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Employer-Sponsored Retirement PlanInformation and Services Agreement Use this form to: Establish an agreement whereby T. Rowe Price will provide certainservices for the Plan adopted by the Employer. Update information for an existing Plan. Provide information to establish the required Plan Sponsor Web(PSW) online account to help administer the Plan online.1Complete and execute this agreement, make a copy for your records, andreturn the original to T. Rowe Price. In addition, the Employer must establish the Plan by adopting the applicable Plan document.Check new plan type: I ndividual 401(k). Attach copy of Employer’s executed Individual401(k) Plan Standardized Adoption Agreement. S EP-IRA. Attach copy of Employer’s executed IRS Form 5305-SEP.Tax year to establish the Plan will default to current year unless a different tax year is specified here.Tax Year: S IMPLE IRA. Attach copy of Employer’s executed IRS Form5304-SIMPLE or original IRS Form 5305-SIMPLE (T. Rowe Pricewill sign and return a copy).Check to update an existing plan: 4 03(b)(7), Individual 401(k), SEP-IRA, SIMPLE IRA. Providethe Plan ID below. Updates will be made according to anycompleted sections on this form.Plan NameEmployer (Plan Sponsor) NameExpress delivery only:T. Rowe Price Mail Code 173504515 Painters Mill RoadOwings Mills, MD 21117-4903This stamp indicates a signature guarantee is required.This paper clip indicates you may need to attach documentation.2Employer InformationPlan Sponsor Web (PSW) AccessPSW is a secure website that enables Plan Sponsors to perform certainPlan administrative functions, including new participant account setup,updating participant status, participant account maintenance, Plancontribution processing, and Confirmation of Plan Contribution Reportand other report downloads. T. Rowe Price will establish PSW accessand provide Plan Sponsor a unique operator ID and temporary passwordby mail. Plan Sponsor agrees to accept responsibility for protecting theconfidentiality of the login information. T. Rowe Price will provide certainonline services via PSW for use by Plan Sponsor in its administration ofthe Plan identified in Section 1. Plan Sponsor is responsible for procuring and operating all hardware and software to be compatible with theonline services. Plan Sponsor agrees to establish participant accountsand maintain participant account information (including employmentstatus) on PSW. Plan Sponsor is responsible for permanent retentionof all Employer Sponsored Retirement Plan Participant Account forms,reviewing and verifying the accuracy of all information it (or its agent)enters directly into PSW and for promptly notifying T. Rowe Price of anyresulting errors, omissions, or inaccuracies.Employer must designate a default fundThe default fund will be used if a Plan participant fails to select aT. Rowe Price mutual fund for contributions. Plan Sponsors may wishto consider how the default investment decision may affect their statuswith respect to certain regulatory requirements.T. Rowe Price Fund:Street or Mailing AddressCityStateTax Identification Number (TIN)T. Rowe Price Plan ID (existing plans only)ZIP CodePlan Contact NamePhoneMail to:T. Rowe PriceP.O. Box 17350Baltimore, MD 21297-1350FaxAccess to PSW (troweprice.com/psw) WILL NOT be granted to any partyother than the Plan Contact identified in Section 1 unless the informationis completed below. By completing the information requested below andsigning in Section 6, Plan Sponsor authorizes and directs T. Rowe Priceto provide unique login information to the designated individual as PlanSponsor’s agent (Agent) in order to permit Agent separate access to theinformation and functionality that is available on PSW. In directingT. Rowe Price to provide such third-party access, Plan Sponsor specifically acknowledges and agrees that it accepts responsibility for protectingthe confidentiality of any login information provided to Agent. Further,Plan Sponsor acknowledges that T. Rowe Price, in its own discretion, mayprovide telephone support to Agent, which may include discussionof information made available on, or a functionality of, PSW.Agent CompanyE-mail AddressE-mail AddressAgent Name (only one Agent is allowed)Employee kits are available at troweprice.com/smbforms, or will be mailedif a quantity is entered here:Street or Mailing AddressCityFRP1RPEI 8/21 wPhoneQuestions? troweprice.com/smbforms 800-492-7670StateZIP CodePage 1 of 5
3Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)This service allows you to move money from the company bank accountto the Plan quickly and easily via the Automated Clearing House (ACH)network. EFTs occur when you initiate them. If the bank account is apersonal account that is jointly owned by one or more individuals (nota company account), a signature guarantee is required for all ownersof the bank account.E nclose a voided check. Checking account or Savings accountAccount provided replaces any account currently on file unless a box ischecked below. Primary bank. Default account for all systematic plans andtransactions. Existing bank account becomes a secondary bank. Secondary bank. Bank account is available on request. Existingbank account remains the primary bank.4Individual 401(k) Plan InformationIndividual 401(k) Plan Sponsors review and, if applicable, complete thissection. The