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Deferred Compensation

Funds in the Deferred Compensation Plan

T. Rowe Price Retirement Funds
The T. Rowe Price Retirement Funds offer you a single diversified portfolio that is professionally managed to a specific retirement date. These funds were created to help you meet your changing financial needs up to and throughout retirement. During your savings years, the funds are designed to help you capitalize on growth opportunities to build assets. As you approach retirement, the portfolio manager increasingly adjusts the funds' investment allocations in an effort to provide greater stability and reduced investment risk. Prospectus


Share Price Stability
(less risk)
Return Potential
(more risk)
The image illustrates the range of funds, offered by the Deferred Compensation Plan, from  Share Price Stability and low risk on one end to High Return Potential and high risk at the other end.

Vanguard Prime Money Market Fund Institutional Shares(VMRXX)
Very Stable, Low Risk
A money market fund which seeks to provide stability of principal and a competitive yield through investment primarily in high-quality bank and corporate money market obligations. Prospectus


Stable Return Fund
Very Stable, Low Risk
An income fund which provides principal stability and a competitive yield through investment contracts issued by insurance companies, banks, and other financial institutions that are not expected to fluctuate in value like stock or bond funds. Note to participants Fact Sheet


Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund - Institutional Shares (VBTIX)
Moderate Stability, Moderate Risk
A relatively conservative, passively managed bond fund which seeks to provide investment results that parallel the performance of the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index, a measure of the U.S. bond market. Prospectus


T. Rowe Price New Income Fund (PRCIX)
Moderate Stability, Moderate Risk
A conservative, actively managed bond fund which provides a high level of current income through investment in high-quality, medium- to long-term government and corporate bonds. Prospectus


Fidelity Puritan Fund (FPURX)
Moderate Return Potential, Moderate Risk
A conservative growth and income fund which seeks to provide growth of capital and current income through investment in a mix of high-dividend-paying stocks and bonds. Historically, the portfolio has been comprised of 60-80% stocks and 20-40% bonds. Prospectus


Vanguard Institutional Index Fund Plus (VIIIX)
Moderate Return Potential, Moderate Risk
A passively managed stock fund which seeks to provide investment results that parallel the performance of the Standard & Poor's 500 Composite Stock Price Index, a measure of the U.S. stock market performance. Prospectus


Legg Mason Capital Management Value Trust Fund - Class FI(LMVFX)
Moderate Return Potential, Moderate Risk
The Fund invests primarily in large-capitalization equity securities. The managers follow a value discipline in selecting securities, and therefore seek to purchase securities at large discounts to their assessments of the companies’ intrinsic values. The managers take a long-term approach to investing, generally characterized by long holding periods and low portfolio turnover. Prospectus


LSV Value Equity Fund (LSVEX)
Moderate Return Potential, Moderate Risk
The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital. The fund normally invests at least 65% of assets in common stocks of large and medium U.S. companies which, in the advisor's opinion, are undervalued in the marketplace at the time of purchase. Prospectus


Wellington Diversified Growth Portfolio
High Return Potential, High Risk
The investment objective of the Diversified Growth Portfolio is to provide long-term returns above those of the Russell 1000 Growth Index. The investment process leverages the extensive research resources of the firm and emphasizes a balance of growth, valuation, and quality criteria in selecting stocks. Fact Sheet


Columbia Acorn Fund (ACRNX)
High Return Potential, High Risk
A common stock fund that seeks capital appreciation through investment in small, rapidly growing companies in both U.S. and foreign markets. Prospectus


Ariel Fund (ARGFX)
High Return Potential, High Risk
A common stock fund which provides capital appreciation through investment in the common stocks of smaller, undervalued growth companies that are also considered socially responsible. Prospectus


Janus Overseas Fund (JIGFX)
High Return Potential, High Risk
The Janus Overseas Fund (Class I) seeks long-term growth of capital. The fund normally invests at least 80% of assets in equity securities of issuers, typically from countries outside of the United States. It may at times invest in U.S. issuers and may invest all assets in a single country. The fund may have significant exposure to emerging markets. It may invest without limit in foreign equity and debt securities. Prospectus


Invesco International Growth Equity Trust
High Return Potential, High Risk
The investment objective of this collective trust fund is to seek long-term growth of capital by investing in a diversified portfolio of reasonably priced, quality international companies with strong fundamentals and/or accelerating earnings growth. Fact Sheet


Northern Small Cap Value Fund (NOSGX)
High Return Potential, High Risk
The fund's manager uses a quantitative model that selects small-cap stocks that trade cheaply relative to book value. His secondary screen considers price relative to earnings, cash flow, and sales. The fund holds tiny positions in hundreds of stocks. Its sector weightings are now loosely aligned with the Russell 2000 Value Index's. Prospectus

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