HEADQUARTERS. FLORIDA BLUE Health Insurance Regional HQ 6,700. SOUTHEASTERN GROCERS Grocery Distribution Center & Corporate HQ 5,700

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1 JXUS Partnrship s rgional focus includs svn Northast Florida countis. With 1.5 million rsidnts, th rgion offrs ndlss opportunitis and a suprior quality of lif. Th Jacksonvill ara continus to xprinc positiv growth as mor popl discovr its prfct balanc btwn businss opportunitis and lifstyl. WHY Northast Florida? Th Rgion s ading Hadquartrs Our company has roots hr dating back narly 70 yars, which has providd a solid foundation for us to b a ladr in Florida s halth car industry. W r proud of this hritag and xcitd about a futur full of opportunitis to hlp mt Florida s growing nd for halth car solutions. No. of mploys FORID BUE Halth Insuranc Rgional HQ 6,700 SOUTHESTERN GROCERS Grocry Distribution Cntr & Corporat HQ 5,700 GTE PETROEUM Ptrolum Products Corporat HQ 3,120 BCK KNIGHT FINNCI Titl Insuranc and IT Solutions HQ 2,400 JOHNSON & JOHNSON VISION CRE Optical Products Division HQ 2,000 Pat Graghty, Chairman and CEO, Florida Blu EVERBNK Banking and Mortgag Srvics Corporat HQ 2,000 CSX CORPORTION Railroad Corporat HQ 1,500 Th combination of Jacksonvill s businss - and family - frindly climat hav bn ky succss factors in attracting top talnt to th company. It s this talnt that nabls us to mpowr th financial world and mak a diffrnc in th livs of our consumrs. FNTICS E-Commrc Rtailr Corporat HQ 1,500 GUIDEWE SOURCE Mdical dministration Corporat HQ 1,300 VYSTR CREDIT UNION Crdit Union Corporat HQ 1,300 FIS Banking Srvics Softwar Providr Corporat HQ STEIN MRT Rtail Corporat HQ 1,000 Gary Norcross, Prsidnt and CEO, FIS WEB.COM Wb Dsignrs and Onlin Markting Corporat HQ NDSTR SYSTEM Transportation ogistics Corporat HQ 800 PG TOUR Golf Tournamnt Corporat HQ INTERINE BRNDS Wholsal Distributor Corporat HQ FORTUNE FIDEITY NTION FINNCI Titl Insuranc and IT Solutions Corporat HQ 500 RING POWER Construction Equipmnt Distribution, Sals and Srvic Corporat HQ 445 BEVER STREET FISHERIES Wholsal Food Products Distributor Corporat HQ 425 NTION OR DIVISION 750 UNISON INDUSTRIES ircraft Parts and vionics Manufacturr Division HQ 650 DECCO GROUP N Profssional Staffing U.S. HQ 400 Jacksonvill is hom to four Fortun 1000 and thr Fortun 500 company hadquartrs. Mor than 80 local companis hav national or divisional hadquartrs in Northast Florida. 0 STTE Insuranc Rgional HQ 800 Comptitiv Cost of iving Highly Skilld Talnt Quality of if + 1,000 CROWEY MRITIME Marin Transportation & ogistics Corporat HQ ras of EXCEENCE FORTUNE 1,100 DVNCED DISPOS Solid Wast and Rcycling Corporat HQ 250

