Wholesale / Distribution Compensation & Benefits Benchmarking Report 2012 Wholesale / Distribution Benchmarking Report | Page 4

2012 2 ? Of the 240 companies solicite we had 30 response a response rate of 12 e ed, 3 es, 2.5%. ? Of the 30 respondents, there were 20 co e e ompanies wit more than 50 employ th n yees, and 10 0 comp panies with less than 50 employees. l . ? Of the companies with more than 50 emp e s ployees: 4 had annual sale of $10 – 25.9 million es 2 es 5 4 had annual sale of $26 – 50.9 million es 1 4 had annual sale of $51 – 100 million 8 had annual sale in excess of $100 milllion es ? Of the companies with less th 50 employees: e s han 3 had annual sale less than $9.9 million es es 2 5 had annual sale of $10 – 25.9 million es 5 2 had annual sale of $26 – 50.9 million ? Of the companies reporting, the most res e s spondents w were in the $ – 25.9 m $10 million range (9 comp panies). ? 56.7% of compan % nies stated they anticipa hiring add ate ditional emp ployees in 20 012; this perce entage is up 9.8% from our 2010 stu o udy. ? Of the participant when ask to descr e ts, ked ribe their com mpany type, we received the following d respo onses: S Corporation C Corporation C LLC Corporation C n ? Com mpanies with h mo than 50 ore em mployees 80% 20% 0% Companies with less than 50 s emp ployees 50% 30% 20% Of the companies with more than 50 emp e s ployees, the breakdow of local, national and eir wn intern national loca ations is as fo ollows: o 64 loc locations cal o 37 national locatio ons o 11 inte ernational lo ocations ? Of the companies with less th e s han 50 employees, their breakdown of local, na r n ational and intern national offic is as follo ces ows: o o o ? 21 loc locations cal 4 national locatio ons 7 international loc cations 90% of companie surveyed outsource their payroll s es services. o., SI © Barnes Dennig & Co Ltd. and US Insurance p page 1