Plan is offered for one-person business owners (and theirworking spouse). It is not appropriate for a business that has, or plansto add, any non-spouse employee who would be eligible to participate inthe Plan. Investment of trust assets may be selected only from shares ofT. Rowe Price mutual funds (“Price funds”) or other investments offeredby T. Rowe Price Trust Company and its affiliates. In accordance withthe terms of the Plan document, the Employer is the Plan Administratorunless Employer designates another person(s) below to serve asthe Plan Administrator. A successor Plan Administrator will provideinstructions upon the death of Employer when no designated PlanAdministrator otherwise exists.Designated Plan Administrator Name (if applicable)Street or Mailing AddressCityPhone Check this box if same as Employer informationState5Complete this section to provide status and provision changes for your403(b) Plan.5AStreet or Mailing AddressCityIs the Plan subject to ERISA? Check one: Yes. The Plan contact identified in Section 1, acting on behalf of thePlan Administrator, will authorize Plan and participant transactions. No. By signing in Section 6A, I certify that the Plan is exempt fromERISA as a governmental plan defined in ERISA Section 3(32),as a church plan defined in ERISA Section 3(33), or pursuant toUnited States Department of Labor regulations Section 2510.3-2(f)because only salary reduction contributions may be made to thePlan, and any Employer involvement is minimal.5BSuccessor Plan Administrator Name (if applicable)Street or Mailing AddressCityContribution TypeT. Rowe Price is considered to be an approved vendor for the Plan, andparticipants may direct 403(b)(7) contributions to T. Rowe Price unlessyou check “No direct contributions.” When “No direct contributions” ischecked, participants will only be able to exchange between approvedvendors listed in Section 5D.Check all applicable contribution types: Pretax salary reduction Employer discretionary No direct contributions Employer matchingZIP CodePhone Check this box if same as Employer informationStateERISA StatusThe Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA)regulates the operation of many types of retirement plans. Coveredplans must meet strict reporting, disclosure, funding, maintenance,participation, and distribution guidelines. In general, if your plan offersmatching or discretionary contributions, your plan is subject to ERISA(certain churches and government entities—such as public schoolsand state-sponsored colleges and universities—are exempt and arenot covered by ERISA). For more information, consult your legal counsel or other advisor.5CDesignated Plan Administrator Name (if more than one)403(b)(7) Plan InformationZIP CodePhoneRollover ContributionsDoes the Plan accept participant rollover contributions? Check one: No Yes If this is a non-ERISA plan, Employer authorizes T. Rowe Price toautomatically process all direct and indirect participant rollovercontributions, excluding rollovers of after-tax amounts. If this is an ERISA plan, the Plan Administrator is required toauthorize each participant rollover contribution before acceptanceby T. Rowe Price. Check this box if same as Employer informationStateZIP CodeDesignated and/or Successor Plan Administrator signature(s) arerequired in Section 6B.FRP1RPEI 8/21 wQuestions? troweprice.com/smbforms 800-492-7670Page 2 of 5
5DInvestment VendorsComplete this section to provide or update vendor information. Thiswill replace any vendors currently on file with T. Rowe Price within thesame Employer Plan. If this section is left blank, vendors will not beadded or changed.Check one: All 403(b)(7) Plan assets are held at T. Rowe Price as the Plan’s onlyinvestment vendor, and no assets may be exchanged to any othervendor. T. Rowe Price is NOT the only investment vendor for the 403(b)(7) Plan.Provide all financial institutions where 403(b)(7) Plan assets are permitted to be held. T. Rowe Price will act only on participant requests toexchange 403(b) assets to or from the institutions below.Exchanges Permitted Only:Name of VendorToT. RowePriceFromT. RowePriceTo andFromT. RowePrice For more vendors, check this box and attach a separate page.6SignaturesBy signing this form, Employer acknowledges and agrees that: P lan Sponsor Web. Employer is fully responsible for, and shallindemnify and hold harmless T. Rowe Price Services, Inc.(T. Rowe Price), and its affiliates and employees from, any unauthorized use or disclosure of Plan Sponsor’s or (if an Agent is designated) Agent’s Plan online information, which use or disclosureresults from the unauthorized use of Plan Sponsor’s or Agent’s logininformation. Further, to prevent unauthorized access to the Planonline information, Plan Sponsor will notify T. Rowe Price immediately if Plan Sponsor’s or Agent’s login information is lost or if itbecomes aware of any unauthorized use of the login information orany Plan online information. Beneficiaries. Any Plan participant beneficiary information PlanSponsor (or its Agent) enters into PSW is based on a written affirmative beneficiary election made by the Plan participant. T . Rowe Price Confidential Information. All computer reporting systems,computer programs, software, recordkeeping systems, passwords,other security codes, or login information issued to Plan Sponsor (or itsAgent) and other business practices