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MLB League-Wide Insurance Program
Plan and Summary Plan Description

INTRODUCTION

The Board of Trustees of the Major League Baseball League-Wide Insurance Program (the
“Board”) maintains the Major League Baseball League-Wide Insurance Program (the“Plan”)to
provide health benefits for eligible employees and dependents of the following entities (the
“Baseball-Related Entities”):

Houston Astros (Houston McLane Company, Inc.)
Miami Marlins (Miami Marlins, L.P.)
Milwaukee Brewers (Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, L.P.)
Minnesota Twins
Oakland Athletics (Athletics Investment Group, LLC)
Pittsburgh Pirates (Pittsburgh Associates)
San Diego Padres (Padres, L.P.)
San Francisco Giants (San Francisco Baseball Associates L.P.)
St. Louis Cardinals (St. Louis Cardinals, LLC)
Tampa Bay Rays (Tampa Bay Rays Baseball, Ltd.)
Texas Rangers (Rangers Baseball Express, LLC)
Toronto Blue Jays (Rogers Blue Jays Baseball Partnership)
Washington Nationals (Washington Nationals Baseball Club, LLC)
Office of the Commissioner of Baseball and its subsidiary, Major League Baseball Blue,
Inc.
MLB Advanced Media, L.P.
MLB Network, LLC
Tickets.com, Inc.

As you review this document, please keep in mind that the term “Employer” means theBaseball-
Related Entity that employs you.

This document serves two important functions related to the Plan under the Employee
Retirement IncomeSecurity Act of 1974(“ERISA”),afederal law applyingtoemployeebenefit
plans. First, ERISA requires that employers must supply employees with a description of the
various benefit plans it maintains. The information must be included in a summary plan
description (“SPD”) for each plan. Second, ERISA requires that employee benefit plans be
maintained pursuant to a written plan document. This document, together with the contract,
benefit booklets, and other descriptive materials you have received from the Board, your
Employer, insurance companies, and other organizations administeringbenefits under the Plan,
constitutes the written plan document and the SPD for the Plan. Separate documents apply to
employees of each Employer.

IMPORTANT: This document and the booklets and other descriptive material provided to you
by the Employer and the various benefit providers are written in a manner that is intended to be
easily understandable and to summarize the benefits available to you under the Plan. There may
be other Plan materials (such as an insurance policy or other contractual agreement with a health
care or other service provider) that contain more detailed information about Plan benefits. Every
effort has been made to ensure that all of these materials contain a consistent description of the
Plan’s benefits. However, if there is any conflict or inconsistency between thesematerials, it

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