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                       APPENDIX A:

                       Drug Employees Hired on or After
                       October 1, 2008


                       The Retail Drug Industry Pension Trust (“Drug Plan”) merged
                       into the Sound Retirement Trust (formerly the Retail Clerks
                       Pension Trust) effective October 1, 2008. Employees hired on or
                       after October 1, 2008 by Drug employers or employed in Drug
                       positions with no service earned under the Drug Plan have the
                       same benefits as those participants in Clerks positions under
                       the Sound Trust, except as provided in this Appendix A. (Please
                       contact the Administrative Office for more details.)
                       REGULAR PENSION

                       Your Regular Pension Amount

                       For pension benefits earned on or after October 1, 2008, your
                       regular pension is a monthly amount equal to 3.0% of 5/7 of
                       the July 2004 employer contributions (plus any pensionable
                       contribution increases bargained after that date) credited to you.
                       This amount is then adjusted for the form of payment you select.

                       QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

                        Is my eligibility affected  No. In either case you will earn benefits under
                        if I transfer from a    the provisions of the Sound Plan, if your transfer
                        position as a Drug      occurred on or after October 1, 2008. The only
                        employee to one as a    difference will  be  to  the  regular pension amount
                        Clerks employee?        you earn and the terms governing reemployment
                                                after you transfer, as described in this Appendix A.
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