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The Company encourages employees who may have a problem with or who are dependent upon drugs and/or alcohol to use
the Company's Employee Assistance Program ("EAP") at 1-800-445-8988, which is intended to assist employees with personal
problems. Information regarding the EAP is available from the Human Resources Department.
An employee whose job performance or behavior indicates that he or she may be unfit for duty shall not be permitted to
work. If allowed under applicable state laws, the Company may require a medical examination by a doctor, including diagnostic tests,
as a condition of continued employment. If use of drugs or alcohol is substantiated, disciplinary action may be imposed. Refusal to
consent to such tests will force the Company to determine the appropriate discipline based on information available to it and without
the benefit of potentially exculpatory test results.
ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE
Employees must conduct the Company's business in a manner that reduces potential adverse environmental impacts,
enhances conservation of energy and natural resources, and complies in all respects with applicable laws designed to protect
the natural and workplace environment.
Employees shall abide by all applicable environmental laws and regulations, and must not authorize, direct, approve, or
condone violations of those laws or regulations by any other person. Employees also must not knowingly enter any false information
on any governmental environmental form, on any monitoring report, or in response to any request for environmental information from
any governmental agency.
Violation of environmental laws or regulations can have serious consequences for the Company and for the individuals
involved. The Company and individual employees may be liable not only for the costs of cleaning up pollution resulting from the
Company's activities, but also for significant penalties. Violations of environmental laws can subject the Company to civil penalties of
tens of thousands of dollars per day. In egregious situations, very large criminal fines and imprisonment of individual employees may
also be imposed.
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CODE
THE COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE
The Company's General Counsel is the Chairman of the Compliance Committee, with ultimate responsibility for all matters
overseen or addressed by the Committee, including the Company's compliance with applicable laws and the Code. The General
Counsel has appointed several officers of NMG to serve on the Compliance Committee, as listed in Appendix 1. In consultation with
management, the Compliance Committee has appointed Compliance Officers for each operating division and subsidiary of the
Company who are accessible at a local level and to whom employees may address questions and report violations.
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