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You have the right to direct the investment of retirement plan contributions among the investment optionsoffered options offered under the retirement plan. Properly investing retirement contributions is important for planning yourfuture your future retirement income. You should consider your investment direction decision carefully. This noticeprovides notice provides information regarding where contributions submitted to the retirement plan for your benefit will bedirected be directed in the absence of your investment election. You may direct the investment of the retirement fundsby funds by visiting www.principal.com.
Automatic Enrollment
This retirement plan includes an automatic contribution arrangement that applies to new participants or
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or re-hired participants as they enter the plan. If you are a new participant, you will be automatically enrolled
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in the retirement plan, meaning $50.00 of your pay will be deducted from paychecks and contributed to
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the retirement plan on your behalf unless you elect a different salary deferral percentage. If you are
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currently eligible for the plan, you will maintain your current salary deferral amount unless you elect a different
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salary deferral percentage. If you do not wish to be automatically enrolled, you may elect not to defer or to
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defer another percentage. If you affirmatively elect to make salary deferral contributions, or if you are
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automatically enrolled, and you do not provide an investment direction as to how contributions made on your behalf
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should be directed, then the contributions will be directed to the plan's investment option default discussed below.
Investment Option Default
If you have not provided complete, up-to-date direction as to how the account set up for you under theretirement the retirement plan is to be invested, the account will be invested under automatic rules. You need to understand these rules and make sure that you are comfortable with them or that you take action to direct the investmentof investment of the account according to your preferences. These rules state that, if we do not have complete investmentdirections investment directions from you, the retirement funds in the account and new contributions for which we do not havedirection have direction will be directed to the applicable Principal Trust SM Target Date Fund (Principal ManagementCorporation Management Corporation provides nondiscretionary advisory services to Principal Trust regarding these funds) based onyour on your current age and the definition of normal retirement date under the plan. Your directions must bereceived be received at the Corporate Center of Principal Life Insurance Company.
See the table below to identify the Principal Trust Target Date Fund that will apply based on your current age andwhen and when you will reach the plan's normal retirement date. For information on how you may make an investmentdirection investment direction election, please see the "Right to Direct" section below.
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Note: Neither the principal nor the underlying assets of the Principal Trust Target Date Funds areguaranteed are guaranteed at any time, including the target date. Investment risk remains at all times.
Please see the description below and attached investment information or the Investment Option Summaryincluded Summary included in the enrollment workbook for important information about the Principal Trust Target Date Fundthat Fund that will apply as the default investment option. You will find information including, but not limited to, relatedobjectivesrelated objectives, risk and return characteristics, fees and expenses and certain affiliations of Principal Trust Companyand Company and the nondiscretionary investment adviser Principal Management Corporation.
Principal Trust Target Date Funds may invest in various types of investments including underlying PrincipalFunds Principal Funds Inc., mutual funds and each is managed toward a particular target (retirement) date, or the approximatedate approximate date the participant or investor starts withdrawing money. As each Principal Trust Target Date Fund approachesits approaches its target date, the investment mix becomes more conservative by increasing exposure to generally moreconservative more conservative investment options and reducing exposure to typically more aggressive investment options.The The asset allocation for each Principal Trust Target Date Fund is regularly re-adjusted within a time frame thatextends that extends 10-15 years beyond the target date, at which point it reaches its most conservative allocation. PrincipalTrust Principal Trust Target Date Funds assume the value of the investor's account will be withdrawn gradually duringretirementduring retirement.
Right to Direct
If you do not want retirement funds to be directed as indicated above, then you may elect to direct the retirementfunds retirement funds to investment options under the retirement plan by visiting The Principal Web site at www.principal.com and logging into the account or by calling 1-800-547-7754.
You may make changes to your investment direction as allowed under the retirement plan. This includestransferring includes transferring any contributions from the applicable investment option default to another investment option.Transfers Transfers out of the investment option default are not subject to restrictions, fees or expenses1 for a 90-dayperiodday period, unless the fees and expenses are charged on an ongoing basis for the operation of the investment2.
See the attached investment information for information regarding restrictions, fees or expenses after the90the 90-day period.
Additional Information
For additional information about the investment option default or other investment alternatives under theplan the plan please visit www.principal.com or contact:
DAVID MELDRUM-GREEN
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1Includes surrender charges, liquidation or exchange fees, redemption fees and similar expenses charged inconnection in connection with the liquidation of, or transfer from, the investment option default.
2Includes investment management fees, distribution and/or service fees, "12b-1" fees, or legal, accounting,transfer transfer agent and similar administrative expenses.
