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        <Explanation>Management has evaluated the Cooperative9s tax positions and concluded that the Cooperative has taken no uncertain tax positions that require adjustment to the financial statements to comply with the provisions of this guidance.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>The organization has agreed on a year to year basis to calculate the value of the difference in the defined benefit plan for the General Manager/CEO in a lump sum form, under the current guidelines of the defined benefit administrator, one with IRS limitations and one without limitations, any positive value will be paid as a taxable payment, in the current year. Richard Davis received $2,432 during 2012.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>Form 990-T is scheduled to be signed and filed on October 29, 2013.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>Two significant changes were made to our bylaws. The final versions of the amended sections are: 1. Trustees shall not be a related individual to a current trustee or current employee of the Cooperative unless such related current trustee plans not to seek re-election and/or such related employee has given notice of termination of employment prior to the district meeting. Such termination of employment must take effect no later than the date of the annual meeting. 2. The notice of the district meeting sent to each member in that district shall state that an election to select not more than two qualified persons as candidates for trustee shall be made at the meeting. It also removed the five minute minimum requirement for leaving the floor open for nominations at district meetings.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>Clay Electric Cooperative had 138,879 members as of December 31, 2012.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>Clay Electric Cooperative has nine members on the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustee members serve three-year terms and each board member represents one trustee district within the co-ops service area. Their terms are staggered in such a way that only three are up for election by the members each year.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>The business and affairs of the cooperative are managed by a board of trustees which shall exercise all of the powers of the cooperative except such as by law, the articles of incorporation or the bylaws. If an amendment of the bylaws is proposed by the board of trustees the amendment must be presented to the membership.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>The top financial official presented paper copies of the 2012 Form 990 to the Board of Trustees for their review at their monthly board meeting on October 22, 2013.</Explanation>
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        <ReturnReference>Conflict of interest policy compliance Part VI line 12c</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>It is a requirement that incumbents of certain positions within the Cooperative and the Board of Trustees annually complete and sign the Conflict of Interest Certification and Disclosure Form and deliver it to the General Manager/CEO or Board President.</Explanation>
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        <ReturnReference>CEO executive director top management comp Part VI line 15a</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>Comparability data was used to determine the Compensation for our CEO and was approved by our Board of Trustees. Board meeting minutes document the deliberations and decisions on the compensation arrangement. Board meeting minutes on November 20, 2012 reflect a performance appraisal and compensation review for our CEO.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>Comparability data was used to evaluate the compensation for our other officer and key employees.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>Our governing documents (included in our Member Handbook), conflict of interest policy and financial statements (included in our Kilowatt Newsletter) are made available to the general public on our website at www.clayelectric.com.</Explanation>
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        <ReturnReference>Explanation of other changes in net assets or fund balances Part XI line 9</ReturnReference>
        <Explanation>Capital credits assigned for the year was $8,165,361 less net retirements of capital credits of $5,323,509 plus an increase in memberships of $355.</Explanation>
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        <Explanation>Part IX-Statement of Functional Expenses-In an attempt to maintain consistency in reporting we elected to report our expenses in the same categories used in prior years.</Explanation>
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