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IMPORTANT


                     NOTICES






        ABOUT THIS GUIDE                                       NEWBORNS’ AND MOTHERS’
                                                               HEALTH PROTECTION ACT
        This guide highlights your benefits. Official plan and insurance documents
        govern your rights and benefits under each plan. For more details about your   DISCLOSURE
        benefits, including covered expenses, exclusions, and limitations, please
        refer to the individual summary plan descriptions (SPDs), plan document, or   Group health plans and health insurance issuers generally may not, under
        certificate of coverage for each plan. If any discrepancy exists between this   Federal law, restrict benefits for any hospital length of stay in connection
        guide and the official documents, the official documents will prevail. Luminex   with childbirth for the mother or newborn child to less than 48 hours
        Home Decor & Fragrance reserves the right to make changes at any time to   following a vaginal delivery, or less than 96 hours following a cesarean
        the benefits, costs, and other provisions relative to benefits.  section. However, Federal law generally does not prohibit the mother’s
                                                               or newborn’s attending provider, after consulting with the mother, from
        REMINDER OF AVAILABILITY OF                            discharging the mother or her newborn earlier than 48 hours (or 96 hours
                                                               as applicable). In any case, plans and issuers may not, under Federal law,
        PRIVACY NOTICE                                         require that a provider obtain authorization from the plan or the issuer for
                                                               prescribing a length of stay not in excess of 48 hours (or 96 hours).
        This is to remind plan participants and beneficiaries of the Luminex Home
        Decor & Fragrance Health and Welfare Plan (the “Plan”) that the Plan has   USERRA
        issued a Health Plan Privacy Notice that describes how the Plan uses and
        disclosed protected health information (PHI). You can obtain a copy of the
        Luminex Home Decor & Fragrance Health and Welfare Plan Privacy Notice   Your right to continued participation in the Plan during leaves of absence
        upon your written request to the Human Resources Department, at the   for active military duty is protected by the Uniformed Services Employment
        following address:                                     and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA). Accordingly, if you are absent from
                                                               work due to a period of active duty in the military for less than 31 days, your
        Luminex Home Decor & Fragrance, Human Resources        Plan participation will not be interrupted and you will continue to pay the
        10521 Millington Court, Suite B                        same amount as if you were not absent. If the absence is for more than 31
        Cincinnati, OH 45242                                   days and not more than 12 weeks 24 months, you may continue to maintain
                                                               your coverage under the Plan by paying up to 102% of the full amount of
        If you have any questions, please contact the Luminex Home Decor &   premiums. You and your dependents may also have the opportunity to elect
        Fragrance Human Resources Office at 513-956-2226.      COBRA coverage. Contact Luminex’s Human Resources office at
                                                               513-956-2226 for more information.
        WOMEN’S HEALTH AND CANCER                              Also, if you elect not to continue your health plan coverage during your
        RIGHTS ACT                                             military service, you have the right to be reinstated in the Plan upon
                                                               your return to work, generally without any waiting periods or pre-existing
                                                               condition exclusions, except for service connected illnesses or injuries, as
        Federal law requires a group health plan to provide coverage for the   applicable.
        following services to an individual receiving plan benefits in connection with
        a mastectomy:
         •  Reconstruction of the breast on which the mastectomy has been
           performed;
         •  Surgery and reconstruction of the other breast to produce a symmetrical
           appearance; and
                                                                   This guide contains information
         •  Prostheses and physical complications for all stages of a mastectomy,
           including lymphedema (swelling associated with the removal of lymph   about the creditable status of the Rx
           nodes).
                                                                   coverage.
        The group health plan must determine the manner of coverage in
        consultation with the attending physician and patient. Coverage for breast
        reconstruction and related services will be subject to deductibles and
        coinsurance amounts that are consistent with those that apply to other
        benefits under the plan. If you would like information on WHCRA benefits,
        call your plan administrator at 513-956-2226.
                                                                   Please note: Notices on Medicare
                                                                   Part D coverage appears later in this
                                                                   document.





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