2013

Economic Development for a Growing

Economy (EDGE) Tax Credit Program

Annual Report

  

Contents

Director’s Letter ........................................................................................... i

EDGE Tax Credit Program Introduction ..................................................... 1

EDGE Eligibility Requirements ................................................................... 2

Table of Competitors’ Tax Credit Programs ............................................... 3

EDGE Tax Credit Program Summary ........................................................ 4

Summary of Projects approved during Calendar Year 2013 ...................... 5

Description of Projects approved during Calendar Year 2013 ................... 8

Update on Projects Prior to 2013 ............................................................. 36

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR A GROWING ECONOMY (EDGE) TAX CREDIT PROGRAM CALENDAR YEAR 2013 REPORT One of the most successful economic development tools provided by the General Assembly and Governor Pat Quinn is the Economic Development for a Growing Economy (EDGE) Tax Credit Program. The EDGE Tax Credit Program is a targeted tax incentive program that provides tax credits for businesses that create new full-time jobs, retain existing full-time jobs and make capital investments in Illinois. The EDGE Tax Credit Program is designed to help areas of Illinois that are in direct competition with other states for jobs and development. The following report identifies the guidelines and accomplishments of the EDGE Tax Credit Program.

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EDGE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS The Illinois Economic Development for a Growing Economy (EDGE) Tax Credit Program is intended to help the state compete with other states for the location of job creation or retention projects. The Illinois EDGE Tax Credit Program is operated by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. Based on a review of a written application submitted by an interested firm, the Department is authorized to designate qualified businesses as “eligible”. Eligible businesses may claim a nonrefundable tax credit against their state income taxes. (The amount of the tax credit is calculated based on the income taxes paid by new employees and the retained employees.) The designation is contingent upon the business undertaking a development project that:

Involves at least $5 million investment in capital improvements placed in service in Illinois and employs at least 25 New Full-Time Employees within the state as a direct result of the project; or

Involves at least a $2.5 million investment in capital improvements placed in service in

Illinois and employs at least 50 New Full-Time Employees as a direct result of the project; or

Involves an investment in a sufficient amount to employ at least 25 New Full-Time Employees, provided the project is located within or serves a distressed area or hires low-income workers; or

Involves an investment at a level specified by the Department in capital improvements to be

placed in service; employs New Full-Time Employees within the state at a level specified by the Department; and provides substantial economic benefit to the state, as determined by the Department. The Director may approve projects that do not meet the minimum job creation and investment thresholds for an applicant meeting all other requirements in the Act, providing that one or more of the following conditions are met: A) The applicant’s business is located in a distressed community with an unemployment

rate which is higher than the state’s average; or B) The applicant’s business is located in an area with limited economic development

prospects as evidenced by prior and current development activities; or C) Approval would support a business with potential to generate additional growth in the

area and create jobs as a result of spin-off businesses; or D) Approval would avert the loss of one of the area’s major sources of employment.

Involves a company with 100 or fewer Full-Time Employees whose investment will be at

least $1,000,000 in capital improvements which will be placed in service at a designated site in Illinois and employ at least 5 New Full-Time Employees at a designated site as a direct result of the project.

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COMPETITORS’ TAX CREDIT PROGRAMS Illinois’ primary competitors for business locations and expansions are the bordering states of Kentucky, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri and Wisconsin. These states have similarly adopted tax credits as incentives for businesses locating or expanding operations. Those programs most similar to the EDGE Tax Credit Program in neighboring states are:

Economic Development for a Growing Economy (EDGE) – Indiana IA Industrial New Jobs Training Act – Iowa Kentucky Rural Economic Development Act (KREDA) – Kentucky

Table I below shows the similarities of the programs and highlights the advantage of the Illinois EDGE Tax Credit Program:

TABLE I

Illinois Indiana Iowa Kentucky Minimum Jobs Created

25+ Expected but not Specified

+10% increase in base employment

15+

Length of Incentive

10 Years 10 Years 1 Year 15 Years

Minimum Investment

$5,000,000 Not Specified Not Specified $100,000

The Table illustrates that the EDGE Tax Credit Program is competitive with those of bordering states. Other competing states in which Illinois was chosen as the final project site include the following: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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EDGE TAX CREDIT PROGRAM SUMMARY DCEO has received 842 EDGE Tax Credit applications from December 22, 1999, through December 31, 2013. The breakout of these 842 applications is as follows: 726 EDGE applications approved 227 EDGE applications withdrawn 9 EDGE applications pending approval 774 Signed EDGE Agreements 1173 Tax Certificates issued 254 Number of different companies who received Tax Certificates $832.7 M Total amount of tax credits issued

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The following is a summary of the projects, which were approved in Calendar Year 2013 (January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013)  

COMPANY CITY

(Illinois) REGION

JOBS CREATED

JOBS RETAINED

PROJECTED PRIVATE $

INVESTMENT

1 Aardvark Trading LLC and its Affiliates Chicago NE 5 0 $1,000,000

2 Addus Healthcare, Inc. Downers Grove NE 50 110 $9,403,693

3 Advanced Technology Services, Inc. #2 Schaumburg NE 40 101 $7,843,390

4 Airgas Inc. and its subsidiaries including Airgas Merchant Gases, LLC

Minooka NE 26 0 $39,000,000

5 All World Machinery Supply, Inc. Roscoe NS 15 47 $4,367,308

6 American Mattress, Inc. Addison NE 25 63 $5,850,013

7 AptarGroup, Inc. Crystal Lake, Cary, McHenry NE 0 504 $5,600,000

8 Art Van Furniture - Midwest, LLC Bolingbrook NE 35 0 $4,911,912

9 Assisted Living Concepts LLC Chicago NE 100 0 $12,683,223

10 Assurance Agency, Ltd. Schaumburg & Chicago NE 33 66 $5,109,195

11 BioLife Plasma, LLC O'Fallon SW 35 0 $5,524,501

12 Butterball, LLC Montgomery NE 75 0 $24,001,379

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Caidan Enterprises, Inc. and its subsidiaries including Meredian Health Plan of Illinois, Inc. and Caidan Management Company, LLC

