foreign political party, or other foreign principal Yes □ No □ Controlled by a foreign government, foreign political party, or other foreign principal Yes □ No Q Financed by a foreign government, foreign political party, or other foreign principal Yes □ No D Subsidized in part by a foreign government, foreign political party, or other foreign principal Yes □ No □ 9. Explain fully all items answered "Yes" in Item 8(b). (Ifadditional space is needed, a full insert page must 6e used.) RTTfthe foreign principal is an organization and is not owned or controlled by a foreign government, foreign political party or other foreign principal, state who owns and controls it. EXECUTION In accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1746, the undersigned swears or affirms under penalty of perjury that hc/shc has read the information set forth in this Exhibit A to the registration statement and that he/she is familiar with the contents thereof and that such contents are in their entirety true and accurate to the best of his/her knowledge and belief. Date of Exhibit A Name and Title Signature J. Scott Jennings, Partner, RunSwitch PR LLC Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:40:14 AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:40:01 AM OMB No. i 124-0004; Expires May 31, 2020 u.s. Department of Justin Washington, dc 20530 Exhibit B to Registration Sta tement Pursuant to the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938^ as amended INSTRUCTIONS. A registrant must furnish' as an Exhibit B copies of each written agreement and the terms and conditions of each oral agreement with his foreign principal, including all modifications of such agreements, or, where no contract exists, a full statement of all the circumstances by reason of which the registrant is acting as ah agent of a foreign principal. Compliance is accomplished by filing an electronic Exhibit B form at https://www.fara.gov. Privacy Act Statement. The filing of this document is required for the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended, 22 U.S.C. § 611 etseq., for the purposes of registration under the Act and public disclosure. Provision of the information requested is mandatory, and failure to provide the information is subject to the penalty and enforcement provisions established in Section 8 of the Act. Every registration statement, short form registration statement, supplemental statement, exhibit, amendment, copy of informational materials or other document or information filed with the Attorney General under this Act is a public record open to public examination, inspection and copying during the posted business hours of the Registration Unit in Washington, DC. Statements are also available online at the Registration Unit’s webpage: https://www.fara.eov. One copy of every such document, other than informational materials, is automatically provided to the Secretary of State pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, and copies of any and all documents are routinely made available to other agencies, departments and Congress pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Act. The Attorney General also transmits a semi-annual report to Congress on the administration of the Act which lists the names of all agents registered under the Act and the foreign principals they represent. This report is available to the public in print and online at: https://www.fara.gov, Public Reporting Burden. Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average .33 hours per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any otheraspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden to Chief, Registration Unit, Counterintelligence and Export Control Section, National Security Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC 20530; and to the Office oflnformation and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503. 1. Name of Registrant RunSwitch PR, LLC 2. Registration No. 3. Name of Foreign Principal Embassy of Japan through Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld LLP through DCI Group A2, LLC Check Appropriate Box: 4. (3 The agreement between the registrant and the above-named foreign principal is a formal written contract. If this box is checked, attach a copy of the contract to this exhibit. 5. □ There is no formal written contract between the registrant and the foreign principal. The agreement with the above-named foreign principal has resulted from an exchange of correspondence. If this box is checked, attach a copy of a!! pertinent correspondence, including a copy of any initial proposal which has been adopted by reference in such correspondence. 6. □ The agreement or understanding between the registrant and the foreign principal is the result of neither a formal written contract nor an exchange of correspondence between the parties. If th is box is checked, give a complete description below of the terms and conditions of the oral agreement or understanding, its duration, the fees and expenses, if any, to be received. 7. Describe fully the nature and method of performance of the above indicated agreement or understanding. RunSwitch PR, LLC will provide public affairs services to DCI Group AZ, LLC through Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld LLP for the Embassy of Japan. FORM NSD-4 Revised 05/17 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:40:01 AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:40:01 AM 8. Describe fully the activities the registrant engages in or proposes to engage in on behalf of the above foreign principal. RunSwitch PR, LLC will provide public affairs services to DC! Group AZ, LLC through Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld LLP forthe Embassy of Japan. 9. Will the activities on behalf of the above foreign principal include political activities as defined in Section l(o) of the Act and in the footnote below? Yes E\ No □ If yes, describe all such political activities indicating, among other things, the relations, interests or policies to be influenced together with the means to be employed to achieve this purpose. RunSwitch PR LLC on behalf of DCI Group AZ, LLC through Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld LLP for the Embassy of. Japan will help to educate the public by providing information on the benefits to the United States of promoting trade In the Irido-Pacific region. EXECUTION In accordance with 28 U.S.C. § 1746, the undersigned swears or affirms under penalty of peijury that he/she has read the information set forth in this Exhibit B to the registration statement and that he/she is familiar with the contents thereof and that such contents are in their entirety true and accurate to the best of his/her knowledge and belief. Pate of1 Exhibit B Name and Title Sfgnati SUM Footnote: "Politico] activity," as defined in Section l(o)ofthe Act, means any activity which the person engaging in believes will, it thit 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 UnjKd Slates with reference to fimrnilating, adopting, or changing the domestic or foreign policies of the United States or with reference to the political or public interests, pWicies, or relations ofa government of a foreign country ora foreign political party. Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01 /12/2018 11:40:01 AM Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:40:01 AM GROUPAZ Service Work Order This Service Work Oder (“Order”) is issued and executed pursuant to the previously executed Master Services Agreement (“Agreement”) between DGI Group AZ, LX.C. (“DCI AZ”) arid the Consultant listed below. This Order shall be governed by the terms outlined below as well as the terms of die Agreement end shall constitute an integral part thereof. If any terms in this Order conflict with the terms of the Agreement, the terms of this Order shall supersede die terms of die Agreement and govern solely for the engagement covered by this Order. Company (Consultant) information RunSwitch PR Scott Jennings 6000 Brownsboro Park Boulevard, Suite F Louisville, KY 40207 Term Effective Date of this Order: Termination Date of this Order: January 4,2018 May 4,2018 This Order may be terminated by DCI AZ dr Consultant by providing ten (10) days* written Notice (as defined in the Agreement) to the other. Project Specifications ProjectName: DCI AZ - General Consultant Brief Description of Services to be Performed: Public Affairs Services/TN, OH, KY Compensation & Invoicing $ 12,000.00 per month, prorated for partial months depending on actual start and termination dates. In accordance with vour Agreement, vonr Invoice must contain the below project code In order to be paid ttmelv. Invoices submitted without die project code >vfH be returned to Consultant for revision. The project code for this Service is: 1417. The undersigned have executed this Order as of the Effective Date listed above. DCIGEdHfeAZ,L4»C. RnnSwltdi PR O By Scott Jwnings 8 v ^ ByJ Douglas Go E-maB or mall signed Order and Invoices to: DCI Group AZ, L.L.C. Attn: LaToya Scott 1828 LStreet, NW, Suite 400 Washington, DC 20036 July 2011 Received by NSD/FARA Registration Unit 01/12/2018 11:40:01 AM