The term accredited investor is defined in SEC Rule 501 of Regulation D as:

1. a bank, insurance company, registered investment company, business development company, or small business investment company;
   
   
2. an employee benefit plan, within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, if a bank, insurance
   company, or registered investment adviser makes the investment decisions, or if the plan has total assets in excess of $5 million;
   
   
3. a charitable organization, corporation, or partnership with assets exceeding $5 million;
   
   
4. a director, executive officer, or general partner of the company selling the securities;
   
   
5. a business in which all the equity owners are accredited investors;
   
   
6. a natural person who has individual net worth, or joint net worth with the person’s spouse, that exceeds $1 million
   at the time of the purchase, excluding the value of the primary residence of such person;
   
   
7. a natural person with income exceeding $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with a spouse
   exceeding $300,000 for those years and a reasonable expectation of the same income level in the current year; or
   
   
8. a trust with assets in excess of $5 million, not formed to acquire the securities offered, whose purchases a sophisticated
   person makes.