H. J. Russell & Company Southern Employee Benefits Conference October 2, 2012.

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H. J. Russell & Company Southern Employee Benefits Conference October 2, 2012

Company Info H. J. Russell & Company is a full service real estate firm. We are the largest minority owned real estate firm in the nation. At-a-Glance Years in Business: 60 Headquarters: Atlanta, Georgia Other Office Locations: Florida South Georgia Areas Illinois North Carolina South Carolina Texas Bonding Capacity: $400M LEED Accredited Professionals Certified MBE As a corporation, we provide services to both the public and private sectors: Complete Preconstruction Construction Management Design/Build Program Management General Construction Services Real Estate Development Property Management Services Facilities Management Transactional Services

Benefit Offerings H. J. Russell & Company Company Sponsored Programs/ Carriers  Medical HRA, Dental, Vision & RX (UHC)  Flexible Spending Account – Medical/Dependent Care (UHC)  Wellness - Simply Engaged (UHC)  STD/LTD (Unum)  Company Sponsored Life (Unum)  Employee Assistance Program – EAP (UHC & Unum )  Paid Time Off (PTO)  Tuition Reimbursement  401k (The Principal) Voluntary Programs – All by Unum  Life  Accident  Critical Illness  Whole Life

401k Plan Summary H. J. Russell & Company Eligibility - 30 days Contribution – Up to 50% of their total compensation to Plan limits Match - Fifty cents (50¢) on the dollar up to 5% of contribution after one (1) year. Plan Participants access/manage their account via the internet or telephone. The Money Manager/Recordkeeper - The Principal. Joint Plan Total Eligible Plan participants – 1,134 (Active/Term w/balance – 493/87) Plan Assets as of 9/17 – $15,166,271.10

401k Plan - Then & Now H. J. Russell & Company Old Structure  Metlife/Greatwest  Investment funds – nine plus one GIC  Broker relationship  Reporting Structure Benefits & Investment Committee  Why was it Formed?  Committee Members  Committee Members Roles  Meetings/Education

401k Plan Overhaul H. J. Russell & Company Reporting Structure Changed  From CEO to B&I Committee then CEO/Board Change Plan Consultant Updated IPS to ensure that the Committee was making decisions accordingly  Failing funds were placed on the Watch List  Replacement recommendations for failing funds were timely provided RFP & replaced Metlife/Greatwest to Principal Moved to an open architecture market – increased portfolio to 17 investment funds Added 11 Target Date funds Changed Target Date funds from Principal to T. Rowe Price 2011 – Adoption of a Committee Charter, which provides written guidelines to ensure legislative compliance, administrative oversights, reporting guidelines, appointment of committee members and third party consultants, and ensuring adequate communication to plan participants. Fiduciary Responsibility Training Education Strategies for Plan Participants - annually

401k Plan Accomplishments H. J. Russell & Company Better working relationship with Consultant, Recordkeeper & Money Manager, and meeting Plan objectives Lower Plan Expenses  Savings in Consultant Fees  Changed to T.Rowe Price TDF - reduced administrative fees - a savings to plan participants Investments yield greater returns Closely monitor investment funds, including our Target-Date Funds, based on:  Average Expense Ratio vs Benchmark Average  Morningstar rating  Ensuring that the Plan represent all asset classes One-on-one meetings  Increase plan participation  Increase usage of The Principal website  Plan participants account balances increased

Health Plan Summary H. J. Russell & Company Self Insured Administered by United HealthCare Plan is marketed yearly Prior plans – POS/PPO; 80/20 & 70/30 Bundled – Medical, Dental, Vision & RX Plan Participants – 198 ER pays approximately 61% of the overall cost for the bundled program Plan is grandfathered

Health Plan – Then, Now & ? H. J. Russell & Company 2008 – Move to a traditional front end HRA Plan of $500/1000/1500, which was implemented as a cost saving measure with the intent to add an HSA qualified plan in the future – Introduced UHC Simply Engaged Wellness program 2010 – Introduced biometric and coaching program based on Health Risk Assessment & up to $300 in gift card incentives 2011 – Introduced reduced health premiums based on employees completing Health Risk Assessment 2012 – Continued above requirements based on Biometric Screening or annual physical plus HRA 2013 – Will keep the Plan Grandfathered, along with wellness initiates, and premium incentives. What 2014 Plan may look like?  Limit part-time employees to 29 or less hours  Strip plan back to pay 60% of the costs  Add a second plan that will meeting HealthCare Reform minimum requirements

Health Plan Accomplishments H. J. Russell & Company One-on-One education of plan benefits to Plan participants  Utilization of myuhc website and readily access of benefits  Greater understanding of benefits offerings Plan Design changes  Removal of Plan Co-pays  Addition of HRA dollars  Preventive covered at 100% Biometric screenings and health coaching provided an awareness of critical health issues Increase number of participants having their annual exams Plan participants have not received premium increase for the past 3 years Biggest achievement is Health Plan surplus that’s approximately 1M  Surplus fund usage that the Committee has adopted:  Premium holiday – ER/EE  Reduction of future ER Contributions  Potential increase to HRA benefits  Defray Administrative Expense of the Plan