1. Memorandum of Understanding & Common Fund Status Report AMS Technical Interchange Meeting CERN, 27 July 2006 Manuel Aguilar-Benítez, CIEMAT, Madrid - Spain

2. AMS-MOU: Status of the Signatories Meeting of the AMS Collaboration Board (CERN, 24 April, 2006) Meeting of the AMS Finance Review Committee (CERN, 11 May, 2006)

3. Memorandum of Understanding for Collaboration in the Integration, Testing and Operation of the AMS Experiment between the Participating Institutions STATUS OF SIGNATORIES

4. MoU sent on December 19, 2005 Last Update: July 14, 2006 PENDING CHINA Institute of Electrical Engineering (IEE), Chinese Academy of Sciences Represented by Dr. Kong Li, Director FINLAND Helsinki University of Technology, Metsahovi Radio Observatory Represented by A. Mujunen FRANCE IN2P3 / CNRS Represented by Dr. Michel Spiro, Director RUSSIA Federal Agency of Russia for Atomic Energy (Rosatom), Directorate for Scince and Technology Represented by Dr. O.O. Patarakin, Director SWITZERLAND Schulleitung, ETH – Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zürich Represented by Prof. Felicitas Pauss

5. 21 Participating Institutions out of 26 Have Signed the MoU STATUS OF SIGNATORIES SUMMARY

6. MEETING OF THE AMS COLLABORATION BOARD Chair: Maurice Bourquin CERN, April 24, 2006

7. AGENDA Status of the Signatories of the AMS-MoU Discussion & Approval of the Finance Plan Preparation of the First Meeting of the AMS Finance Review Committee & Approval of the Agenda Date of the Next Meeting of the Collaboration Board (during the July AMS TIM)

8. FIRST MEETING AMS FINANCE REVIEW COMMITTEE Chair: André J. Naudi CERN, May 11, 2006

9. AGENDA 1. Welcome by the Chairman (A. J. Naudi) 2. Role of the AMS Finance Review Committee (A. J. Naudi) 3. MoU for Collaboration in the Integration, Testing and Operation of the AMS Experiment (M. Aguilar) 4. Report on the status of the AMS Detector (M. Bourquin) 5. Report on the status of the assembly hall for the integration at CERN of the AMS detector (Prevessin, Bldg. 867) (G. Viertel) 6. Integration, Testing and Operation Budget and Expenses for the years 2002-2003-2004. Outstanding Contributions (H. Hofer) 7. Integration, Testing and Operation Budget and Expenses for the years 2005-2006 (H. Hofer) 8. Procedure for financing Integration, Testing and Operation Budget for the years 2005-2006 (H. Hofer) 9. Any Other Business 10. Date of the next meeting

10. DECISIONS For the management of the Integration, Testing and Operation Budget &Expenses of the AMS Experiment, a CERN account, under the control of A.J. Naudi and C. Saita, will be established Similar procedure to the LEP Finance Review Committee, LHC Resources Review Board

11. DECISIONS Integration, Testing and Operation Budget & Expenses for the years 2002-2003-2004 Outstanding Contributions (207 956.00 CHF): MUST BE PAID A. J. Naudi will contact the Funding Agencies at the Highest Level Integration, Testing and Operation Budget (2006) and Expenses (2005) Approved (1 188 715.92 CHF) Procedure for financing Integration, Testing and Operation Budget for the years 2005-2006 Approved. Invoices sent to each Participating Institution on June 14. Until now only Academia Sinica (Taiwan) and University of Turku (Finland) have paid Date of the next meeting CERN, 20 November 2006, 14:30 Two AMS FRC Meetings / year Spring Meeting: Approve the Expenses incurred in the Previous Year Autumn Meeting: Approve the Budget for the Next Year + Sharing among Participant Institutions

12. SUMMARY TABLE II Status of the institutional contributions to the Integration, Testing and Operation Expenses for the years 2002-2003-2004 Institutions2002 2003 2004 TOTAL paidunpaidpaidunpaidpaidunpaidPaidUnpaid Aachen I6,008.00 5,985.00 15,600.0011,993.0015,600.00 Aachen III1,001.00 2,660.00 6,321.00 IHEP Beijing4,776.00 CIEMAT4,467.00 3,990.00 10,400.00 18,857.00 ETHZ14,327.00 14,620.00 38,025.0066,972.00 Geneva Uni.3,466.00 8,640.00 22,100.00 34,206.00 Turku Finland1,810.00 3,990.00 10,400.00 16,200.00 Helsinki Finland1,810.00 3,990.00 10,400.00 16,200.00 INFN 18,332.00 32,580.00 84,825.00 135,737.00 Grenoble 2,234.00 5,985.00 15,600.00 23,819.00 LAPP Annecy1,849.00 3,325.00 8,775.005,174.008,775.00 Korea3,081.00 9,310.00 24,050.00 36,441.00 LISBOA1,772.00 4,655.00 12,025.00 18,452.00 Taiwan3,004.00 6,650.00 17,225.00 26,879.00 MIT7,394.00 11,906.00 31,200.0050,500.00 Maryland539.00 1,330.00 3,575.001,869.003,575.00 Mexico 1,700.00 Kurchatov 1,330.00 3,575.00 4,905.00 ITEP Moscow 1,155.00 3,990.00 10,400.00 15,545.00 TOTAL55,304.0021,721.0081,051.0043,885.00142,160.00142,350.00316,540.00207,956.00 TOTAL Budget77,025.00124,936.00322,535.00524,496.00 TOTAL OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS245,981.00

13. Integration, Testing and Operation Expenses for 2005 & Budget for the year 2006 YearsComputer InfrastructureTOTAL Hardware &SystemIntegration & Assembly MaintenanceManagerSpace* in CERN Prevessin 20054,970.7092,879.1855,087.24152,937.12 2006143,200.0092,578.80800,000.001,035,778.80 TOTAL148,170.70185,457.98855,087.241,188,715.92 *Details for the 800'000 CHF see finance table of G. Viertel

14. Integration, Testing and Operation Cost Sharing by Countries Expenses for 2005 and Budget 2006 COUNTRY Common Fund contributing Authors PercentageCHF TOTAL 1,188,715.92 China4622.56%268,174.31 Denmark10.49%5,824.71 Finland62.94%34,948.25 France157.35%87,370.62 Germany104.90%58,247.08 Italy4522.07%262,349.60 Korea31.47%17,474.12 Mexico10.49%5,824.71 Netherlands20.98%11,649.42 Portugal41.96%23,298.83 Romania41.96%23,298.83 Russia62.94%34,948.25 Spain146.86%81,545.91 Switzerland125.88%69,896.50 Taiwan115.39%64,071.79 USA2411.76%139,792.99 TOTAL204100% 1,188,715.92

15. SECOND MEETING OF THE AMS FRC CERN, 20 November 2006, 14:30 Update List of Common Fund contributing Authors Preparation of the Integration, Testing and Operation Cost Sharing by Countries / Budget 2007 DEADLINE: 20 October 2006 At the October AMS TIM (October 23-27) the 2007 Budget will be presented together with the sharing by Countries