Chicago NE 97 0 $7,329,795

14 Canon U.S.A., Inc. and its subsidiary Itasca, Schaumburg NE 64 351 $31,741,974

15 Central Refrigerated Service, Inc. Rochelle NS 40 0 $2,025,000

16 Century Aluminum Company Chicago NE 20 0 $2,349,664

17 Chicago Mold Engineering Co., Inc. St. Charles NE 25 0 $5,344,363

18 CNH America LLC Goodfield NC 25 45 $25,700,000

19 Coeur Mining, Inc. f/k/a Coeur d'Alene Mines Corporation

Chicago NE 60 0 $5,235,512

20 Con Agra Foods, Inc. & Subsidiaries Downers Grove NE 30 0 $4,000,000

21 ContextMedia, Inc. Chicago NE 35 10 $6,998,300

22 CPG International Inc. and its Subsidiaries Skokie NE 29 0 $2,340,743

23 Culinary Meats, LLC Bartlett NE 51 0 $8,940,168

24 CVS Pharmacy, Inc. and its affiliates Mt. Prospect NE 100 0 $10,802,443

25 Datatrak International Inc. Chicago NE 20 0 $1,787,880

26 Dexter Magnetic Technologies, Inc. Elk Grove Village NE 25 78 $1,919,669

27 Dot Foods and Subsidiaries #2 Mt. Sterling WC 50 0 $12,000,000

28 Electri-Flex Company Roselle NE 15 0 $5,200,000

29 Elliott Aviation of the Quad Cities, Inc. #2 Moline NW 50 0 $1,808,225

30 Empire Today, LLC Northlake NE 25 350 $7,178,627

31 FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. # 4 Sauget SW 25 0 $8,500,000

32 FER-PAL Construction USA LLC Elgin NE 8 0 $4,900,183

33 Filtration Group Corporation Oak Brook NE 15 9 $2,266,496

34 Freeway Rockford, Inc. Rockford NS 10 0 $1,350,000

35 Fresenius Kabi USA, Inc. and Subsidiaries and Affiliates

Melrose Park NE 40 496 $25,000,000

36 Gogo Inc. and Subsidiaries Chicago NE 50 462 $77,343,414

37 Grady Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Gorilla, Inc. Chicago NE 70 0 $2,399,034

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COMPANY CITY

(Illinois) REGION

JOBS CREATED

JOBS RETAINED

PROJECTED PRIVATE $

INVESTMENT

38 Greif, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary Greif Packaging LLC

Alsip NE 27 0 $10,000,000

39 Halo Branded Solutions, Inc. Sterling NW 18 0 $1,675,000

40 Hill & Valley, Inc. Rock Island NW 25 140 $8,765,370

41 Insureon Holdings LLC Chicago NE 25 0 $2,606,317

42 Intouch Solutions, Inc. Chicago NE 50 0 $3,887,073

43 Joliet Cold Storage LLC Joliet NE 25 0 $25,100,000

44 Kapstone Container Corporation Aurora NE 30 0 $9,000,000

45 kCura Corporation Chicago NE 125 0 $12,796,869

46 Kent Nutrition Group, Inc. and Affiliates Bolingbrook NE 25 80 $3,666,321

47 Kraft Foods Group, Inc. & Affiliates #3 Granite City SW 30 410 $40,000,000

48 Land O'Frost, Inc. #2 Lansing NE 10 270 $2,000,000

49 Lanza Tech, Inc. Skokie NE 30 26 $14,754,013

50 Legal & General Investment Management America, Inc.

Chicago NE 18 45 $6,963,913

51 M - Wave International, LLC Glendale Heights NE 10 29 $3,369,061

52 Marine Acquisitions (US) Incorporated d/b/a Seastar Solutions

Benton S 110 0 $2,500,000

53 Material Control Systems East Moline NW 50 0 $10,319,259

54 McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings, LLC

Chicago NE 0 72 $2,472,234

55 Method Products, Inc., Subsidiaries and Affiliates

Chicago NE 57 8 $33,700,000

56 Mondelēz Global LLC Naperville NE 25 0 $35,000,000

57 Monsanto Company and Subsidiaries Tremont, Morton NC 19 117 $20,691,612

58 MorphoTrust USA, Inc. Springfield C 50 106 $3,443,120

59 Motive Power Resources, Inc. Minooka NE 39 0 $2,335,000

60 Multi-Tech Cold Forming, LLC Carol Stream NE 5 17 $2,801,974

61 Multi-Tech Industries, Inc. Carol Stream NW 5 31 $4,152,320

62 Multi-Tech Machined Components, LLC Carol Stream NE 5 34 $2,801,974

63 NantPharma, LLC Lincolnshire, Oak Brook, Elk Grove Village, Melrose Park

NE 35 15 $3,824,434

64 Native Wholesale, Inc. Lombard NE 10 85 $6,400,000

65 New Venture Holdings LLC Addison NE 50 0 $8,740,271

66 Newark Corporation Chicago NE 0 150 $12,283,223

67 North American Lighting, Inc. #3 Paris SE 300 0 $46,578,567

68 Norvax, LLC and its subsidiary GoHealth, LLC

Chicago NE 200 258 $14,237,051

69 Pactiv, LLC and its Subsidiary #5 St. Charles NE 27 0 $8,000,000

70 Paylocity Corporation Arlington Heights NE 50 0 $8,353,077

71 Peerless Network, Inc. Chicago NE 15 50 $3,500,924

72 Pegasus MFG. Inc. Galesburg WC 17 0 $1,344,762

73 Pinnacle Foods Inc. and its Subsidiaries #1

St. Elmo SE 90 0 $45,300,000

74 Pinnacle Foods Inc. and its Subsidiaries #2

Centralia S 0 200 $25,200,000

75 Polymax Thermoplastic Elastomers, LLC Waukegan NE 25 0 $5,564,249

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COMPANY CITY

(Illinois) REGION

JOBS CREATED

JOBS RETAINED

PROJECTED PRIVATE $

INVESTMENT

76 Power Construction Company, LLC and subsidiaries

Chicago NE 30 186 $13,409,483

77 Practice Velocity, LLC and its Subsidiaries Machesney Park NS 75 228 $4,299,222

78 Praxair, Inc. #2 Burr Ridge NE 23 10 $1,200,000

79 Punchkick Interactive Inc. Chicago NE 60 0 $3,642,685

80 Ralcorp Frozen Bakery Products, Inc. Downers Grove NE 0 85 $500,000

81 Responsys, Inc. Chicago NE 25 0 $6,896,804

82 Rightpoint Consulting, LLC Chicago NE 10 20 $1,984,137

83 Rittal Corporation Schaumburg NE 40 0 $3,191,526

84 RMH Foods, LLC Morton NC 26 74 $11,662,000

85 Ruprecht Company Mundelein NE 50 100 $9,000,000

86 Sea Products Inc. South Holland NE 30 8 $887,163

87 SIRVA Worldwide, Inc. and its Affiliates and Subsidiaries

Oakbrook Terrace NE 10 250 $18,959,740

88 SK Express, Inc. DeKalb NS 25 105 $2,236,216

89 Skyline Furniture Mfg. Inc. South Holland NE 30 195 $3,591,656

90 Skyline Imports LLC South Holland NE 10 1 $637,698

91 Sleepy's, LLC Romeoville NE 40 0 $11,970,711

92 Solstice Consulting, LLC d/b/a Solstice Mobile

Chicago NE 50 0 $4,962,216

93 Southeastern Container, Inc. Effingham SE 15 0 $866,000

94 Star Transport, Inc. Morton NC 30 340 $3,116,148

95 Steel Grip, Inc. Danville EC 0 100 $1,700,000

96 Sterling Lumber Company Harvey, Phoenix NE 50 112 $5,545,000

97 Suncast Corporation #2 Batavia NE 110 641 $21,682,000

98 The Clarke Group, Inc. and Affiliates St. Charles NE 15 68 $3,826,386

99 United States Cold Storage, Inc. #2 Wilmington NE 25 0 $12,700,000

100 Univar, Inc. and its subsidiaries Downers Grove and Bedford Park

NE 69 100 $8,153,558

101 Vienna Beef, Ltd. Chicago NE 0 250 $12,268,346

102 Vintage Tech, LLC and Affiliates Plainfield NE 25 60 $5,102,910

103 Virtual Marketing Inc. d/b/a Fusion92 Chicago NE 13 33 $7,433,578

104 Vivid Seats Ltd. Chicago NE 10 0 $824,411

105 Yahoo! Inc. Champaign & Chicago EC, NE 36 85 $6,950,863

106 Zebra Technologies Corporation Lincolnshire NE 25 593 $29,019,934

107 Zurich American Insurance Company and its Subsidiaries

Schaumburg NE 250 1,000 $128,929,699

GRAND TOTAL 4,257 9,479 $1,191,034,182

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DESCRIPTION OF EDGE PROJECTS The following is a description of each project, which was approved in Calendar Year 2013, which began on January 1, 2013 and ended on December 31, 2013. EDGE PROJECT INFORMATION Aardvark Trading LLC and its Affiliates As a part of management changes and a multi-year firm restructuring, management of Aardvark Trading LLC and its Affiliates was considering either opening a branch office in Merrillville, Indiana or expanding and restructuring at its downtown Chicago location. The firm is headquartered at 550 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois and management was looking for a cost competitive environment with which to expand operations. Aardvark Trading LLC and its Affiliates will create 5 full-time jobs above the Company’s current baseline of 69 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $1,000,000. Addus Healthcare, Inc. Addus HealthCare, Inc. is implementing a new care model through central coordination of payroll, reimbursement and support services at its corporate call center and adoption of new technology. Addus HealthCare, Inc.’s current corporate office in Palatine, Illinois is no longer large enough to meet the needs of this new care model and long-term operations and will relocate the corporate office. Addus HealthCare, Inc. has identified 2300 Warrenville Road, Downers Grove, Illinois, as the site in the Chicago metropolitan area to relocate its corporate office. Additionally, Addus HealthCare, Inc. has been assessing potential locations in Northwest Indiana. Addus HealthCare, Inc. will create 50 full-time jobs, retain 110 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $9,403,693. Advanced Technology Services, Inc. #2 The Advanced Technology Services, Inc.’s location at 450 E. Remington Road in Schaumburg, Illinois is restrictive in both building size and parking, leading to the need for a new location. There are several reasons to remain in Schaumburg, however, in spite of the higher costs. These reasons include continuity of employees, avoidance of relocation costs and speed of establishing the new site at 425 Martingale Road in Schaumburg, Illinois. Advanced Technology Services, Inc. currently has several factory maintenance customers at sites in various locations in Texas including Victoria, Houston and the Dallas area. The Company currently has approximately 100 employees in the state of Texas. Advanced Technology Services, Inc. will create 40 full-time jobs, retain 101 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $7,843,390.

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Airgas Inc. and its subsidiaries including Airgas Merchant Gases, LLC Airgas, Inc. and its subsidiaries including Airgas Merchant Gases, LLC will build and operate an air separation plant in order to manufacture and distribute high purity liquefied atmospheric gases. These products are critical to many businesses and medical services. The rationale for building another plant is to provide more product and increase the Company’s potential. Currently the Company has two out of state locations serving northern Illinois. Airgas, Inc. and its subsidiaries including Airgas Merchant Gases, LLC will create 26 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $39,000,000. All World Machinery Supply, Inc. All World Machinery Supply, Inc. has outgrown its current location in Harvard, Illinois. It is affecting the efficiency of the Company’s operation. All World Machinery Supply, Inc. will build a 30,000 square foot building in order to consolidate the Company’s multiple offices under one roof and provide greater warehousing space for inventory. The Company is also planning a phase two addition of another 10,000 square feet in order to allow them to provide a showroom for its customers and in which they will demonstrate various machines which the Company distributes and provides repair services on. All World Machinery Supply, Inc. decided on a site in Roscoe, Illinois over Beloit, Wisconsin. All World Machinery Supply, Inc. will create 15 full-time jobs, retain 47 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $4,367,308. American Mattress, Inc. American Mattress, Inc. has outgrown its current distribution and headquarters location in Elmhurst, Illinois. The current facility is insufficient for the additional space required to accommodate continued distribution growth and potential future manufacturing. American Mattress, Inc. desires to identify new space that can accommodate the entirety of the Company’s operation. American Mattress, Inc. selected a facility in Addison, Illinois over a facility around the Indianapolis, Indiana area. American Mattress, Inc. will create 25 full-time jobs, retain 63 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $5,850,013. AptarGroup, Inc. AptarGroup, Inc. is reviewed its operations at the Cary, Illinois facility (manufacturing) and Crystal Lake, Illinois headquarters to determine its viability moving forward. AptarGroup, Inc. contemplated upgrades to the equipment and facility improvements at the Cary facility and the retention of its Crystal Lake headquarters. In the past two years, AptarGroup, Inc. has received significant state assistance from North Carolina and Wisconsin at the state and local level, where there were alternative sites for this project.

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AptarGroup, Inc. will retain a total of 504 full-time jobs (455 at its Cary, Illinois facility and 49 at its Crystal Lake facility). The Company will make a Capital Investment of $5,600,000. Art Van Furniture – Midwest, LLC Art Van Furniture, Inc. and Subsidiary proposes to locate an approximately 183,500 square foot warehouse and distribution facility at 1150 West 115th Street in Bolingbrook. The Company currently does not have any such facilities to service the Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana marketplace. The Company also considered several sites in Indiana, where operational costs such as rent, real estate taxes, and workers compensation premiums are significantly lower. Art Van Furniture, Inc. intends to establish a wholly-owned Illinois subsidiary to build out, lease and operate the distribution center. This wholly owned subsidiary will also employ the 35 full-time employees at the proposed site. The Company’s Capital Investment will be $4,911,912. Assisted Living Concepts LLC Assisted Living Concepts LLC is currently headquartered in San Francisco, California. Assisted Living Concepts LLC will relocate the Company’s headquarters to Chicago, Illinois over Dallas, Texas. The Company will create 100 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $12,683,223. Assurance Agency, Ltd. Assurance Agency, Ltd. undertook a strategic process to identify options in the Midwest Region and beyond, including studying the markets and collaborating with employees to identify locations and environments that will best meet the Company’s needs and help them achieve its goals. Incentives are needed to help justify the cost differential of doing business in Illinois versus doing business in the Company’s existing location in Missouri. Assurance Agency, Ltd. will create 33 full-time jobs, retain 66 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $5,109,195. BioLife Plasma, LLC Baxter International, Inc., through its subsidiary BioLife Plasma Services, LLC is in the process of locating plasma centers around the country as it expands its plasmapharesis operations. These centers collect plasma for eventual use in the manufacture of a variety of medications. BioLife Plasma Services, LLC will create 35 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $5,524,501. Butterball, LLC Butterball, LLC’s expansion project will occur at its Gusto Packing Company in the Village of Montgomery. The new product lines will include a Deli Line with production of 3,900,000 pounds per year, a sliced products line with a production of 13,890,000 pounds per year and a turkey bacon line with a production of 21,700,000 pounds per year.