2 STRTEGIC Businss ocation JX NP provids rliabl connctivity through REDUCED RISK Conncting to JX instad of traditional citis lik tlanta and Miami can sav customrs 20-30%. OWER COST Tuckd away in th wstrnmost point of th East Coast, Jacksonvill is th last likly plac on th tlantic or Gulf Coasts to xprinc a hurrican. Du to a rcurvatur ffct, storms hading toward Jacksonvill ar influncd by th Brmuda high prssur systm from th wst and ar drivn northward. Jacksonvill Intrnational irport (JX) + 29 $300 DIRECT U.S. IRPORTS NON-STOP DIY FIGHTS MIION in Infrastructur Improvmnts Jacksonvill Port uthority (JXPORT) In fiscal yar 2015, JXPORT s thr public marin trminals handld Major Southast andfalling Hurricans Catgory 3 and bov Ovr th nxt svral yars, JXPORT is looking to invst in its infrastructur mor ( ) 8.2 MIION $1.25 Catgory 3 Rcognizd as mrica s ogistics Cntr SME-DY Southast accss to MIION ffordabl Construction & Ral Estat Th cost of constructing nw facilitis in Jacksonvill is 15% OWER THN U.S. VERGE Ral stat las rats ar blow most major mtro aras, avraging $18.50 pr squar foot for offic and $4.27 pr squar foot for industrial spac. Positiv Tax dvantags NO Catgory 4 Catgory 5 ftr invsting mor than $300 million to construct and xpand th trminal and its two concourss, JX is now on of th most modrn airports in th world. With multipl cargo trminals capabl of handling containr, automobil, bulk, brakbulk and rfrigratd cargos, JXPORT is a prmir divrsifid port with connctions to major trad lans Nassau throughout th world. Jacksonvill boasts a strong intrmodal systm with fast accss to major markts throughout th U.S. via thr railroads 75 CSX (hadquartrd in Jacksonvill), Norfolk Southrn and Florida East Coast Railway and multipl intrstats including I-10, I-75 and I-. Duval Bakr Clay Jacksonvill Intrnational irport (JX) Rgional irports CORPORTE FRNCHISE TX Putnam St. Johns Ports (JXPORT) STTE PERSON INCOME TX TXES ON INVENTORIES Flaglr TXES ON FOREIGN INCOME TXES ON MNUFCTURING EQUIPMENT

3 Northast Florida is a TENT MGNET Young & Dynamic Workforc Northast Florida s population is mor than 1.6 million and th total workforc is comprisd of 835,000 popl. Th mdian ag in Jacksonvill is 38, providing a young and dynamic workforc qual in ag to th national avrag and four yars lowr than th Florida avrag. Th rgion s favorabl businss climat, skilld workforc including th ability to hir vtrans, good logistic and low oprational costs - among othr things solidifid our dcision to build our manufacturing plant and rlocat our U.S. hadquartrs to th ara. Rcognizd Markt for Education ttainmnt Jacksonvill was rankd by Sit Slction Group as th 4th fastst growing markt for Bachlor s Education ttainmnt in th U.S. Stady Stram of Skilld Workrs Four ara military installations provid mploymnt to narly 50,000 activ duty, rsrv and civilian mn and womn. Of th mor than 3,000 prsonnl who xit th military ach yar, a majority choos to rmain in th rgion. Thomas lcid, Chairman, Prsidnt and CEO, Saft mrica NwGography rankd Jacksonvill as on of mrica s Top 10 Brainpowr Citis Mdian Corporat Offic Salaris in Jacksonvill ccountants and uditors $61,200 Human Rsourcs Managrs $99,700 Budgt nalysts $64,600 Industrial Production Managrs $101,200 Businss Opration Spcialists, all othr Managmnt nalysts $63,000 Complianc Offics $61,400 Markting Managrs Databas dministrators $84,000 $70,900 $110,800 Ntwork and Computr Systm dministrators $82,100 Excutiv Scrtaris and Excutiv dministrativ ssistants $47,600 Offic and dministrativ Support Workrs, all othr $35,300 Financial nalysts $67,800 Scrtaris and dministrativ ssistants $31,300 Financial Spcialists, all othr $63,000 Training and Dvlopmnt Managrs $ First-lin Suprvisors of Offic Workrs $51,900 Wb Dvloprs $67,600 U.S. Cnsus Burau rportd that Jacksonvill addd th 12th Most Popl of ny City in mrica

