A: This Corporation duly registered under the laws of the State of Florida on Apnl 9th, 1996, by Document No. 96000001912, was organized as a non-stock Association for the following
purposes sa stated in its registered Articles of Incorporation and its By-Laws, namely:
 

1 ) To cooperate in the cconomic reconstruction of a democratic Cuba, and to
prornote and positively contribute to its recovery movement based on a legal
system encouraging pnvate investment, free cnterprise and creation of employement.

2 ) To support tho reinstatement of the 1940 Constitution of thc Republic af Cuba.
as well as its Sugar Coordination Law with their respective updated amendments
thus granting to the three factors integrating the sugar industry of Cuba, namely
Mill Owners, Cane Growers and Workers, the rights, guarantíes, benefits, as well
as obligations, needed for a stable sugar economy, and the welfare of thc Nation..
 
3 ) To protect and defend the corporations, legal entities and individuals who werc
owners or Iessees of sugar mills in Cuba prior to the confiscation of sugar mills by
thc regime vhich seized powcr on January 1 st., 1959. their successors heirs and assigns.

4 ) To collaborate with other sectors of Cuban industries, related or not-related to
the sugar industry. In the re-establishment of Cuba as a nation of progressive
status and an exemplary member of the Intenational Community, and to coordinate its
efforts with other organizations having similar purpose and objectives.

5 ) To engage in any lawful act or activity, not for pecuniary profit, for which a
not-for-profit corporation may be organized, so far as is or may be permitted by
the laws of the State of Florida and Section 501(c)(3) of lhe Intemal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code").
 

Carlos Zubillaga M.                                                                Alfredo Blanco, Jr
José E. Lopez-Silvero                                                             Agustin Batista Falla
Francisco E. Blanco                                                                Fernando Zulueta
                                                 Carlos E. Gastón

                                                                                Miami, Fl. April 21, 1997
 
                                                                                 José E. Lopez-Silvero

                                                                       Presidente