and procedures of T. Rowe Pricemade available to Plan Sponsor (or its Agent) in connection with thisAgreement, other than information that is in the public domain or that isrightfully obtained from third parties, shall be considered “T. Rowe PriceConfidential Information.” Plan Sponsor (and its Agent) shall maintainthe confidence of T. Rowe Price Confidential Information with at leastthe same degree of care that it uses to protect its own confidential information and shall use all reasonable means to prevent the disclosureof any T. Rowe Price Confidential Information to any third party exceptas required by law. Plan Sponsor agrees to notify T. Rowe Price upondiscovery of any unauthorized use or disclosure by it (or its Agent) ofT. Rowe Price Confidential Information and will cooperate to help regainsuch T. Rowe Price Confidential Information and prevent its furtherunauthorized use.FRP1RPEI8/21 w Electronic Funds Transfer. By selecting the electronic transfer service inSection 3 and signing in Section 6, Employer hereby authorizes T. RowePrice to initiate credit and debit entries to the account at the financialinstitution indicated and for the financial institution to credit or debit thesame to such account through the ACH system, subject to the rules ofthe financial institution, ACH, and the Price funds. T. Rowe Price maycorrect any transaction error with a debit or credit to my financial institution account and/or fund account. This authorization, including anycredit or debit entries indicated thereunder, is in full force and in effectuntil I notify T. Rowe Price of its revocation by telephone or in writingand T. Rowe Price has sufficient time to act on it. F orce Majeure. Neither T. Rowe Price nor Employer shall be liable forany loss or expense resulting from a failure to fulfill or for delay in fulfilling its responsibilities under this Agreement where such failure or delayarises from any occurrence commonly known as force majeure, including, but not limited to, fire, flood, earthquake, or other natural disaster;acts of God; medical epidemics or outbreaks; war; riots; acts or threatsof terrorism; acts of foreign enemies; acts of civil, military, or bankingauthorities; restrictive governmental laws or regulations; national emergencies; legal constraints; embargo; strikes or other acts of workers;inability to procure labor or materials; nuclear or chemical contamination; acts or failure of any telephone or wireless network; failure of transportation; failure of communication or power supply; failure of publicinfrastructure; or any other events or circumstances beyond the reasonable control of the party affected. I ndemnification. Plan Sponsor shall indemnify, hold harmless, anddefend T. Rowe Price (including its affiliates and their officers, directors, employees, and agents) from and against any liability, loss, andexpenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and court costs) incurredin connection with (i) the performance of T. Rowe Price’s duties underthis Agreement, except to the extent that any such liability, loss, orexpense arises from T. Rowe Price’s own negligence or willful misconduct; (ii) any action taken by T. Rowe Price in accordance with thedirection or instructions of Plan Sponsor or Plan Sponsor’s Agent, or anyfailure to act in the absence of such directions or instructions; (iii) anymatter relating to the Plan for which T. Rowe Price has no responsibility,control, or liability under this Agreement; and (iv) Plan Sponsor’s breachof its obligations under this Agreement. I nvestment Instructions. Employer acknowledges that any investmentinstruction that it provides to T. Rowe Price is deemed to reflectinstructions from the Plan participant. Employer specifically authorizes the investment of such contributions in accordance with theallocation instruction provided by Employer to T. Rowe Price. Plan Contributions. Plan contributions will be invested according toeach participant’s investment designation on file with T. Rowe Priceat the time of the contribution. 403(b)(7) ERISA Status, Vesting, and Vendors. Employer hasprovided the organization’s status. If the Plan is exempt from ERISA,T. Rowe Price will treat all Plan contributions as 100% vested. If any ofthe vendors change, Employer agrees to update the vendor informationby completing this form. Updating Information. If Employer is making changes to an existingPlan at T. Rowe Price, Employer has indicated changes to the previously provided Plan information on this form and understands thatany changes will be made to the Plan information within a reasonable amount of time after T. Rowe Price receives this form. Employeracknowledges that the information provided on this form is effectiveas of the date indicated in Section 6A, that T. Rowe Price may rely onthis information until notified otherwise by the Plan Administrator, andthat Employer will notify T. Rowe Price when changes to the selectionsmade or the information provided on this form occur. Phone/Computer Exchange. Employer understands that, with respect tothe Plan, phone/computer exchange will be available unless Employerrequests the service not be available. Fiduciary. Employer acknowledges that T. Rowe Price will not serveas a fiduciary of the Plan identified in Section 1 and is not the PlanAdministrator or named fiduciary as these terms are defined in ERISA.Questions? troweprice.com/smbforms 800-492-7670Page 3 of 5
