Continental Grain Long Term Disability Benefit Plan C/O Northern Trust Company

“The continental grain company long term disability plan has no such committees.”

“The continental grain company long term disability plan's form 990 is prepared by its independent accountant and provided to the assistant vice president of employee benefits of continental grain to review, submit questions, changes and/or comments by a given date in order to file on a timely basis. The continential grain company long term disability plan then sends an email to its trustees with a .pdf file of the form 990 for their review and/or comments. Each issue is documented and addressed until the return is finalized and approved for filing with the irs.”

“The members of the adminsitrative committee are all employees of continential grain company (the "corporation") and are covered under a corporate conflicts of interest policy that is in place by the corporation. Continential grain company employees are required to certify annually and at any time thereafter when they have encountered a situation which could potentially result in an actual or perceived conflict of interest. The corporate conflicts of interest policy is monitored and enforced by the continential grain company's legal department and is outside the scope of responsibilities of the individuals listed in part vii.”

“The plan is a veba trust. The trust pays benefits on behalf of participating employees. The trust's trustee, northern trust company, administers the benefits. Fees paid to the trustee are based on what is reasonable for the market. The board determines the reasonable rate based on what's charged in the industry. The administrative committee members of the continential grain company long term disability plan receive no compensation from the plan. They are all volunteers from continential grain company.”

“The plan makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public upon written request at the office of the organization or by calling the organization directly at (212) 207-5910.”

“Oversight of the audited finanacial statements and selection of an independent accountant is provided by the sponsoring organizations administrative and investment committees as prescribed by erisa. This process has not changed form the prior year.”