Item 19 - Agreement with Empower Annuity Insurance Company for the Employee Deferred Compensation Plan

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38 Reprocessing Fee. If Plan Sponsor provides incorrect or incomplete information or provides data in an unusable electronic or hard copy paper format, Empower will assess a fee to the Plan Sponsor to reprocess or put the data into a useable format. (Submission of data in a hard copy format will be considered a request to provide this service; this includes submission of Participant account takeover data). 150.00 per hour or as reasonably determined by Empower Additional Plan Work. Empower may, at its discretion, provide additional plan work at the Plan Sponsor’s request, which will be charged to the Plan Sponsor at Empowers then current hourly rate or as quoted based on the additional plan work requested. 150.00 per hour Additional Service Fees reflect current rates as of the effective date of this Agreement and may be adjusted from time to time to reflect cost increases. 7.3 Payment of Fees. All fees not paid by Participants must be paid within thirty (30) days of Empower’s invoice to the Plan Sponsor unless another arrangement has been pre -approved by Empower in writing. In the event any charges or fees reasonably and properly chargeable under the terms of the Agreement, including this Schedule or other applicable documents signed by the Plan Sponsor remain unpaid sixty (60) days after the date billed, Plan Sponsor Directs Empower to deduct such expense charges from the Plan and Plan Sponsor affirms that the Plan document specifically allows such deduction from the Plan. To the extent that the forfeiture or other Plan accounts would not pay Plan expenses under the Plan document or the Plan accounts are insufficient, Plan Sponsor Directs Empower to allocate such fees to the Participant accounts, and to the investment choices in which the Participant accounts are invested, on a pro rata basis using Participant account and investment option balance ratios as of the date of deduction. Plan Sponsor agrees to amend the Plan, if necessary, to provide for the payment of expenses from Plan assets consistent with the foregoing. 7.4 Fee Guarantee. Empower’s fees shall remain in effect for five (5) years from the Schedule Effective Date (“Guarantee Period”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, Empower reserves the right to adjust fees at any time upon written notice to Plan Sponsor in the event that: (i) Plan Sponsor elects to utilize different or additional services; (ii) Plan Sponsor changes any Investment Options utilized by the Plan that provide service fees or other compensation to Empower, if applicable; (iii) there is an employer -initiated event such as a plan merger, corporate acquisition or layoff resulting in a material decrease in Empower’s revenue or requiring Empower to perform additional services; (iv) legislative, regulatory or US postal rate changes impact the Services; or (v) there is a material change in the service fees received by Empower from any Investment Options utilized by the Plan, if applicable. Empower may adjust fees at any time after the Guarantee Period expires upon written notice to the Plan Sponsor. 8 ACCESS TO RECORDKEEPING SYSTEM & SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES 8.1 Automated Voice Response System. Participants will have access to an automated voice response system via a domestic toll-free number and international toll number to inquire or make account changes from a touch-tone telephone. Inquiry services available from the automated voice response system will utilize share prices, unit values and account balances that are as of the last calculated unit value/share price. The automated voice response system will be available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, except for routine maintenance of the system which, when necessary, will generally take place on Sunday between the hours of 2:01 am and 2:01 pm Eastern Time. However, the sy stem may also be