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Butterball, LLC will create 75 full-time jobs above its current baseline of 486 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $24,001,379. Caidan Enterprises, Inc. and its subsidiaries including Meredian Health Plan of Illinois, Inc. and Caidan Management Company, LLC As a result of Meridian Health Plan of Illinois, Inc.’s new Illinois contract, the addition in 2013 of Meridian of New Hampshire, and anticipated growth in the Medicaid managed care market; Caidan Enterprises, Inc. expects significant expansion within the next two years. Meridian Health Plan of Illinois, Inc. currently leases a small office in Chicago with 11 employees. Caidan Enterprises, Inc. anticipates that, in addition to retaining these 11 employees (who are not eligible for the EDGE credits), Meridian Health Plan of Illinois, Inc. (through Caidan Management Company, LLC – another subsidiary), will be hiring 97 additional full-time, permanent employees within two years. While Meridian Health Plan of Illinois, Inc. could accommodate most of these personnel and operations in its headquarters in Michigan, it will expand its presence in Illinois. The Company will make a Capital Investment of $7,329,795. Canon U.S.A., Inc. and its subsidiary Canon U.S.A., Inc. and its subsidiary is evaluating several scenarios that involve the relocation and growth of jobs across its North American operations. For this project, the relocation of 351 jobs from Chicago, Illinois to Melville, New York presents an opportunity to take advantage of lease expirations in Illinois and increase efficiency and at the corporate headquarters in Melville, New York. Canon U.S.A., Inc. and its subsidiary will create 64 full-time jobs (all at the Schaumburg facility) and retain 351 full-time jobs (111 in Schaumburg, 131 at 100 Park Blvd., Itasca and 109 at 1800 Bruning Drive, Itasca). Canon U.S.A., Inc. and its subsidiary will make a Capital Investment of $31,741,974. Central Refrigerated Service, Inc. Central Refrigerated Service, Inc. provides transportation services to several companies in Rochelle, Illinois and the immediate vicinity. Central Refrigerated Service, Inc. wishes to operate a maintenance facility for its tractors and trailers on-site. Central Refrigerated Service, Inc. would like to establish a truck driving academy on-site to train drivers new to the transportation industry and then hire these individuals to provide transportation services in Illinois and the United States. Ultimately, Central Refrigerated Service, Inc. would like to provide dispatch and customer service functions to its customers in Rochelle, Illinois. Central Refrigerated Service, Inc. will create 40 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $2,025,000. Century Aluminum Company Century Aluminum Company reviewed the economic feasibility of its current headquarters location in Monterey, California and determined the most cost-effective option was relocation. The

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Company is growing and needs to relocate its headquarters facility in a location that is better aligned with its operational locations (Iceland, West Virginia, Kentucky and South Carolina). Century Aluminum Company will create 20 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $2,349,664. Chicago Mold Engineering Co., Inc. Based upon requests from specific customers, Chicago Mold Engineering Co., Inc. will branch into a new business – injection moldings of final product. Injection molding will require additional employees and skillsets. Chicago Mold Engineering Co., Inc.’s current operation requires engineers, designers, and steel/carbon machinists. Injection molding requires bulk material handlers, injection machine operators, packing, and distributing personnel and new square footage in which to operate. Chicago Mold Engineering Co., Inc. will establish its new injection molding line in St. Charles, Illinois at its current site, 615 Stetson Avenue and an adjacent site, 3620 Swenson Avenue. Chicago Mold Engineering Co., Inc. will create 25 full-time jobs, above the Company’s current baseline of 67, and make a Capital Investment of $5,344,363. CNH America LLC CNH America LLC is implementing a $25.7 million investment in the existing Goodfield, Illinois production plant. The state assistance will support: 1) enhanced market competitiveness through improved total cost of production, and 2) global market reach through expanded capacity and product line expansion. CNH America LLC reviewed the Goodfield, Illinois and Burlington, Iowa facilities to determine where the expansion should occur. CNH America LLC will create 25 full-time jobs (above its current baseline of 476 full-time jobs), and retain 45 full-time jobs. The Company’s will make a Capital Investment of $25,700, Coeur Mining, Inc. f/k/a Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation Coeur d’ Alene Mines Corporation is currently headquartered in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho. The Company is the largest U.S. based primary silver producer and is a growing gold producer. The Coeur d’ Alene Mines Corporation’s executive management team and Board of Directors have determined that the Company’s current location no longer satisfies the needs of its growing business and will be moving the Company’s headquarters to Chicago, Illinois. The Company will create 60 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $5,235,512. Con Agra Foods, Inc. & Subsidiaries As part of an acquisition of Ralcorp, ConAgra Foods, Inc. and Subsidiaries acquired the research facility in Downers Grove, Illinois. ConAgra Foods, Inc. and Subsidiaries will consolidate its research employees and expand its research and development capabilities at the Downers Grove, Illinois facility over keeping the employees in its current locations throughout the United States.

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ConAgra Foods, Inc. and Subsidiaries will create 30 full-time jobs above the Company’s current baseline of 7 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $4,000,000. ContextMedia, Inc. ContextMedia, Inc. headquarters lease is expiring. The search for reduced costs has led the management to seek an alternative to the expensive Chicago real estate marketplace. The Company also reviewed a site in Houston, Texas. Ultimately, the Company selected Illinois over Texas. ContextMedia, Inc. will create 35 full-time jobs, retain 9 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $6,998,300 in Illinois over Texas. CPG International Inc. and its Subsidiaries CPG International Inc. and its Subsidiaries is currently headquartered in Scranton, Pennsylvania, co-located with one of the company’s manufacturing operations. As the company has grown over the past few years, both organically and through acquisitions, it has struggled to attract the headquarters workforce it needs to its current location. The executive team and the sales representatives are also challenged by Scranton, Pennsylvania’s distance from a major airport. As the construction industry begins to recover, CPG International, Inc. and its Subsidiaries expects to grow its business even faster than in recent years, expanding its existing business lines while continuing to make strategic acquisitions as well. Supporting this growth from the Company’s current headquarters location would pose challenges to both operational efficiencies and talent attraction. Given the need to attract talent to support the company’s growth, as well as the desire for improved access to air travel, the Company selected two locations for further due diligence. The Chicago, Illinois region was chosen for size, amenities, and central U.S. location, while the Cincinnati, Ohio region was chosen for its proximity to a key manufacturing plant (facilitating frequent visits by headquarters staff) and its competitive cost structure. The Company decided on Illinois. CPG International Inc. and its Subsidiaries will create 29 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $2,529,743. Culinary Meats, LLC Currently Culinary Meats, LLC (a start-up business) examined various potential site locations for a new state of the art meat processing facility. Current facility requirements are approximately 70,000 square feet with a ceiling clearance height of approximately 40 feet. The Company selected Bartlett. Culinary Meats, LLC will create 51 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $8,940,168. CVS Pharmacy, Inc. and its affiliates CVS Pharmacy, Inc. and its affiliates (CVS) currently lease 102,105 square feet in a 191,475 square foot building located at 800 Biermann Court in Mr. Prospect, Illinois. The current lease term expires December 31, 2015. Recently, the Company closed the back-end Mail Pharmacy dispensing operations at this facility and relocated that function (along with all the associated

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headcount) to a new 150,000 square foot advanced technology Mail Pharmacy located at 1780 Wall Street in Mt. Prospect, Illinois. Approximately 33,000 square feet of the 800 Biermann Court facility is vacated and decommissioned. Based on significant business growth of its operations, the Company has identified 800 Biermann Court as a potential location to expand operations and add headcount. The Company will expand into this 33,000 square feet vacant portion of the premises along with acquiring the 20,959 square feet of unoccupied expansion space to accommodate headcount growth. CVS Pharmacy, Inc. and its affiliates will create 100 full-time jobs above the Company’s current baseline of 490 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $10,802,443. Datatrak International Inc. Datatrak International Inc. currently has three people working in the Chicago area but does not have a permanent establishment. The Company’s business is rapidly expanding and have outgrown its current facilities. Datatrak International Inc. needed a permanent headquarters location where the Company can consolidate some of its existing locations and which will be used for most of the Company’s employment growth. Datatrak International Inc. will create 20 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $1,787,880 at its 150 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois location. Dexter Magnetic Technologies, Inc. After analysis of Dexter Magnetic Technologies, Inc.’s current design, production, materials management and delivery processes, the Company concluded both the New York and Illinois production facilities are significantly underutilized and there is sufficient production capacity within either site to more than double current sales of the combined locations. Dexter Magnetic Technologies, Inc. is consolidating the Hicksville, New York and Elk Grove Village, Illinois facilities into a single location. To free up additional production space at the Company’s Morse Avenue facility, Dexter Magnetic Technologies, Inc.’s distribution business will be moved to a new facility (approx. 10,000 sq. ft.) which will be leased at 2165 Estes Avenue, Elk Grove Village, Illinois. Dexter Magnetic Technologies, Inc. will create 25 full-time jobs at the Morse Avenue facility, retain 78 full-time jobs (74 at the Morse Avenue facility and 4 at the Estes Avenue facility), and make a Capital Investment of $1,919,669. Dot Foods and Subsidiaries #2 Dot Foods and Subsidiaries considered an expansion of its warehousing facilities in either Mt. Sterling, Illinois, Tennessee or Arkansas. This expansion will require an investment of over $12,000,000 in order to construct a 135,000 square foot cold storage facility. Fifty (50) new jobs would be created as a result of the project. Thirty (30) will be truck drivers and twenty (20) will be warehouse workers. The Company decided on a site in Illinois. Dot Foods and Subsidiaries will make a Capital Investment of $12,000,000.

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Electri-Flex Company Electri-Flex Company will purchase an additional 50,000 square foot building in Roselle, Illinois. The new building will manufacture non-jacketed metallic products. The additional building will enable the company to focus on production of jacketed products in its other Roselle facilities. Electri-Flex Company will create 15 full-time jobs above its current baseline of 93 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $5,200,000. Elliott Aviation of the Quad Cities, Inc. #2 Elliott Aviation is a diversified aviation services company with three Midwest locations in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Des Moines, Iowa and Moline, Illinois. Elliott Aviation is known as a world class provider of comprehensive and customer-focused solutions for business aviation. In Moline, the Company provides aircraft maintenance and modification (i.e., paint, Interior and avionics) services to aircraft from around the world. Elliott Aviation of the Quad Cities, Inc. is planning to expand its operations in Moline, Illinois. Elliott Aviation of the Quad Cities, Inc. will create 50 full-time jobs above its current baseline of 225 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $1,808,225. Empire Today, LLC Empire Today, LLC considered relocation of its corporate headquarters from Illinois to Texas. Its current location in Northlake is a great option given its central location and access to a great workforce. However, costs are significantly lower in Texas. Empire Today, LLC decided to enter into a long term lease at 333 Northwest Avenue in Northlake, Illinois, in order to accommodate its new growth and unique business operations. Empire Today, LLC will create 25 full-time jobs, retain 350 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $7,178,627. FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. #4 FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. is in the midst of a $2.3 billion network expansion plan that includes the addition of 3 hubs and the relocation or major expansion of more than 230 pickup and delivery stations through 2018. The proposed South St. Louis project is a new station, which will expand the operational capacity within the Midwest market. This is a spin-off project which will impact the current operations in St. Louis, Missouri. The spin-off will relieve capacity constraints in the St. Louis metro market, allowing for future growth at each facility. To facilitate the expansion, FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. would lease a build-to-suit facility. The project site in Sauget, Illinois was chosen over St. Louis, Missouri. FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. will create 25 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $8,500,000.