6Signatures (continued)6A Plan Documents and Fees. Employer has read, understands, and agreesto administer the Plan according to the terms of the Plan adoptiondocument listed in Section 1 for the appropriate plan type. Employerhas read, understands, and agrees to the terms, conditions, and feesas disclosed in the T. Rowe Price funds’ prospectuses and in the appropriate documents below. I401(k)—T. Rowe Price Individual 401(k) Plan Basic PlanDocument and T. Rowe Price Individual 401(k) Guidebook. S EP IRA—T. Rowe Price Traditional and Roth IRA Summary& Agreement and T. Rowe Price SEP-IRA Business Owner’sGuidebook. S IMPLE IRA—T. Rowe Price SIMPLE IRA Summary & Agreementand T. Rowe Price SIMPLE IRA Employer’s Guidebook. 4 03(b)(7) lnformation Sharing. T. Rowe Price and Employer will makeavailable to each other such information as is necessary to help toensure that accounts established by participants satisfy applicablerequirements of the Internal Revenue Code, including, but not limitedto, information concerning the participant’s employment status,account status, and distribution information. Information will beshared between the parties via access to PSW. G overning Law. Except as provided below, the validity, construction, effect, and administration of this Agreement shall be governedand interpreted in accordance with the laws of the state in whichEmployer is located, except to the extent those laws are supersededunder Section 514 of ERISA. Matters relating to the structure anduse of PSW are governed by Maryland law. Term and Termination. This Agreement shall remain in full force andeffect until the earlier of the date that T. Rowe Price no longer holdsany assets associated with the Plan or Employer and T. Rowe Priceenter into a separate written agreement that covers the applicablerequirements of the Internal Revenue Code, unless otherwise permitted by applicable law. P rice Funds. Price funds are available for investment according topolicies and procedures established by the Price funds from time totime. Employer agrees to access mutual fund information, including, but not limited to, prospectuses and reports at T. Rowe Price’swebsite (troweprice.com). Employer also agrees that it is responsiblefor obtaining updated information concerning the Price funds byaccessing the website. D efault Fund. Plan Sponsor agrees to indemnify and hold harmlessT. Rowe Price and its employees from and against any liability orexpense (including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees) resulting fromany investment action taken or not taken with respect to the defaultinvestment fund Plan Sponsor has identified in Section 2. B usiness Purpose Certification. The Employer certifies that it isnot an entity, or affiliated with an entity, that is involved with thecultivation, distribution or sale of marijuana. The account you are opening may be a qualifying account underthe T. Rowe Price Summit Program as available from time totime, with benefits determined based on asset levels in qualifying accounts, plus certain types of other accounts maintained byT. Rowe Price that you and members of your household have (asapplicable). Go to troweprice.com/summit to learn more about theProgram, including qualifying and other account types, benefits,how households are determined, information that may be disclosedto members of the household and their agents, and how you canopt out of certain householding features.FRP1RPEI8/21 wAuthorized Person’s SignatureThe undersigned represents and certifies that he or she is authorizedto execute this document on behalf of the Employer.Signature and Date RequiredAuthorized PersonDate (mm/dd/yyyy)XPrint Name6BTitleIndividual 401(k) Plan Administrator(s) Signature(s)If identified in Section 4, the undersigned agree to act as the designated Plan Administrator or Successor Plan Administrator.Signature(s) and Date(s) RequiredDesignated Plan AdministratorDate (mm/dd/yyyy)XDesignated Plan Administrator (if more than one)Date (mm/dd/yyyy)XSuccessor Plan AdministratorDate (mm/dd/yyyy)X6CBank Account Owner Signature(s)If the bank account identified in Section 3 is a personal account that isowned by individuals (not a company account), all bank account ownersmust sign in the presence of a signature guarantor.Signature(s) and Date(s) RequiredBank Account OwnerDate (mm/dd/yyyy)XPrint NameBank Account Co-ownerDate (mm/dd/yyyy)XPrint NameQuestions? troweprice.com/smbforms 800-492-7670Page 4 of 5
6DSignature GuaranteeA signature guarantee is required if:The bank account provided in Section 3 is a personal account that isowned by individuals, not under the name of the company.You can obtain the Medallion signature guarantee from most banks,savings institutions, or broker-dealers. We cannot accept guaranteesfrom notaries public or non-Medallion guarantors. The level of coverageprovided by the guarantor’s stamp must cover the dollar amount of thetransaction or it may be rejected.Medallion Signature Guarantee—Place Medallion Stamp BelowFRP1RPEI8/21 wQuestions? troweprice.com/smbforms 800-492-7670Page 5 of 5
Employer-Sponsored Retirement Plan. Information and Services Agreement. 1. Employer Information. Complete and execute this agreement, make a copy for your records, and . return the original to T. Rowe Price. In addition, the Employer must estab-lish the Plan b
