Exhibit,Appendix: Pamela Goldstein, Ellyn Berk, Tony Berk, Paul Benjamin v. Houlihan/Lawrence Inc.

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                                FILED:         WESTCHESTER              COUNTY         CLERK       12/06/2021             05:33        PM            INDEX    NO.   60767/2018
   NYSCEF     DOC.   NO.   1014                                                                               RECEIVED      NYSCEF:     12/06/2021




                                 HOULIHAN                            LAWRENCE
            OPPOSITION                              TO       MOTION                     TO        CERTIFY



                EXHIBIT                                                                              49



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   FILED:         WESTCHESTER              COUNTY         CLERK       12/06/2021             05:33        PM    INDEX    NO.   60767/2018
   NYSCEF     DOC.   NO.   1014                                                                      RECEIVED      NYSCEF:     12/06/2021


                                  GUIDELINES FOR C0!\.1PLETING CONflRMATJON OF COMPENSATION
                                                           FORM (Stanbrd Form 770)

            NC Rea) Est.ale Commission ruk:.58A.0109(e) requitt11 real estate igtnts to di11closc the l\'!Ceipt of (or the expectation d
                                                                                                                         receiving) any
            eompcnsaiion, incentive.• bonUSi, ttbate, or other \'aluable consideration ("'Compensation'') from a third-pany u.nder ec::ain
            circumstances. A summary of the rule's requirements is as followll:

                  The ru:e applies to real estate salet transaclions
                  The ru'.e applies to receipts from any party or person other flan the agent's client (other party to transaccion, other party's agent,
                veodor or supplier of goods or servieell. etc.)
                  Disclosure mulit be made to the agent's client
                  The disclosure must descnDe the Compen.,;atioo including:
                        o lls \'alue
                        o The identity of the, person or party by whom it will or may be paid
                  The disclosure must be "timely"
                        o According to the. nc.w ruk. "(a] disdMurt. is timclywbcn it is made in suff,cient time to aid a reasonab:e person' s
                        decision•making"

                  The disclosure may be, made orally. but it must be confirmed in writing before the c.Jient makes or aocept.1 an offer to buy or sell

            The, rule.docs NOT ttquire disclosure:

                  l'o a person who is not the agent's client the oompensation the agent expects to receive from hili/bcr c.Jient

                    EXAMPLE #I: Li,ting agent offers cooperative.compensation of Y•AI of lhe sales price of lhe prope11y to sut~gents and
                    buyec agent1 .,..,bo panicipate in the MLS.
                                                           An agCDt working as a sub3gent with a prospective buye1 would 061 be required
                    undec the rule to discl05t' the compensation the ,ubagent ,xpocts to tccth'e if the buyer purchases the propeny bocaus.e the
                    buyec is not the. subagent's e-l ient

                  l'o thcagcnf11 c!itnt the compensation tbc, agent expccts to receive from bis/her r~I estate firm

                    EXAMPLE #1: Firm and agent enter into indepc:Ddena contraetor agrcemena pursuant to which firm agrees to pay agent in
                    acco,dance wilb an atta('hcd compe1U3lioo sicbcdule.
                                                                      The. sicbcdule provides lbat the brokerage fees on elo$td ttansactions in
                    whic:i the a.gent is invoh 1cd will be split between firm and a.gent in difftring percentagts depending oo bow many clos.ed
                    translction.1 agent is in\'Olved in during a spccifttd period of time.
                                                                                  Agent vlorb wilh a buye1 client wbo is i11tc1\Wli.,--d in a
                    prop«ty Listed in MLS. Ahbougb agent would be requit!d to disclose. to the, bU)'t'r c!itnt before. the buyer makc11 an offe1 on
                    the property the amount of cooperati\'e.compensation bei1g offered by the li,ting agent. lhe agent would not tc. rtquired by
                    the n le to disc.lose to the buyer client the, manner in whiC:1 the ooopcralive compensation will be divided bet"'ccn the a.gent
                    and tbc a.gem' s fum.

            If the written agency agreement betwcen the agent aod the client d!:Stribes all the compensation to be recch·ed. includfog its value and
            the identity of the, person paying it. oo fwlher disclosure is rtquirol


                  EXAMPLE #3: Buyer agency agrtemcot indkates lhaa ift,uycr buys propcny during term of agrcemenl. agent will be entitled
                to a comnis11ioo of X•AI of purchase prioe of property. and tbru. agent wiU s.eek payment of commission from listffi! a.gent or seller.
                Buyer bocomes interest<..--d in listtd propeny and bU)'Cr a.gent dJtcrmiDCs that listing fum is offering cooperative co:npensatioo
                thtou.g.h tJtc. muhiplc- li:f REALTORS     , Inc.                                  Rel'lsed 7/1001
                                                                                                                            () 7/2013



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   FILED:         WESTCHESTER              COUNTY         CLERK       12/06/2021             05:33        PM        INDEX    NO.   60767/2018
   NYSCEF     DOC.   NO.   1014                                                                          RECEIVED      NYSCEF:     12/06/2021


            Examples of wbcn Rule 58A.0 109(c) DOE.$ require disdOllurc of 001npc1u a1ion. inocnth'e. bonu.1. rebate, or other valuable,
            considt'ratioo:

                  Compensation in additioo to toot described in the agency ag.rte1ncnt

                    EXAMPLE #4:      Same factf as EXAMPLE #3 abo,1e. except listing agtm ill offe1ing ooo,erating agents a commission of
                    X% ph.1ll I. Buyc1 ag('flt wou.d be rcquittd to disclose to buytr client any oompcnsation abo\'t, X% that ht/she expccu to
                    rtcth't, if buyer purcha$t'S pr,>ptrty and coo.firm Sl)Ch discl