Rush University Medical Center

“-- The information is compiled and reviewed internally by Corporate Finance. The return is reviewed by Deloitte Tax LLP before being submitted to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of Rush for review and approval. The return is distributed to the entire Board of Directors before it is filed.”

“--- Rushs Board of Trustees, corporate officers, employees, faculty, students and members of its medical, nursing, professional and technical staffs must use their best efforts and judgment to avoid any influences which could compromise patient care, research, business transactions, objectivity or integrity. The comprehensive policy statement regarding conflicts of interest is applicable to the Rush Board of Trustees, corporate officers, employees, faculty, students and members of Rushs medical, nursing, professional and technical staffs. All employees are required to make a clear disclosure of any conflict of interest to their immediate supervisor at the earliest possible opportunity before an arrangement is entered into which would result in a conflict or as soon thereafter as the employee becomes aware that such a conflict exists. Supervisors may take action to address a conflict of interest as is consistent with policies of Rush including, but not limited to, the policies of the Department of Human Resources. Conflicts of interest are defined as circumstances that create a risk that professional judgments or actions regarding a primary interest will be unduly influenced by a secondary interest. Conflicts can be more or less severe. The severity of a conflict depends on 1 the likelihood that professional decisions made under the relevant circumstances would be unduly influenced by a secondary interest and 2 the seriousness of the harm or wrong that could result from such influence.”

“-- Under certain limited circumstances a conflict may be allowed to continue if such conflict cannot otherwise be eliminated, the likelihood of undue influence is minimized and the relationship is appropriately managed to reduce the risk of possible harm. Members of the Rush Board of Trustees and Rush Corporate Officers are required to disclose any conflicts to the Chairman or Vice Chairman or the secretary of the Rush Board of Trustees. An initial review will be undertaken by the Audit Committee of the Board, which shall make such recommendations as it deems appropriate to the Executive Committee of the Board. If time does not permit a full review by the Audit Committee, such initial review may be undertaken by the Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Audit Committee. Thereafter, the Audit Committee shall submit the material facts of the conflict along with its recommendations to the Executive Committee which shall make a final determination on the matter.”

“-- The Compensation and Human Resources Committee uses an independent review, comparability data and contemporaneous substantiation to establish compensation packages for officers. All officer compensation packages are approved by the Compensation and Human Resources Committee.”

“-- The Form 990 information is made available upon request through the Media Relations office of the Public Relations Department and/or Legal Affairs. The Form 990 is also available on Guidestar and on the Illinois Attorney Generals website.”

“--Rush does not make its governing documents or conflict of interest policy available to the public. The financial statements are available through the Illinois Attorney Generals office.”

“--The Executive Committee, between meetings of the trustees, shall have and exercise all of the authority of the voting trustees in the management of the corporation except to the extent, if any, that such authority shall be limited by resolution of the voting trustees and except for a amending the articles of incorporation b amending, altering or repealing the by-laws c adopting a plan of merger or consolidation with another corporation d authorizing the sale, lease, exchange or mortgage of all or substantially all of the property or assets of the corporation e authorizing the voluntary dissolution of the corporation f adopting a plan for the distribution of the assets of the corporation g electing, appointing or removing any trustee or officer of the corporation or h amending, altering or repealing any resolution of the voting trustees which by its terms provides that it shall not be amended, altered or repealed by the executive committee. The delegation of authority to the Executive Committee shall not operate to relieve the voting trustees or any single voting trustee of any responsibility imposed upon him or her by law. The Executive Committee shall consist of not fewer than 22 and not more than 28 voting trustees, including the Chairman, the Vice Chairmen and the Chief Executive Officer. The voting members of the Executive Committee shall be elected at the annual meeting of the voting trustees provided that any vacancy occurring or existing in the Executive Committee may be filled by an election held at any regular or special meeting of the voting trustees. Members of the Executive Committee shall serve until their successors have been elected.”

“--Pamela Forbes Lieberman and William K. Hall had a board relationship.-- Christine A. Edwards and William A. Downe had a board relationship. -- Christopher M. Crane, Sue Ling Gin and John W. Rogers Jr. had a board relationship. -- E. Scott Santi, Susan Crown and Robert S. Morrison had a board relationship. -- Charles A. Schrock and John W. Higgins had a board relationship.-- Sheila A. Penrose and Martin A. Nesbitt had a board relationship. -- James S. Metcalf, Fred A. Krehbiel and Donald G. Lubin, Esq. had a board relationship.-- Susan Crown and Charles A. Tribbett III had a board relationship.--John M. Boler and Matthew J. Boler had a board relationship. -- Sheila A. Penrose and John W. Rogers, Jr. had a board relationship .-- Matthew Bergman and Christine A. Edwards had a business relationship.-- John L. Brennen, Karl A. Palasz and E. David Coolidge III. had a business relationship .-- Aylwin B. Lewis and Bruce W. Duncan had a board relationship .-- E. Scott Santi, William K. Hall and John L. Howard had a business relationship . -- Gloria Santona, Esq, John W. Rogers Jr. and Sheila A. Penrose had a business relationship -- H. John Gilbertson and Carl W. Stern had a business relationship.-- Robert S. Morrison, John W. Rogers Jr, Gloria Santona, Esq, Michael J. OConnor and Michael F. OBrien had a business relationanship.--Sandra Guthman and John W Rogers, Jr. had a business relationship. -- Robert A Mariano and John R Willis had a business relationship. -- Jesse Ruiz and John Sabl had a business relationship.”

“-- Payments to Catherine Dimou, MD, Larry J. Goodman, MD and Anthony D. Ivankovich, MD were for their roles as employees not as trustees.”

“-- The mission of Rush University Medical Center is to provide the very best care for our patients. Our education and research endeavors, community service programs and relationships with other hospitals are dedicated to enhancing excellence in patient care for the diverse communities of the Chicago area now and in the future. The true impact of our mission isnt only visible within the boundaries of our Medical Center campus. We also see our mission take shape in the community health clinics, outreach and mentoring programs, and countless other community-based initiatives led by doctors, nurses, students and others at Rush.”

“---- Other program services Rush provides various services for the benefit of its patients and visitors, such as parking, food service and interpreter services. Rush also sponsors a number of programs in the community focused on improving health, expanding education in health-related careers, community-based research to reduce health disparities and initiatives to provide economic development and job creation. Rush programs influenced tens of thousands of lives in FY14.”

“Pension Equity adjustment of 1,303,691.”