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Building ownership in your account
                                                You have 100% vested ownership in your own contributions. The Plan
                                                maintains a vesting schedule to determine your ownership in the
                                                employer contribution and the employer matching contribution. You earn
                                                a vesting credit equal to an additional 20% vested ownership in your
                                                employer contributions for each year of service. A year of service is
                                                attained for each calendar year in which you work at least 1,000 hours.
                                                You may earn only one vesting credit per calendar year. The vesting
                                                percentage is 100% after five or more years of service.
                                                You will become immediately 100% vested in the employer matching
                                                contribution if one of these events occurs while employed: you reach age
                                                65, you become permanently disabled, or in the event of your death.
               Building ownership while on military leave
                                                If you are absent from work for military service with the armed forces of
                                                the United States and return to service within periods required by law,
                                                you shall receive credit towards vesting for service during your period
                                                of absence.

               Building ownership while on authorized leave of absence
                                                If you are absent from work for reasons of an authorized leave of
                                                absence (such as family and medical leave and short-term disability),
                                                you will have hours of service credited to you for determining break
                                                in service, but not toward determining vesting credit during the
                                                absence period.

               Vesting for the rehired employee
                                                If you are rehired by Texas Mutual, you may be entitled to receive credit
                                                for prior service and you may also be entitled to a restoration of any
                                                previously forfeited monies if certain conditions are met. You are entitled
                                                to the vesting credits that you accumulated during the prior service
                                                regardless of whether you took an account distribution and regardless of
                                                the length of your absence. If you return before non-vested monies are
                                                permanently forfeited (after a five-year break in service) this may entitle
                                                you to have the non-vested monies restored so that further vesting
                                                service may increase your ownership in those monies.

               Plan investments
                                                Fidelity Investments is the Plan record-keeper. New employees are sent
                                                an enrollment kit that details investment choices and enrollment
                                                procedures for the Plan. A description of the investment options can also
                                                be found by logging into your Fidelity account at fidelity.com/atwork.

                                                Once your retirement account is established, you can contact Fidelity
                                                Investments to redirect your investments within the investment options
                                                provided. Refer to the benefit contacts section for information on how
                                                to contact Fidelity Investments and how to access your account for
                                                account balances, quotes, allocation changes and exchanges.







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