I attempted to remove all special (illegal?) characters and have resubmitted the Form 114.  I am waiting to see if it will be accepted.  I submitted 4 of these forms, two were accepted, 1 was conditionally accepted and the one that has been rejected twice I am waiting for an answer.  All four of these Forms originally had the "illegal characters" in the original filings.  Very frustrating to put it mildly.