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FER-PAL Construction USA, LLC FER-PAL Construction USA LLC is seeking significant growth in its business in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa and sees Chicagoland as an ideal headquarter location. The Company will relocate its United States Headquarters from Michigan to Illinois and open an Illinois Manufacturing/Technology operation. FER-PAL Construction USA LLC will create 8 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $4,900,183. Filtration Group Corporation Filtration Group Corporation undertook a multiple state search to determine the most strategic location to centralize all corporate activity into one facility. At present, corporate functions are decentralized and based out of Chicago, Joliet and St. Louis. The Company’s growth now warrants that the corporate functions be centralized, thus the site search for a headquarters location. Filtration Group Corporation selected a facility in Oak Brook, Illinois. The Company will create 15 full-time jobs, retain 9 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $2,266,496. Freeway Rockford, Inc. In order to expand production capacity for a major customer, the Company intends to construct a building on property adjoining the existing manufacturing facility, with a connector between the two buildings. The addition would be approximately 11,500 square feet, and would also require some parking and loading dock construction/revisions. Freeway Rockford, Inc. will create 10 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $1,350,000. Fresenius Kabi USA, Inc. and Subsidiaries and Affiliates With U.S. based manufacturing operations in New York, North Carolina and Illinois, Fresenius Kabi USA, Inc. and subsidiaries and affiliates evaluated the opportunity to bring added manufacturing capacity to the U.S., thus on-shoring production capacity from Europe and other areas of the world. As part of the evaluation process, the Company has an opportunity to purchase properties adjacent to the existing manufacturing operations in Melrose Park. The adjacent properties are located at 2010 N. Ruby and 2050 N. Ruby (“properties”). Both properties are currently vacant industrial buildings. The Company currently owns the properties located at 2020 N. Ruby and 2085 Hawthorne Avenue in the Village of Melrose Park. The Company also owns a property at 2045 Cornell Street, Melrose Park. The Cornell property directly supports the Melrose Park manufacturing operations with labs, warehousing, etc. The investment at the Ruby location will ensure the continued viability of the Cornell property. However, the Company does not plan to make any significant new investment at the Cornell location.

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The Company will create 65 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $25,000,000 at the N. Ruby Street locations. Gogo Inc. and Subsidiaries Gogo Inc., through its indirect operating subsidiaries, including Gogo LLC, is a growing company that has exceeded its office space capacity at its current buildings located at 1250 N. Arlington Heights Road and 1300 N. Arlington Heights Road in Itasca, Illinois. As a result, the Company is considering relocating its corporate headquarters and commercial aviation business unit from Itasca to accommodate its growth. Based upon the site selection study and internal discussions, the Company looked at relocating to either a new corporate headquarters and home for its commercial aviation business unit or to Broomfield, Colorado where one of the Company’s subsidiaries (Aircell) is currently located. The Company decided on Chicago, Illinois. Gogo Inc. and Subsidiaries will create 50 full-time jobs, retain 462 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $77,343,414. Grady Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Gorilla, Inc. Grady Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Gorilla, Inc. is projecting its sales and services to expand during the next several years. In response to that anticipated growth, Gorilla, Inc. explored several locations to accommodate that growth as alternatives to expanding at its existing location in Illinois. Gorilla, Inc. considered options in Lawrence, Kansas, Quebec, Montreal, Canada, Los Angeles, California and Austin, Texas. Gorilla, Inc. is currently occupying 15,000 SF of a building located at 111 W. Jackson, Chicago, Illinois, and had an option to expand into an additional 9,000 SF at the same building. Gorilla, Inc. will create 70 full-time jobs above its current baseline of 81 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $2,399,034. Greif, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary Greif Packaging LLC Greif, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary Greif Packaging, LLC must update and expand its facility in order to accommodate company growth and demand for additional supply and service requests. This will be accomplished by using state of the art equipment and will enable the facility to supply more products to customers. The Company also looked at Van Wert, Ohio and Fenton, Missouri as other sites for the expansion. The Company decided on Illinois. Greif, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary Greif Packaging, LLC will create 27 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $10,000,000 Halo Branded Solutions, Inc. Halo Branded Solutions, Inc. (Halo) is seeking a tax credit to make possible the expansion of its Sterling, Illinois location. The expansion could have been done in California or Texas where it would be less expensive due to lower minimum wage requirements and hiring credits. Over two

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years, Halo will perform upgrades to its software and technology. Additionally, Halo will retrofit the space currently used as a warehouse for the installation of offices and workstations. Finally, painting, remodeling, and HVAC will be included in this project. Halo Branded Solutions, Inc. will create 18 full-time jobs above the Company’s current baseline of 191 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $1,675,000. Hill & Valley, Inc. The production operations and administrative offices of Hill & Valley, Inc. are currently located in a 60,000 square foot facility located in Rock Island, Illinois. To meet the production requirements of current and future business growth Hill & Valley, Inc. considered relocating its production operations and administrative offices to a new 100,000 square foot facility in Rock Island, Illinois or to a site in Davenport, Iowa. The Company chose Illinois. Hill & Valley, Inc. will create 25 full-time jobs, retain 140 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $8,765,370. Insureon Holdings LLC Insureon Holdings LLC considered expanding its current workforce at either the Company’s Chicago, Illinois or Allen, Texas location. Insureon Holdings LLC’s current Chicago, Illinois location cannot accommodate the expansion so Insureon has found a new location within Chicago, Illinois which can accommodate the Company’s current workforce of 28 full-time employees (not part of the EDGE application) and the creation of an additional 25 full-time jobs. The Company will make a Capital Investment of $2,606,317. Intouch Solutions, Inc. Intouch Solutions, Inc. is currently located at 205 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 3100 and considered expanding at its current location due to a growth in the Company’s customer base and services needed by its new customers. Intouch Solutions, Inc. currently operates facilities in Chicago, Illinois; Overland Park, Kansas; and New York, New York. Chicago was chosen as the location for the expansion, Intouch Solutions, Inc. will occupy an additional ½ floor (11,083 SF) of the building where they currently have space. Intouch Solutions, Inc. will create 50 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $3,887,073. Joliet Cold Storage LLC Joliet Cold Storage LLC will purchase approximately 30 acres and build a 430,000 square foot warehouse facility in Joliet, Illinois at the intersection of Cherry Hill Road and New Lenox Road. The first phase will be a 214,000 square foot building. Approximately 170,000 square feet will be a refrigerated warehouse consisting of mostly freezer space (-10 degrees), some cooler space (35 degrees) and a refrigerated dock with 26 dock doors. The remaining space will be a support building and an office building. Phase 2 will consist of a similar size building to be built in the future when Phase 1 is at full capacity.

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Joliet Cold Storage LLC will create 25 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $25,100,000. Kapstone Container Corporation KapStone Container Corporation considered either its Aurora, Illinois facility or its Cedar Rapids, Iowa facility for its next capital investment project. The Company selected Illinois. KapStone Container Corporation will create 30 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $9,000,000. kCura Corporation Based on the growth of the Industry and the Company, kCura Corporation is contemplating the addition of more employees. The Company is out of space at its current location. The Company explored leasing additional floors at the 231 South LaSalle Street location. However, recent and pending acquisitions in Oregon and other potential acquisitions resulted in kCura Corporation exploring alternative opportunities for the growth of its Company. The Company selected Chicago. kCura Corporation will create 125 full-time jobs (above the Company’s current baseline of 320 full-time jobs) and make a Capital Investment of $12,796,869 in Chicago. Kent Nutrition Group, Inc. and Affiliates Kent Nutrition Group, Inc. and Affiliates will lease an additional 100,000 square feet of space in Bolingbrook, Illinois. The Illinois site is adjacent to the Company’s currently leased space. The Company had also considered expanding its headquarters location and operations in Muscatine, Iowa to accommodate the need for additional capacity. The Muscatine, Iowa facility has existing food operations and excess land that can accommodate the required capacity expansion. Kent Nutrition Group, Inc. and Affiliates will create 25 full-time jobs, retain 80 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $3,666,321. Kraft Foods Group, Inc. & Affiliates #3 Kraft Foods Group, Inc. and Affiliates (“Kraft”) will make a capital investment at its Granite City, Illinois plant. Kraft Foods Group, Inc. and Affiliates currently make Kool-Aid and Capri-Sun products at this 660,000 square foot facility located at 2901 Missouri Avenue, in Granite City, Illinois. The proposed project involves a capital investment to increase production capabilities and contribute to the long term viability of this operation. Kraft Foods Group, Inc. and Affiliates will create 30 full-time jobs, retain 410 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $40,000,000. Land O’Frost, Inc. #2 Land O’Frost, Inc. will make a capital investment project at its Lansing, Illinois lunchmeat manufacturing facility. Land O’Frost, Inc. currently produces Premium, DeliShaved, Canadian Bacon, Bistro Favorites, Traditional, and Wrap Kit products at its facility located at 16850 Chicago

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Avenue, in Lansing, Illinois. The proposed project involves a capital investment to expand the production capabilities and contribute to the long term success and viability of this operation. Land O’Frost, Inc. will create 10 full-time jobs, retain 270 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $2,000,000. Lanza Tech, Inc. LanzaTech, Inc. performed its due diligence to evaluate the best possible location for the relocation of existing positions currently in Illinois as well as the creation of net new employment. A lower-cost alternative was found in the state of Georgia (metro Atlanta area), but the Company decided on Illinois. An important part of this location analysis project is to select a location that will allow the Company to improve its overall operations by establishing operations in a new, state-of-the-art, marquee facility that will provide an upgraded work environment. LanzaTech, Inc. will create 30 full-time jobs, retain 26 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $14,754,013. Legal & General Investment Management America, Inc. Legal & General Investment Management America, Inc.’s (LGIMA) lease is expired in 2013 and the Company’s current space cannot accommodate the rapid growth and infrastructure upgrades that are necessary for the Company’s business operations. The search for more state of the art infrastructure with better efficiencies has led the management to seek an alternative to the expensive Chicago real estate marketplace. Never the less, LGIMA selected 71 South Wacker Drive, Chicago as a project location over a lower cost option in Indianapolis, Indiana. Legal & General Investment Management America, Inc. will create 18 full-time jobs, retain 45 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $6,963,913 M – Wave International, LLC Due to increased demand for its products and services, M-Wave International, LLC is proposing to relocate from its current location at 1300 Norwood Avenue, Itasca, Illinois to a significantly larger facility located at 100 High Grove Blvd., Glendale Heights, Illinois. The Glendale Heights facility would allow M-Wave International, LLC to retain its existing workforce and accommodate future growth in employment and investment. As an alternative, M-Wave International, LLC identified a facility of similar size in Elkhart, Indiana, which could accommodate its growth, as well as, be closer to a significant OEM customer. M-Wave International, LLC will create 10 full-time jobs, retain 29 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $3,369,061. Marine Acquisitions (US) Incorporated d/b/a Seastar Solutions Marine Acquisition (US) Incorporated d/b/a SeaStar Solutions’ current manufacturing facility is located in Limerick, Pennsylvania on the same campus as the former parent company Teleflex Inc.

