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Benefits

Don provides valuable benefit options to help you and your family protect your health, financial security and quality of life.

HEALTH

Medical Plans
Don provides two medical plan options to our associates: the Exclusive Provider Organization (EPO) plan in which care is coordinated through a primary care physician and an Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) plan in which participants can choose service through an in-network or out-of-network provider. Both medical plans include a prescription drug benefit with minimal co-payments and a mail order maintenance feature.

Dental Plans
Don provides two dental plan options: a traditional dental plan which allows you the flexibility to choose your dentist at the time of service and a dental maintenance organization (DMO), which provides benefits at a higher level through treatment from a network dentist.

FINANCIAL SECURITY

Credit Union
Don provides membership in a local credit union, which offers a variety of banking services.

Disability Insurance
Don provides two income protection plan options for its associates. Associates may purchase short term disability coverage, which provides a benefit of 60% of compensation for up to 26 weeks and long term disability coverage, which provides a benefit of 60% of compensation beginning with the 27th week of disability to the end of the disability or up to age 65.

Employee Referral Program
Don recognizes that existing associates are an excellent source for employment applicants. Associates are encouraged to refer qualified candidates for employment opportunities. Associates will receive monetary rewards when they refer an individual who is hired by the Company, if eligibility requirements are met.

Flexible Spending Accounts
Associates may deposit up to $1,000 on a annual pre-tax basis into a Healthcare Spending Account to pay for eligible health, dental and vision care expenses not covered by the benefit plan. Associates may also deposit between $2,500 to $5,000 on an annual pre-tax basis into a Dependent Care Spending Account to pay for childcare or eldercare expenses.

Life Insurance
Don provides each associate basic life insurance equivalent to 1 times base salary rounded to the nearest multiple of $500. Associates may purchase additional life insurance equal to 1, 2 or 3 times their annual base salary subject to plan approval. Spousal and dependent coverage is also available.

Merchandise Discounts
Don provides associates the option to purchase merchandise within the Company's portfolio at special discount prices.

Profit Sharing and 401(k) Plan
Don provides associates the option to participate in its Comprehensive Profit Sharing and Savings Plan after 3 months of service. Associates may choose to invest from 1 to 17 % of their compensation in any of eleven different mutual fund options including funds from Janus, Fidelity, Vanguard and more. Associate contributions are matched $0.50 on the dollar up to an annual maximum. Additionally, Don may make a profit sharing contribution to associates based on profitability.

QUALITY OF LIFE

Holidays
Don provides paid time off for the following eight annual holidays: New Years Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve Day, and Christmas Day.

Leaves of Absence
Don provides associates a variety of leave of absence options, subject to approval, to manage the unpredictable and challenging demands of life. Leave options include, Family and Medical Leave, funeral leave, military leave, jury duty leave and personal leave.

Care 24
Provides employees and family members confidential access to professional counselors and specialists in various fields. Types of issues that this program can assist employees with include alcohol or substance abuse, stress, legal or financial issues, emotional, family or marital difficulties, childcare or eldercare placement, school sources and consumer information.

Sick/Personal Days
Don provides each full-time and part-time hourly-paid associate five paid sick/personal days each year. Unused days are paid out at the end of the year.

Tuition Reimbursement
Don provides up to $1,200 per year for approved undergraduate courses and up to $1,500 per year for approved graduate courses. Reimbursement may be used for tuition, books and fees.

Vacation
Don provides the following vacation benefits

Length of Service Benefit
1 to 4 years 2 weeks
5 to 14 years 3 weeks
15 or more years 4 weeks

This page is for brief summary of Don's benefit programs. It is meant for information purposes only. Generally, the benefits described above apply to full-time non-union associates and are subject to change with or without notice to associates and at the sole discretion of Edward Don & Company. The complete terms of each benefit are set forth in official plan documents or policies. All insurance benefits (medical, dental, life and disability plans) are available on the first day of the month following one month of employment.

Effective Date: 5/25/2006