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Important Notices

Availability of Notice of Privacy Practices

Privacy rules under HIPAA require plans to provide notice of their privacy practices to new participants and
redistribute the notice if it is revised. In addition, HIPAA requires plans to send a reminder to participants every
three years that a detailed description of their privacy rights is available and how to get a copy. (If a plan is fully
insured, the insurer is responsible for providing these notices, but may delegate its responsibilities for distribution to
the employer.) A sample notice of availability is set out below. Sending either the full notice of privacy practices
or the reminder notice annually more than fulfills the requirement and might be easier than remembering to send
it every three years. Employers should consult with their legal counsel before using the sample. If a plan prefers to
do so, it can redistribute its full notice of privacy practices (see our sample full notice of privacy practices, which
includes revisions required to be made by September 23, 2013).

NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY READING & MATH INC., dba AMPACT WELFARE BENEFITS PLAN NOTICE OF PRIVACY
PRACTICES

THIS NOTICE DESCRIBES HOW YOU MAY OBTAIN A COPY OF THE PLAN’S NOTICE OF PRIVACY PRACTICES, WHICH
DESCRIBES THE WAYS THAT THE PLAN USES AND DISCLOSES YOUR PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION.

Reading & Math Inc., dba Ampact Welfare Benefits Plan (the “Plan”) provides health benefits to eligible
employees of Reading & Math Inc., dba Ampact (the “Company”) and their eligible dependents as described in
the summary plan description(s) for the Plan. The Plan creates, receives, uses, maintains and discloses health
information about participating employees and dependents in the course of providing these health benefits. The
Plan is required by law to provide notice to participants of the Plan’s duties and privacy practices with respect to
covered individuals’ protected health information and has done so by providing to Plan participants a Notice of
Privacy Practices, which describes the ways that the Plan uses and discloses protected health information. To
receive a copy of the Plan’s Notice of Privacy Practices you should contact Benefits Manager, who has been
designated as the Plan’s contact person for all issues regarding the Plan’s privacy practices and covered
individuals’ privacy rights. You can reach this contact person at: 1200 Washington Ave. S., Suite 310, Minneapolis,
MN 55415, or benefits@ampact.us

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