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under a lease which will expire in March 2015. The Company will move its manufacturing operation to Illinois over renewing its current lease in Pennsylvania or moving the Company’s to Missouri. Marine Acquisition (US) Incorporated d/b/a SeaStar Solutions will create 110 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $2,500,000. Material Control Systems Material Control Systems, Inc. will be leasing a 100,000 square foot warehouse building from a related entity. The building can be expanded up to 150,000 square feet. The building will be a pre-engineered steel structure with a small office component. Material Control Systems, Inc. will manage, clean and repair packaging crates in support of assembly operations for John Deere. Material Control Systems, Inc. will create 50 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $10,319,259. McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings, LLC McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings, LLC was purchased by Apollo Global Management on March 22, 2013 from McGraw-Hill Companies. The new leadership of McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings, LLC is working toward establishing premier operating locations throughout the United States. In Chicago the company has identified office space at 303 East Wacker, which it would lease to accommodate 72 full-time jobs. The 72 full-time jobs are currently located at McGraw-Hill Companies Chicago office (Prudential Building – 130 E. Randolph), but must be relocated following the recent acquisition by Apollo Global Management. The Company will relocate to the Chicago site over relocating these jobs to its facility (owned by the Company) in Dubuque, Iowa. McGraw-Hill Global Education Holdings, LLC will retain 72 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $2,472,234. Method Products, Inc. Subsidiaries and Affiliates Method Products, Inc. has received Board approval to move from contract manufacturing to in-house manufacturing. The company expects employment at the new facility to be 65 employees (57 new and 8 relocated and retained from current Chicago operation). Estimated gross capital investment is anticipated of $33,700,000. The Project will be located at 720 East 111th Street, Pullman Industrial Park, Chicago, Illinois 60628. The company currently employs 8 people at the 820 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago. The primary operations of this facility include: logistics, quality control, and customer service. These employees will be moved to the new location in the City of Chicago, once the project is completed. The current operation is in an office building that is not suitable for or zoned for industrial use. Mondelēz Global LLC Mondelēz Global is undertaking an expansion project. The Company chose its Naperville, Illinois bakery over its facility in Arkansas. The expansion will increase manufacturing capacity for Triscuit

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crackers. The proposed project will involve the creation of 25 new full-time jobs. Mondelēz Global LLC will make a Capital Investment of $35,000,000. Monsanto Company and Subsidiaries Monsanto Company and Subsidiaries acquired Precision Planting in 2012. In order to fully integrate new business operations, bring current facilities up to Monsanto Company and Subsidiaries’ standards, and allow for growth, Monsanto Company and Subsidiaries will create 19 full-time jobs (15 in Tremont, Illinois and 4 in Morton, Illinois) and make a Capital Investment of $20,691,612. Tremont, Illinois will serve as the headquarters and research and development facility and Morton, Illinois will serve as the manufacturing, warehouse and distribution center. MorphoTrust USA, Inc. MorphoTrust USA, Inc. is expanding its call center operations and the Company’s current facility on 1650 Wabash Avenue, Jerome, Illinois does not provide adequate space for the company’s growing needs. The Company has identified a location located at 3051 Hollis Drive, Springfield, Illinois which will provide the appropriate amount of space and support facilities for future growth. MorphoTrust USA, Inc. will create 50 full-time jobs, retain 106 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $3,443,120. Motive Power Resources, Inc. Motive Power Resources, Inc.’s initial goals are the expansion of the Company’s rebuild and supply of locomotive components for resale. Current operations can no longer expand as the facility is at maximum capacity. The initial intent is to move all parts operations to a new facility to allow it to expand and further supply the growing customer base. The secondary and most important portion of the proposed plan is the ability to be able to repair, overhaul and maintain locomotives. This also includes the growing lease locomotive business that the company has established. Having the ability of repairing not only customer locomotives as well as the company’s lease units reduces operating costs necessitated through outsourcing these requirements to other suppliers. Motive Power Resources, Inc. will create 39 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $2,335,000. Multi-Tech Cold Forming, LLC Multi-Tech Cold Forming, LLC is currently operating out of a facility in Franklin Park, Illinois. In order to realize manufacturing efficiencies, the company is co locating with another subsidiary of its parent company in a 112,000 square foot facility on 250 Kehoe Boulevard, Carol Stream, Illinois. The consolidation will result in operation efficiencies as well as potential opportunities to add jobs and services. The new space will also allow for expansion of current capabilities through acquisition of additional equipment. The space allows for room for growth.

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Multi-Tech Cold Forming, LLC will create 5 full-time jobs, retain 17 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $2,801,974. Multi-Tech Industries, Inc. Multi-Tech Industries, Inc. will lease a portion of a 112,000 square foot facility which is located at 250 Kehoe Boulevard, Carol Stream, Illinois, as well as renew its current lease at 350 Village Drive, Carol Stream, Illinois. Multi-tech Industries, Inc. will create 5 full-time jobs at 250 Kehoe Blvd., Carol Stream, retain 31 full-time jobs at 350 Village Drive, Carol Stream, Illinois, and make a Capital Investment of $4,152,320. Multi-Tech Machined Components, LLC Multi-Tech Machined Components, LLC is currently off shoring some of its manufacturing of machined components commodity. To better serve its customers, the Company will need to produce in one location. The Company has no room to expand in the current footprint in Elgin, Illinois. The objective is to co-locate the facility to 250 Kehoe Avenue, Carol Stream, Illinois with another subsidiary of parent company to realize operational efficiencies. The added space also will allow for the Company to grow and add additional jobs. Multi-Tech Machined Components, LLC will create 5 full-time jobs, retain 34 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $2,801,974. NantPharma, LLC NantPharma, LLC evaluated Illinois as an option to serve as its new/relocated corporate headquarters location in Lincolnshire, move its Research and Development group from a non-controlled location in Melrose Park to a newly leased facility in Oak Brook; and/or retain its two manufacturing and warehouse facilities both presently in Elk Grove Village. NantPharma, LLC decided it will relocate its current corporate headquarters from Los Angeles, California to Lincolnshire, Illinois. The Company currently has two facilities in Elk Grove Village, Illinois (manufacturing and warehouse), a facility in Melrose Park (research and development) and the Company is looking to relocate its Melrose Park facility to Oak Brook, Illinois. NantPharma, LLC will create 35 full-time jobs (17 in Elk Grove Village, 13 in Lincolnshire and 5 in Oak Brook), retain 15 full-time jobs (all in Oak Brook) and make a Capital Investment of $3,824,434. Native Wholesale, Inc. Native Wholesale, Inc.’s project consists of building and occupying a 59,200 square foot facility in Lombard, Illinois. This building will replace the Company’s existing 40,000 square foot facility which is also located in Lombard, Illinois and give the Company room to grow. It will allow the Company to remain competitive and keep the jobs the Company currently has in Illinois versus moving to another state or offshore. Native Wholesale, Inc. will create 10 full-time jobs, retain 85 full-time jobs, and make a Capital Investment of $6,400,000.

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New Venture Holdings LLC Regional distribution centers (RCs) are designed to receive domestically and internationally sourced inventories, transfer products to and from stores for display purposes and deliver to the end consumer products purchased through the store. RCs are typically 100,000 to 250,000 square foot and have leasehold improvements that include extensive racking systems, fork lifts, tow motors, administrative office space, which includes telecommunications equipment and inventory management software systems. The tenant of this regional distribution center (RC) will be an LLC that is wholly owned by New Venture Holdings LLC, which does business as The Dump. New Venture Holdings LLC has chosen Addison, Illinois for its new distribution center over Portage, Indiana. New Venture Holdings LLC will create 50 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $8,740,271. Newark Corporation Newark Corporation and its Affiliates current location on North Ravenswood in Chicago, Illinois was recently sold and the Company must relocate all employees into a more functional, efficient and upgraded work environment. Newark Corporation and its Affiliates performed due diligence to evaluate which cities and states within its existing operations would be the best possible fit for the relocation of existing positions currently in Illinois. Newark Corporation and its Affiliates have chosen a site which is located at 300 S. Riverside Plaza, Chicago, Illinois over a lower-cost alternative found in the Cleveland metro area in Ohio. The Company will retain 150 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $12,283,223. North American Lighting, Inc. #3 The North American Lighting, Inc.’s Paris, Illinois manufacturing facility is the location for the Advanced Forward Lighting Operations. This facility houses cutting edge manufacturing technologies and processes while manufacturing new technology forward lighting systems such as HID (High Intensity Discharge) and AFS (Adaptive Forward Lighting). The first part of the Paris, Illinois campus was constructed in 2002 and expanded in 2006. The 39 acre site is in the PEDCO Industrial Park on South Route 1. The site is fully improved and currently has approximately 250,000 square feet under roof and employs approximately 719 in the manufacturing space. Based on market demand resulting from an increase in orders from existing customers and the addition of new customers, North American Lighting, Inc. has a need for additional forward lighting manufacturing capacity that must be on-line within 12 months. The additional 200,000 square feet of production space proposed for Paris, Illinois will result in the creation of 300 full-time jobs above the Company’s current baseline of 719 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $46,578,567. Norvax, LLC and its subsidiary GoHealth, LLC Norvax, LLC and its subsidiary GoHealth, LLC is looking to expand its operation, which includes siting a new facility and consolidating existing employees, in connection with the long-term

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requirements driven by implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Due to the implementation timeline, there will be many consumers nationally who will need assistance in finding the right health insurance policy in its state jurisdiction. Norvax, LLC and its subsidiary GoHealth, LLC will site a new location at the Merchandise Mart, consolidate headcount currently located at 111 Canal Street Chicago and 220-222 West Huron Street, Chicago, and also retain its headquarters operation including technology development team at 214 West Huron Street in Chicago. Norvax, LLC and its subsidiary GoHealth, LLC will create 200 full-time jobs (all at the Merchandise Mart location), retain 258 full-time jobs (158 full-time jobs at the Merchandise Mart location and 100 full-time jobs at the 214 W. Huron Street location) and make a Capital Investment of $14,237,051. Pactiv, LLC and its Subsidiary #5 Pactiv LLC and its subsidiary Pactiv Packaging Inc. has a need to expand its manufacturing and has considered a number of locations throughout its manufacturing footprint. The Company selected Illinois for the expansion. The project includes an expansion of the St. Charles, Illinois plant manufacturing, which would create 27 new full-time jobs above the Company’s current baseline of 158 full-time jobs, and a Capital Investment of $8,000,000. Paylocity Corporation Paylocity Corporation currently leases an approximately 70,000 square-foot facility in Arlington Heights, Illinois, where it employs 331 employees. Paylocity Corporation wants to expand its operations to support future business needs. Paylocity Corporation will accomplish this by hiring an additional 50 full-time employees to help serve its clients. Paylocity Corporation considered hiring those additional people in either Arlington Heights, Illinois or Lake Mary, Florida. Either location will require a substantial capital investment. Paylocity Corporation decided to lease an additional 46,000 square feet in Arlington Heights, Illinois. The Company will make a Capital Investment of $8,353,077. Peerless Network, Inc. Peerless Network, Inc.’s national growth requires a location that will be conducive to serving and expanding its market at the lowest operational and capital cost possible, while maintaining the high quality of its products and service to customers. The corporate head quarter location would house most of the company’s employees and would serve as the operational hub to service Data Centers throughout the country. The company’s current location will only support its growth in the short-term, thus a new location within Chicago would be sought once the current real estate sub-lease options expire. Peerless Network, Inc. will create 15 full-time jobs, retain 50 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $3,500,924.

