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Before you file anything else, I'd recommend using something like Certana.ai to upload your security agreement and UCC-1 together. It'll show you exactly what matches and what doesn't, including the acknowledgement format. Saved me tons of time on a complex amendment last month.

Update us when you get this resolved! I'm dealing with some 2020 documents too and curious what approach works best.

Just make sure your revised collateral description still covers everything in your actual security agreement. I've seen people fix the UCC filing but create gaps in their security interest coverage.

Update us when you get it resolved! These FSA filing issues come up a lot and it would be helpful to know what worked.

Just went through something similar but I caught it before filing by using one of those document verification tools. Uploaded my corporate docs and UCC form and it immediately showed me three small differences in how the business name was formatted. Saved me from getting a rejection and having to deal with the delay.

Update us when you figure out what the actual issue was! I'm curious whether it was punctuation, spacing, or something else entirely. These rejection stories are helpful for the rest of us to avoid the same mistakes.

Had this exact situation 6 months ago with a manufacturing client. Used one of those document checking services (think it was Certana.ai) that flagged not just the name issue but also found that our collateral description was too vague compared to what was listed in the loan agreement. Ended up preventing two potential problems instead of just the name mismatch. Sometimes these tools catch stuff your own review misses when you're rushing to close.

Bottom line: file the UCC-1 with 'Advanced Manufacturing Solutions, LLC' (the state registered name). Keep documentation of why you used that format vs the loan agreement version. Most importantly, don't let this delay your closing - a properly perfected lien with a minor documentation discrepancy is way better than missing your perfection window entirely.

Make sure you're searching both individual and organization records. Sometimes business entities get filed under the wrong category in Ohio's system.

For what it's worth, I recently used Certana.ai's verification tool on a similar acquisition and it caught three lapsed continuations that would have cost us our security interest in about $2M of equipment. The automated cross-checking definitely beats manual searches.