4 FFORDBE Cost of iving Cost of iving Indx ON S K JC E, F VI , G nta tla N TX, NY o, I, MD ty, F ia, P n, M is, M las, or City icag lph sto oun pol k m h o i r a C t d C l B o n la Y Ba Phi Dad Min Nw mimia Dal OUTSTNDING Educational Opportunitis Hom to th #1 School District Th Jacksonvill Rgion is hom to th St. Johns School District, th #1 rankd school district in Florida. Forbs rankd Jacksonvill as a Top 10 City ttracting Collg Grads On of th Bst Placs to ttnd Collg Thr ar mor than 20 collgs, univrsitis and community collgs in th ara with a total nrollmnt of mor than 61,000 studnts. Th mrican Institut of Economic Rsarch rankd Jacksonvill 17 out of 360 mid-sizd citis that ar th bst placs to attnd collg. Major Collgs and Univrsitis In or Nar Jacksonvill Enrollmnt Bachlors Graduat Dgrs Dgrs Univrsity of North Florida (UNF) Jacksonvill Univrsity (JU) Florida Stat Collg at Jacksonvill (FSCJ) 4, , N/ Flaglr Collg 2, N/ St. Johns Rivr Stat Collg 7, N/ Univrsity of Florida (UF) 52,367 8,477 5,810 Univrsity of Cntral Florida (UCF) 64,088 13,002 2,682 Florida Stat Univrsity (FSU) 41,173 9,800 2,833 Florida &M (FMU) 15,762 3, ,619 1,

5 Jacksonvill s Quality of if is HRD TO BET n Outdoor Enthusiasts Playground Northast Florida is known for its outdoor rcrational opportunitis, faturing 90 mils of bachs along th tlantic Ocan and th majstic St. Johns Rivr for boating, fishing and kayaking. Forbs rankd Jacksonvill as on of th 20 bst citis for summr travl. Jacksonvill also boasts mor than 131 squar mils of city, stat and national parks making it th largst urban park systm in th nation. avg. Ninth Bst City to Shop F O Forbs magazin rankd Jacksonvill as th ninth Bst U.S. Shopping City. Jacksonvill has svral grat shopping cntrs including th nwst addition at St. Johns Town Cntr, an outdoor mall that also faturs a varity of high-nd dining, nightlif, hotls and rsidntial living options. SU R 220 days N S HI E YE N World-Class Halth Car Our rgion offrs a world-class halth car systm, hom to on of only thr Mayo Clinic campuss in th U.S., on of six MD ndrson Cancr Cntr partnrships in th country and svral othr distinguishd ara hospitals and mdical rsarch facilitis. Sporting Evnts for th Whol Family Sports fans can chr for th NF Jacksonvill Jaguars, th Jacksonvill Jumbo Shrimp basball tam or th rmada FC soccr tam. Th rgion also faturs mor than 85 lit golf courss, including famd THE PYERS Stadium Cours at TPC Sawgrass and World Golf Hall of Fam. Top rts & Cultur Dstination Businss Insidr rankd Jacksonvill as th 11th bst city for arts and cultur. rt lovrs will apprciat th Musum of Contmporary rt, Cummr Musum of rt and Gardns, and th Musum of Scinc and History, as wll as th Jacksonvill Zoo and Gardns. Th ara is also hom to svral prforming arts vnus and th world-rnownd Jacksonvill Symphony. Top City for Rlocating Jacksonvill is rankd numbr 2 in Raltor.com s Nw Hot Spot Whr mricans r Moving. Th avrag commut tim to work is only 25 minuts. Th avrag cost of a nwly constructd 2,400 squar foot hom in Jacksonvill is only $265,289. Our rgion boasts mor than 106 -ratd schools with a provn track rcord of suprior prformanc. Rgion s Fast FCTS: Wid varity of hadquartrs providing availabl, highly skilld talnt ttractiv lifstyl for rlocating xcutivs and company mploys Contact JXUS Partnrship if your company is Considring an Expansion or Rlocation. Th JXUS Partnrship is Jacksonvill and Northast Florida s rgional conomic dvlopmnt initiativ supporting Bakr, Clay, Duval, Flaglr, Nassau, Putnam and St. Johns countis. Plas lt us know how w can hlp grow your company in Jacksonvill and Northast Florida by contacting: Hidi Jamson, Dirctor Businss Dvlopmnt or hjamson@