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Pegasus MFG. Inc. Pegasus MFG. Inc. has chosen 1382 Enterprise Avenue, Galesburg, Illinois over a site in Denton, Texas. At a cost of $580,000 this facility located on approximately 3.3 acres and is a modern manufacturing facility with an additional heated storage building. The combined square footage of over 25,000 square feet would provide Pegasus MFG. Inc. with the needed space to conduct operations with the installation of building upgrades. Since this building served as a manufacturing facility, which was recently shut down, installation of building upgrades such as the installation of an environmentally temperature control quality assurance inspection room, CNC machine wiring would be added, and an “In Plant” modular Computer programming room. Pegasus MFG. Inc. will create 17 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $1,344,762. Pinnacle Foods Inc. and its Subsidiaries #1 Pinnacle Foods Inc. and its Subsidiaries’ current St. Elmo, Illinois plant will be adding manufacturing capacity for products and brands other than those currently made at the facility. The project would involve upgrading and reconfiguring existing facility infrastructure, expanding the building footprint by approximately 30,000 square feet, and installing new machinery and equipment. On August 12, 2013, Pinnacle Foods announced that the Company had entered into a definitive agreement to purchase the iconic Wish-Bone® salad dressings business from Unilever. Upon acquiring the Wish-Bone® and Western® salad dressing brands, Pinnacle Foods will not acquire any Unilever manufacturing facilities. Unilever will continue to manufacture the brands under a third-party agreement until Pinnacle Foods Inc. and its Subsidiaries has started up the new production capacity in the Pinnacle-owned site. Pinnacle Foods Inc. and its Subsidiaries will create 90 full-time jobs above the Company’s current baseline of 85 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $45,300,000. Pinnacle Foods Inc. and its Subsidiaries # 2 Pinnacle Foods Inc. and its Subsidiaries is looking to acquire the Glister-Mary Lee Corporation’s Centralia facility, thereby retaining 200 full-time jobs as direct Pinnacle Foods employees, and also making substantial investments to bring additional production to the Centralia, Illinois plant. The Company will make a Capital Investment of $25,200,000. Polymax Thermoplastic Elastomers, LLC Polymax Thermoplastic Elastomers, LLC is establishing a new state of art thermoplastic elastomer manufacturing facility in the USA to meet the Company’s growing customer demand. The facility would start with a capacity of 5 million pounds per year, increasing to 20 million pounds in 5 to 7 years. Polymax Thermoplastic Elastomers, LLC will create 25 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $5,567,249.

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Power Construction Company, LLC and subsidiaries Power Construction Company, LLC and Subsidiaries is relocating and expanding its headquarters from Schaumburg to Chicago. GCS Supply, a related Company will remain in leased warehouse space in Woodridge, Illinois. Power Construction Company, LLC and Subsidiaries also looked at a site in Munster, Indiana. The new Chicago location will provide approximately 20% more space and will feature over 35,000 square feet in a class A quality office building. Power Construction Company, LLC and Subsidiaries will create 30 full-time jobs, retain 186 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $13,409,483. Practice Velocity, LLC and its Subsidiaries Based on the rapid growth of Practice Velocity, LLC’s business over the past 7 years and its projected growth, the Company anticipates experiencing a lack of adequate space in its existing facility in Machesney Park, Illinois within the next 6 to 12 months. Practice Velocity, LLC and its Subsidiaries has chosen a new site in Machesney Park, Illinois over a site in Janesville, Wisconsin. Practice Velocity, LLC will create 75 full-time jobs, retain 228 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $4,299,222. Praxair, Inc. #2 Praxair, Inc. would like to expand the function of its Burr Ridge, Illinois facility and as a result, will see additional headcount. Since Praxair, Inc. is close to full capacity and the way its building is currently modeled, the Company needs to redesign the workspace in order to accommodate the additional employees. Renovations would include new workstations, (based on the new universal workstation), collaboration areas, tele-data, furniture, carpeting, storage, computers and accessories, electrical, and any construction that may be needed. Praxair, Inc. is moving its Operations group from New York. Praxair, Inc. will create 23 full-time jobs (above the Company’s current baseline of 210 full-time jobs), retain 10 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $1,200,000 Punchkick Interactive Inc. Punchkick Interactive Inc. relocated operations to its current Chicago, Illinois space in 2008 from Cleveland, Ohio. Due to Punchkick Interactive Inc.’s tremendous success, the Company’s existing Class-C space located on the 4th floor of 22 W. Ontario Street is not large enough to accommodate the Company’s immediate future growth. Punchkick Interactive Inc. will lease a new 15,000 square foot facility in Chicago, Illinois over leasing office space in Washington, D.C. The Company will create 60 new full-time jobs above its current baseline of 36 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $3,642,685.

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Ralcorp Frozen Bakery Products, Inc. As part of the acquisition of Ralcorp Frozen Bakery Products, Inc., ConAgra Foods, Inc. acquired the office located in Downers Grove, Illinois. ConAgra Foods, Inc. evaluated whether it will retain the office located at 3250 Lacey Road, Suite 600 in Downers Grove, Illinois. The alternative is to relocate the current employees to ConAgra Foods, Inc.’s headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska. The Company chose to stay in Illinois. Ralcorp Frozen Bakery Products, Inc. will retain 85 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $500,000. Responsys, Inc. Responsys, Inc. is seeking to change office locations in order to accommodate increased employment levels. Its current address in Chicago is 225 W. Washington Street, 11th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60606. Responsys, Inc. has an attractive 12-year lease offer at 111 W. Jackson, Chicago, Illinois and has compared this option favorably against potential expansion of its Denver office. Responsys, Inc. will create 25 full-time jobs above the Company’s current baseline of 120 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $6,896,804. Rightpoint Consulting, LLC Rightpoint Consulting, LLC contemplated a relocation of existing positions and potential expansion into a lower cost alternative location in Novi, Michigan where the Company already has an established business operation. Rightpoint Consulting, LLC has been working closely with key implementation partners, namely Microsoft, to identify geographic areas that are currently underserved by its partner base. Specifically, Microsoft is looking to Rightpoint Consulting, LLC to replicate the success it has demonstrated as an implementation partner in Illinois in other underserved markets such as Michigan and Minnesota. Rightpoint Consulting, LLC has been accepted into Microsoft’s GEOCAP Program. The program’s goal is to support expansion and growth in new markets through sales support, marketing dollars and partner investment. Rightpoint Consulting, LLC chose Illinois to create 10 full-time jobs, retain 20 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $1,984,137. Rittal Corporation Rittal Corporation will establish a US Headquarters in Schaumburg, Illinois and relocate the Company’s Executive Management, Marketing, Sales and Technical Support Team from Urbana, Ohio. Rittal Corporation will create 40 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $3,191,526.

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RMH Foods, LLC f/k/a Sandridge/RMH Acquisiton, LLC Sandridge Food Corporation (Sandridge), an Ohio corporation acquired the assets of RMH Foods, LLC. RMH Foods, LLC is a fully cooked protein manufacturer/outlet in Morton, Illinois without the acquisition; RMH may have had to close its doors. RMH Foods, LLC will create 26 full-time jobs, retain 74 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $11,662,000. Ruprecht Company Ruprecht Company is growing rapidly and plans to implement new product lines. The Company’s current facility does not have the capacity to meet these demands. As such, the Company considered expansion of its current Illinois facility or leasing a building in Wisconsin. The expansion of its Illinois facility will require a substantial investment and will result in new jobs. The investment required to expand its current Illinois facility would be substantially greater than moving its cooked foods division and leasing a building in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The company decided on Illinois. Ruprecht Company will create 50 full-time jobs above its current baseline of 251 full-time jobs, retain 100 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $9,000,000. Sea Products Inc. Sea Products Inc. is in need of another production/distribution facility to replace the Company’s current location in South Holland, Illinois. The Company’s current facilities (Thornton and South Holland) total 100,000 square feet. The Company is currently looking at moving its South Holland facility to a much larger location so that all production can be located in the same building. The Company currently has the option of staying in South Holland, where they have located a 200,000 square foot facility. The Company also has the option of relocating all production to Munster, Indiana, where they have located a separate 200,000 square foot building. Although the Indiana option is significantly less expensive than the new Illinois location, the Company selected Illinois. Sea Products Inc. will create 30 full-time jobs, retain 8 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $2,149,307. SIRVA Worldwide, Inc. and its Affiliates and Subsidiaries The global headquarters for SIRVA Worldwide, Inc. and its Affiliates and Subsidiaries are currently located in Westmont, Illinois, including the entire c-suite and corporate services such as accounting, legal, tax, treasury and other high paying, highly specialized positions. SIRVA Worldwide, Inc. and its Affiliates and Subsidiaries currently lease a 260,000+ square foot single-tenant building on a triple net lease basis but only needs to occupy about 50,000 square feet. The Company is unable to reach a deal with the current landlord to allow them to stay in the building as a single tenant, as the carrying costs of this facility are so great given its relative size. The Company’s current building, as it is utilized now, is costing SIRVA Worldwide, Inc. greatly on its bottom line and diverting dollars that could be spent elsewhere growing the business.

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SIRVA Worldwide, Inc. and its Affiliates and Subsidiaries will create 10 full-time jobs above the Company’s current baseline of 254 full-time jobs, retain 250 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $18,959,740. SK Express, Inc. SK Express, Inc. has chosen a site in Illinois which is located at 310 Dietz Avenue, DeKalb, Illinois over a site in Athens, Georgia. The Company proposes to relocate from its current facility in Sycamore, Illinois to a better suited facility in order to optimize the Company’s manufacturing process, facilitate growth, close proximity to large workforce, and better suited to service the Company’s existing and future customers. SK Express, Inc. will create 25 full-time jobs, retain 105 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $2,236,216. Skyline Furniture Mfg. Inc. Skyline Furniture Mfg. Inc. and its Affiliates have seen sustained growth over the last 17 years, with an average growth rate of 50% or more within the last three years. With this rate of growth, the Company is in need of another production facility to replace its current location in South Holland, Illinois. The Company’s current facilities (Thornton and South Holland) total 100,000 square feet. The Company’s is currently looking at moving its South Holland facility to a much larger location, so that all production can be located in the same building. The Company has the option of staying in South Holland, where they have located a 200,000 square foot facility. The Company also had the option of relocating all production to Munster, Indiana, where they have located a separate 200,000 square foot building. The Company decided on staying in South Holland. Skyline Furniture Mfg. Inc. will create 30 full-time jobs, retain 195 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $4,413,593. Skyline Imports LLC Skyline Furniture Mfg. Inc., Sea Products Inc., and Skyline Imports LLC share two facilities in Thornton, Illinois and South Holland, Illinois respectively. The Company is out of space, and needs to relocate its current South Holland facility to a much larger facility in South Holland, Illinois. There has been sustained growth over the past few years with an average growth rate of 50% or more within the last three years. With this rate of growth, the Company is in need of another production/distribution facility to replace its current location in South Holland, Illinois. Skyline Imports LLC currently has the option of staying in South Holland, where the Company has located a 200,000 square foot facility. The Company also had the option of relocating all production to Munster, Indiana, where they have located a separate 200,000 square foot building. The Company decided to stay in South Holland. Skyline Imports LLC will create 10 full-time jobs, retain 1 full-time job and make a Capital Investment of $2,240,307.

