Bryant University

“The following members of the University's Board of Trustees and Officers also serve as Directors of Bryant China (HK) Limited: Ross Gittell and Kristian Moor.”

“Prior to filling the University's Form 990 with the IRS, it is reviewed and approved by the University's Audit, Risk, Compliance & Information Systems Committee of the Board of Trustees. The Audit, Risk, Compliance & Information Systems Committee is the governing body of the University that has oversight of all financial and compliance issues of the University and reports the proceedings of all of its meetings to the full Board of Trustees. A complete copy of the Form 990 is posted to the Board of Trustees portal for review by the Board members prior to filing.”

“The University consistently monitors and enforces compliance with its conflict of interest policy by first ensuring the conflict of interest forms are continually updated by the Trustees and employees. The forms are reviewed annually to identify any disclosures of conflicts of interest, and as a result, no Board member can vote on any item they have a conflict of interest with. The Vice President for Business Affairs reviews the conflict of interest forms, and any potential conflict would be discussed with the Audit, Risk, Compliance & Information Systems Committee Chair. In addition, any business conducted by the University with any organization related to a Bryant University Trustee or employee must be a hands-off transaction with no involvement of the Trustee or employee. This monitoring and enforcing is done primarily through the President's Office.”

“The Board of Trustees, through its Executive Compensation Committee (the "Committee"), utilizes an executive compensation policy, amended and ratified by the Board of Trustees in October 2007, to establish compensation for all University officers and key executives. The University prepares annually an "Executive compensation discussion report for the Committee." The report summarizes annual performance against institutional benchmarks, annual strategic goals and divisional operations objectives, and provides market comparability data for the designated positions. The President also provides a cover memo to the Committee that analyzes and recommends target achievements set by the performance bonus plan, base salary and maximum performance bonus for each executive. Based on this information, the Committee makes a determination relative to compensation for the President and reviews and authorizes the President's compensation recommendation for the executive team. The University complies with the three Rebuttable Presumption of Reasonableness procedures, as outlined in Treasury Regulation Section 53.4958-6: (1) executive compensation is authorized by an independent Committee of the Board of Trustees, (2) the Committee authorizing executive compensation obtains and relies on appropriate data as to comparability prior to making determinations, and (3) the Committee adequately documents the basis for determinations concurrently with making the determination.”

“The University's Form 990, audited financial statements, governing documents and conflict of interest policy are available upon written or electronic request.”

“Unrealized gain on interest rate swaps $7,634,523, change in other liabilities ($60,832), and change in split interest agreement ($7,711), Total $7,565,980.”