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Plan number 301333 Employer, its agents or designees in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Under the terms of this Agreement,ICMA-RC does not render investment advice, is neither the"Plan Administrator"nor"Plan Sponsor"as those terms are defined under applicable federal, state, or local law, and does not provide legal,tax or accounting advice with respect to the creation,adoption or operation of the Plan and its related trust.ICMA-RC does not perform any service under this Agreement that might cause ICMA-RC to be treated as a"fiduciary"of the Plan under applicable law, except, and only,to the extent that ICMA-RC provides investment advisory services to individual participants enrolled in Guided Pathways Advisory Services. (c) Employer acknowledges and agrees that ICMA-RC does not assume any responsibility with respect to the selection or retention of the Plan's investment options. Employer shall have exclusive responsibility for the Plan's investment options, including the selection of the applicable mutual fund share class. Where applicable,Employer understands that the VT Retirement Income Advantage Fund is an investment option for the Plan and that the fund invests in a separate account available through a group variable annuity contract. By entering into this Agreement, Employer acknowledges that it has received the Important Considerations document and the VT Disclosures and that it has read the information therein concerning the VT Retirement Income Advantage Fund. (d) Employer acknowledges that certain such services to be performed by ICMA-RC under this Agreement may be performed by an affiliate or agent of ICMA-RC pursuant to one or more other contractual arrangements or relationships, and that ICMA-RC reserves the right to change vendors with which it has contracted to provide services in connection with this Agreement without prior notice to Employer. (e) Employer acknowledges that it has received ICMA-RC's Fee Disclosure Statement,prepared in substantial conformance with ERISA regulations regarding the disclosure of fees to plan sponsors. (f) Employer approves the use of its Plan in ICMA-RC external media, publications and materials. Examples include press releases announcements and inclusion of the general plan information in request for proposal responses. 6. Participation in Certain Proceedings The Employer hereby authorizes ICMA-RC to act as agent,to appear on its behalf,and to join the Employer as a necessary party in all legal proceedings involving the garnishment of benefits or the transfer of benefits pursuant to the divorce or separation of participants in the Plan.Unless Employer notifies ICMA-RC otherwise,Employer consents to the disbursement by ICMA-RC of benefits that have been garnished or transferred to a 4 of 13