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Sleepy’s, LLC Sleepy’s, LLC is expanding its retail operations into the mid-west. To more efficiently service this new market, it is important for Sleepy’s, LLC to open a local distribution center to warehouse its mattresses and products, which in turn will facilitate prompt delivery of the products to the mid-west customers. The ideal facility is a space of about 250,000 to 300,000 square feet located within 70 miles of the Chicago area. The Company has identified a property that suits these needs in Romeoville, Illinois. This facility is over 280,000 square feet and was chosen over a site in Indiana. Sleepy’s, LLC will create 40 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $11,970,711. Solstice Consulting, LLC d/b/a Solstice Mobile Solstice Consulting, LLC d/b/a Solstice Mobile will relocate and expand its current headquarters, which is located at 641 West Lake Street, Chicago, Illinois, to a new location within Chicago, Illinois over moving to Madison, Wisconsin. The Company will create 50 full-time jobs above its current baseline of 89 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $4,962,216. Southeastern Container, Inc. Southeastern Container, Inc. would like to consolidate its operations in the Midwest. The Company is looking at relocating a portion of its business currently provided in Beloit, Wisconsin to Effingham, Illinois. The Company will create 15 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $866,000. Star Transport, Inc. Star Transport, Inc. wants to become more competitive to carriers based outside of Illinois. The State of Texas has shown interest in moving the Company’s operations to Texas. Star Transport, Inc. already has a terminal located in Laredo, Texas. The Company decided on Illinois. Star Transport, Inc. will create 30 full-time jobs, retain 340 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $3,116,148. Steel Grip, Inc. Steel Grip, Inc. is evaluating the option of retaining an Illinois presence by acquiring a facility located at 1501 E. Voorhees Street, Danville, Illinois. This 52,940 square foot brick facility located on 9.88 acres was constructed in 1960 and was used as a paper box production plant until 2006. Since that time, it has been leased and used for warehousing by a local, third-party distributor. The Company’s century old, obsolete facilities in Danville have forced the Company to evaluate its out-of-state options. The Company decided on Illinois. Steel Grip, Inc. will retain 100 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $1,700,000.

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Sterling Lumber Company Over the past five years, Sterling Lumber Company has significantly expanded operations and is anticipating on-going growth and demand for manufactured products for the energy industry. Sterling Lumber Company has exceeded operational capacity at the Blue Island facility, has been unable to identify any land or building in Blue Island that meets its needs, and is planning to relocate to a facility that can accommodate current and future manufacturing and storage needs. In addition, the proposed expansion would allow Sterling Lumber Company to increase efficiencies by consolidating its workforce and streamlining its manufacturing processes. Under the proposed project, Sterling Lumber Company will purchase an approximate 50 acre site with an existing 500,000 square foot facility. Sterling Lumber Company will create 50 full-time jobs, retain 112 full-time jobs (89 moving from Blue Island and 23 moving from Joliet) and make a Capital Investment of $5,545,000. Suncast Corporation #2 As a result of increased demand for blow molded products, Suncast Corporation has exceeded its production capabilities. This project would roughly double the Company’s manufacturing capability in Batavia, Illinois. The Company currently outsources the manufacture of various products to a company in Kansas. Suncast Corporation had the option to purchase the company and estimates the total cost of the acquisition to be less than the cost of this project in Illinois. The Company ultimately decided on Illinois. Suncast Corporation will create 110 full-time jobs, retain 641 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $21,682,000. The Clarke Group, Inc. and Affiliates The Clarke Group, Inc. and Affiliates’ current world headquarters is located at 110 E. Irving Park Road, 4th Floor, Roselle, Illinois. In addition, the Company maintains two separate research and development facilities: 1501 S. Wright Blvd., Schaumburg, Illinois and 1517 S. Wright Blvd., Schaumburg, Illinois. In order to facilitate collaboration between Company executives, managers, and researchers, and to facilitate future growth, the Company is planning to consolidate its headquarters and research and development operations into a single location in St. Charles, Illinois. The Clarke Group, Inc. will create 15 full-time jobs, retain 68 full-time jobs (plus three owners who are not eligible for the EDGE Tax Credit Program) and make a Capital Investment of $3,826,386. United States Cold Storage, Inc. #2 Based upon customer demand and current growth strategy, United States Cold Storage, Inc. is contemplating a 100,000 square foot expansion to the current facility. The proposed expansion will allow the Company to serve an expanding customer base in its Midwest market and will also incorporate building upgrades to make the current and expanded facility more cost effective and

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energy efficient. Elements of the expansion will include additional refrigeration space, palleting, truck docking space, and parking. The Company will create 25 full-time jobs above its current baseline of 107 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $12,700,000. Univar, Inc. and its subsidiaries A comprehensive, multi-market review of all options is under extensive evaluation by Univar Inc. for a new corporate headquarters location. Univar Inc. is evaluated whether to relocate its Global and USA headquarters from its current location in Redmond, Washington to the greater Chicago or Houston areas. Univar Inc. is a long-time Washington State company having been founded in Washington in 1924. As Univar Inc. has grown, the company’s key customers and suppliers are no longer in the Pacific Northwest. This has led the company to consider relocating to a city such as Chicago or Houston that would increase the proximity to major partners, such as Dow Chemical, Dow Corning, Exxon, Halliburton and DuPont. Univar Inc. and its Subsidiaries will create 69 full-time jobs (Downers Grove facility), retain 100 full-time jobs (2 facilities in Bedford Park) and make a Capital Investment of $8,153,558. Vienna Beef, Ltd. Due to a proposed City of Chicago roadway project, a portion of Vienna Beef, Ltd.’s existing location will be acquired by the City pursuant to a condemnation proceeding. As a result, Vienna Beef, Ltd. must relocate its manufacturing operation and, eventually, its corporate headquarters. Vienna Beef, Ltd. will relocate its manufacturing operations to a facility at 1000 West Pershing Road, Chicago, Illinois. Approximately 180 employees would be relocated to the Pershing Road site. Approximately 70 corporate headquarters jobs would remain at the 2501 North Damen Avenue, Chicago, Illinois site, pending eventual relocation of its corporate headquarters to another site in the City of Chicago. Vienna Beef, Ltd. will retain 250 full-time jobs between the two identified sites shown above and make a Capital Investment of $12,268,346 at the new 1000 West Pershing Road, Chicago, Illinois location. Vintage Tech, LLC and Affiliates Vintage Tech, LLC and Affiliates will make a Capital Investment of $5,102,910 on a project to re-purpose a currently vacant printing facility located at 13543 South US Highway 20, Plainfield, Illinois. Vintage Tech, LLC and Affiliates will relocate and retain 60 full-time positions, which are currently at Vintage Tech, LLC and Affiliates’ leased facility in Plainfield, Illinois, to the Project site. In addition, the Company plans to create 25 new full-time jobs at the Project site. All or a portion of the 30-employee workforce at the Company’s current leased facility in Romeoville will be

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immediately relocated to the new Plainfield facility, and the balance of the positions in Romeoville may be relocated to the Project site prior to the Romeoville lease expiration within two years. However, none of the positions in Romeoville will be receiving EDGE credits. Virtual Marketing Inc. d/b/a Fusion92 Virtual Marketing Inc. d/b/a Fusion92 currently located in Arlington Heights, Illinois is considered the relocation and consolidation of its Company operations to one location in order to optimize operations. The Company will consolidate its headquarters and satellite office and relocate to 440 West Ontario Street, Chicago, Illinois over Austin, Texas. The project will result in the creation of 13 new full-time jobs within two years, and 33 new full-time jobs within four years, with a total capital investment of $7,433,578. Vivid Seats Ltd. In late 2010, Vivid Seats Ltd. relocated to its current office space within Chicago, Illinois in order to accommodate its growing workforce. Due to Vivid Seats Ltd.’s tremendous success in the last two years, the Company has again outgrown its current office space on the 4th floor of 344 N. Ogden Avenue. This space is currently at capacity, housing the Company’s 65 existing full-time employees. The executive management team of Vivid Seats Ltd. is evaluating expansion options that will best support its long-term strategic plans. The Company will create 10 new jobs and find additional space for expansion of its operations in its current Chicago, Illinois facility over the Miami, Florida area. Florida was being considered as the move would have helped to cultivate its new exclusive partnership with the Miami Dolphins. Vivid Seats Ltd. will create 10 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $824,411. Yahoo! Inc. Yahoo! Inc. and its Subsidiaries is strategically aiming towards business growth. The Company is planning to retain and expand its core teams and to hire a highly skilled workforce (e.g. engineers) to accommodate the Company’s strategic plans. Yahoo! Inc. and its Subsidiaries currently occupy about 43,000 square feet of office space in Champaign and Chicago, Illinois. The proposed project will require significant expansion and/or capital investments in the existing office space in Chicago and the lease of a new facility in Champaign. Yahoo! Inc. and its Subsidiaries will create 36 full-time jobs (32 in Champaign and 4 in Chicago), retain 85 full-time jobs in Champaign, and make a Capital Investment of $6,950,863. Zebra Technologies Corporation Zebra Technologies Corporation had performed its due diligence to support a relocation of existing positions to a lower cost alternative location in the state of Georgia (metro Atlanta area). The lower overall business costs as well as a favorable work force and business environment would also enable the Company to potentially expand operations in Atlanta as well. However, the Company ultimately chose a larger facility in Lincolnshire, Illinois.

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The Company will create 25 full-time jobs, retain 593 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $29,019,934. Zurich American Insurance Company and its Subsidiaries The current lease for Zurich American Insurance Company and its Subsidiaries headquarters location in Schaumburg is set to expire in 2016. Although the corporate headquarters function is not anticipated to leave Illinois, the company undertook a strategic process to identify options in both the metro Chicago area and other markets nationally where the company has an existing presence and could relocate 1,000 jobs out of the 2,000 jobs that are currently located in Schaumburg. Specifically, those roles are finance (165 jobs); claims (270 jobs); operations and IT (440 jobs); underwriting, sales and marketing (25 jobs); human resources, legal and administration (100 jobs). The Company evaluated lower-cost options across the country which included studying various markets and collaborating with employees to identify locations and environments that will best meet the company’s needs and help them achieve its goals as a company. The preferred alternative location was the Kansas City, Kansas metro area, specifically Overland Park, Kansas. Zurich American Insurance Company and its Subsidiaries will create 100 full-time jobs within (2) years, create a total of 250 full-time jobs within (5) years, retain 1,000 full-time jobs and make a Capital Investment of $128,929,699.

