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2017 YEAR IN REVIEW CONT’D

Month(s)

Activity

■ ■ Each employee had a chance to guess the 2016 BL Stock Price. The four (4) closest guess were awarded a prize. Total of $1000 was given in prizes. Very popular contest!

Guess the Stock Price (May-June)

Conference Attendance (May)

■ ■ The ESOP Association Annual Meeting (May) ■ ■ Attendees: Brian Gaulzetti, Cristy Shamus, Steve Hamilton, Jess Osborne, Mina Almengor ■ ■ All offices celebrated National Donut Day as The ESOP Communications Committee announced the Guess the Stock Price Contest Winners ■ ■ Picture match mini game emailed company wide ■ ■ Participants had to match pictures of tasks conducted by our field staff with the correct description. A great opportunity for our office staff to gain awareness of what employees in the field might do day to day. ■ ■ For Meriden office employee owners, the committee developed a frisbee golf course at a local park and encouraged all to attend. The summer frisbee season lasted a couple months with dozens of attendees. ■ ■ 1 hour long informational session for all employee owners after the Statements of Participation are delivered ■ ■ Conducted over two weeks and over 12 sessions ■ ■ Highlights included the review of the impacts on our stock price by employees owners and our BL culture. ■ ■ For those employee owners who reach 100% vesting within the ESOP, we provide a BL “100% Employee Owner” Fleece Vest ■ ■ Crust Pizza Truck catered an event for our Connecticut Offices at the Meriden Office. ■ ■ End of Summer social gathering

National Donut Day (June)

May - June

Whats Our Field Staff Up To Mini Game (June)

BL Frisbee Golf (Summer)

ESOP Year in Review (August)

Vesting for 100% ESOP Participants (August) End of Summer Social Event (August)

July - September

■ ■ Month long event ■ ■ Events included: ○○ Coffee Breaks

○○ ESOP Lunch & Learns ○○ ESOP Hangman ○○ BLAST Scavenger Hunt ○○ Lunchtime Trivia ○○ Ice Cream Social ○○ Financial Literacy BINGO ○○ Cube Decorating ○○ Raffle

ESOP Month (October)

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