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UPDATE ON PROJECTS PRIOR TO 2013 OF COMPANIES WHO HAVE RECEIVED OR LOST TAX CREDITS

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1 Abbott Laboratories #1 Abbott Park

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2 Abbott Laboratories #2 DesPlaines

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3 Accenture, Inc. Chicago L L L L L L L L L

4 Accretive Health, Inc. Chicago

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5 Advance International Inc. Steger

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6 Aisin Electronics Illinois, LLC #1 Marion L L L L L L L

7 Aisin Light Metals, LLC Marion

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8 Aisin MFG., Illinois LLC #1 Marion

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9 Akzo Nobel, Inc. Chicago R R R R R R R R R R

10 Alamo Group (IL) Inc. Gibson City

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11 Albany Molecular Research, Inc. Mt. Prospect

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12 Alcoa Extrusions, Inc. Morris L L L L L L L L L L

13 Allianz Global Risks US Insurance Company Chicago

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14 Allstate Insurance Company #1 Woodridge R R R L R R R R R R

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15 Alpha Baking Company, Inc. Chicago

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16 Amada America, Inc. Schaumburg

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17 American Bottling Company Harvey R

18 American General Life Insurance Company Springfield

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19 Amerisource Bergen Corporation Romeoville

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20 Andrew Corporation Joliet and Westchester

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21 Android Industries - Belvidere, LLC Belvidere

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22 Anixter, Inc. Alsip

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ArcelorMittal Riverdale Inc. and ArcelorMittal Hennepin Inc. f/k/a Mittal Steel USA Riverdale Inc. f/k/a International Steel Group, Inc. #1 (ISG Riverdale, Inc.) Riverdale / Hennepin

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24 ArcelorMittal USA Inc. #3 Chicago R R R R R R

25 Arizon Companies of Illinois, Inc. Madison

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26 Arnold Magnetic Technologies Holdings Corporation Marengo

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27 Arrow Financial Services, LLC Niles

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28 Associated Material Handling Industries, Inc. Addison

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29 Astellas Holding US, Inc. #1 (f/k/a Fujisawa Healthcare, Inc.) Deerfield

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30 Astellas Research Institute of America LLC Skokie

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31 Astellas US, LLC Glenview

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32 AT & T Broadband Chicago

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AT &T Mobility LLC f/k/a New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC f/k/a Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, L.L.C. Springfield

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34 ATI Holdings, LLC Bolingbrook

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35 Atlas Material Testing Technology, LLC Chicago

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36 Avatar Corporation University Park L L L L L L

37 Aventine Renewable Energy Inc. Pekin L L L L L L

38 Avlon Industries, Inc. Melrose Park

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39 B-1 Logistics, Inc. Decatur

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40 Baker & Taylor, Inc. Momence

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41 Barjan Products, L.L.C. Rock Island

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42 BarrierSafe Solutions International, Inc. Lake Forest

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43 Bee Chemical Company Lansing L L L L L L L L L

44 Bel Brands USA, Inc. f/k/a Bel/Kaukauna U.S.A., Inc. Chicago

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45 Big Ten Network, LLC Chicago

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46 Bourn & Koch Inc. Rockford

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47 C & F Packing Company, Inc. Lake Villa L R R R R R R R R R

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48 Cablofil, Inc. Mascoutah

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49 Cabot Microelectronics Corporation Aurora

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50 Camcraft, Inc. Hanover Park

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51 Cardinal Health Inc. and Subsidiaries Waukegan

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52 Cardinal Health PTS, LLC. f/k/a PCI, Inc. Woodstock

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53 Career Education Corporation #1 Hoffman Estates

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54 Career Education Corporation #2 Downers Grove, Schaumburg, Chicago, Hoffman Estates

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55 CareerBuilder, LLC Chicago

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56 Carl Buddig and Company South Holland

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57 Carlisle SynTec Inc. Greenville R R R R R R

58 Caterpillar Logistics Services, Inc. DesPlaines

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59 Catty Corporation Chemung

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60 CCH Incorporated Riverwoods & Chicago

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61 CCL Custom Manufacturing, Inc. Danville

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62 CDW Corporation and Affiliates #1 Chicago

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63 CDW Corporation and Affiliates #2 Vernon Hills and Mettawa

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64 CDW Corporation and Affiliates #3 Chicago

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65 Cellco Partnership d/b/a/ Verizon Wireless Elgin

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66 Center Ethanol Company, LLC Sauget R R R R R

67 Centerpost Corporation Chicago

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68 Central Grocers, Inc. Joliet

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69 Champion Laboratories, Inc. #1 Albion R R R R R R R R R R

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70 Chicago Park Plastics Corporation Chicago (Ford)

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71 Chrysler Group, LLC Belevidere

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72 Cisco Systems Inc. and Subsidiaries Rosemont

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Clearwater Paper Corporation f/k/a Potlatch Forest Products Corporation f/k/a Potlatch Corporation Elwood

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CNO Financial Group, Inc. f/k/a Bankers Life & Casualty Company Chicago

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75 Cognis Corporation Kankakee

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76 Combined Insurance Company of America Chicago

R R

77 Command Transportation, LLC Skokie R R

R – Indicates Tax Certificates issued by DCEO L – Indicates Tax Certificates lost due to non‐compliance by the Company 

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COMPANY 2001 TAX

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78 Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc & Subsidiaries Mattoon

R R R

79 Continental Electrical Construction Company, LLC Oak Brook

R

80 Continental Tire North America, Inc. #1 Mt. Vernon

L L L L L

81 Continental Tire North America, Inc. #2 Mt. Vernon

L L L L

82 Continental Tire North America, Inc. #3 Mt. Vernon

L L L

83 Continental Tire the Americas, LLC Mt. Vernon

R

84 Cook Incorporated Canton

L L L

85 Corpak MedSystems, Inc. Buffalo Grove

R L

86 Coyote Logistics, LLC Chicago R

87 CST Industries, Inc. d/b/a Engineered Storage Products DeKalb

R R R R R R R

88 Custom Fabrications & Coatings, Inc. Granite City

L L L L

89 D & R Technology, L.L.C. Carol Stream R R L L L L L L

90 Danfoss Drives Loves Park

L L L

91 Dawn Food Products, Inc. Manteno L L

92 DBT America, Inc. Carrier Mills, Norris City L L L L L

93 Deere & Company #1 Moline

R R R R R R R R R R EDGE TAX

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94 Deere & Company #2 East Moline, Silvis & Moline R R R R R R R R R

95 Deere & Company #3 Milan R R R

96 Deere & Company #4 Silvis & East Moline

R R

97 Dentsply International Inc. Elk Grove Village L L L L L L L L L

R – Indicates Tax Certificates issued by DCEO L – Indicates Tax Certificates lost due to non‐compliance by the Company 

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COMPANY 2001 TAX

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98 DeVry, Inc. #1 Naperville

R R R R R R R

99 DeVry, Inc. #2 Addison, Wood Dale, Chicago

R R R

100 DeVry, Inc. #3 Downers Grove R R R

101 Dick Blick Holdings Inc. Galesburg

R R R R R R R R R R EDGE TAX

CREDIT EXPIRED

102 Digitas L.L.C. Chicago

L L L L L L L L L L

103 Dollar Tree Distribution, Inc. Joliet L L L L L L L L

104 Doric Products, Inc. Marshall

R R

105 Dot Foods and Subsidiary #1 Mt. Sterling

R R R R R R R

106 DoubleClick, Inc. Chicago R R L L L L L

107 Dover Corporation Downers Grove

R R

108 Drumheller Bag Corporation Peoria

L L L L

109 Durham School Services, LP Downers Grove and Warrenville L R R

110 Dynacoil, Inc. Zion

L L L L L

111 Dyson, Inc. Chicago

R R R R R R R R

112 E.I. DuPont and Company El Paso R R R

113 Echo Global Logistics, Inc. Chicago

L L L

114 ECLI Products, LLC d/b/a Engineered Custom Lubricants Aurora

R

115 Edward Don & Company Woodridge

R

116 Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. McCook R R L L

117 Elementis Pigments Inc. East St. Louis L L L L L L L L L L

118 Elliott Aviation of the Quad Cities, Inc. Moline

R R R R R R R R R R

119 Enloe Drugs, LLC Decatur

R L R L L L L

R – Indicates Tax Certificates issued by DCEO L – Indicates Tax Certificates lost due to non‐compliance by the Company 

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COMPANY 2001 TAX

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120 Enterprise Recovery Systems, Inc. Oak Brook

R R

121 Equinix, Inc. Elk Grove Village, Chicago

R R R R R

122 Ernst & Young U.S. LLP Chicago

R R

123 Evraz Inc. NA Chicago R

124 Excel Display & Packaging/Excel Container, Inc. Aurora

R L L L R R

125 Excel Foundry and Machine, Inc. #1 Pekin

L R R R R R R

126 Exel Inc. #2 Romeoville

R L L L L L L

127 Expert Automotive Technologies, Inc. Romeoville

L L L L L L L L L

128 FedEx Freight East, Inc. #2 Effingham L L L L

129 FedEx Freight, Inc. #1 East Moline

L R R R

130 FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. #1 Bedford Park

L R R R

131 FedEx Ground Package System, Inc. #2 Grays Lake

R

132 Fenwal Inc. Long Grove

R R R R R

133 Flexitech, Inc. Bloomington L L L L L

134 FLSmidth Excel LLC f/k/a Excel Crusher Technologies, LLC Pekin

L R R R R R L

135

FMS Investment Corp. d/b/a Financial Management Systems #1 Rockford

L L

136

FMS Investment Corp. d/b/a Financial Management Systems #2 Schaumburg

L L

137 Follett Corporation and Subsidiaries #1 McHenry

R R R

138 Fonterra (USA) Inc. Rosemont, Chicago R L R

R – Indicates Tax Certificates issued by DCEO L – Indicates Tax Certificates lost due to non‐compliance by the Company 

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COMPANY 2001 TAX

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139 Ford Motor Company Chicago, Chicago Heights

L R R R

140 Fore Transportation Harvey

L L L L

141 Freudenberg Household Products LP Aurora

L R L

142 Fuchs Lubricants Co. #1 Harvey R R R R L L R R

143 G & W Electric Company Bolingbrook

R

144 Gates Corporation Galesburg

R L R R R

145 Gateway Energy and Coke Company, LLC Granite City

R R R

146 Gateway Packaging Company Granite City R R R L L L L

147 GEKA BRUSH CORP. Elgin

L L L

148 Genco I, Inc. #1 / Unilever Project Pontoon Beach

R R R L L L L L R

149 Genco I, Inc. #2 / Hershey Project Edwardsville

L L L L L L L L

150 General Manufacturing, LLC Elk Grove Village R

151 General Mills Operations, Inc. #1 Belvidere

R L R R R R R R R

152 General Mills Operations, Inc. #2 Belvidere

R R R R

153 GETCO LLC Chicago R L

154 Goglanian Bakeries, Inc. Crest Hill

L

155 Groupon, Inc. Chicago

R R

156 Grub Hub Inc. Chicago R R

157 Grupo Antolin Illinois Belvidere

R L R R L R R

158 Guaranteed Rate, Inc. Chicago

R

159 Guinness UDV North America, Inc. Plainfield

L L L L L L L L L L

160 Harlan Bakeries - Illinois LLC Effingham L L L

R – Indicates Tax Certificates issued by DCEO L – Indicates Tax Certificates lost due to non‐compliance by the Company 

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COMPANY 2001 TAX

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161 Harland Clarke Corp. f/k/a John H. Harland Company Bolingbrook

R L R L L L L

162 Herff Jones, Inc. Arcola L L L L L

163 High Voltage Software Hoffman Estates

L L L

164 Highland Baking Co., Inc. Northbrook R R R R R

165 Hodgson Mills, Inc. Effingham L L L L

166 Holten Meat, Inc. Sauget

R R R R R R R R

167 Hoover Universal, Inc. (Johnson Controls) Sycamore

L L L L L R

168 Hormel Foods Corporation Rochelle

R L R R R R R

169 Hospira, Inc. & Subsidiaries Lake Forest R R R R R R R

170 IBM #1 Chicago

L L L L L L L L L L EDGE TAX

CREDIT EXPIRED

171 IBM #2 Oak Brook Terrace

L L L L L L L L L

172 IBM #3 Schaumburg L L L L L L L L

173 Imperial Sheet Metal, LTD Alton

L L L L

174 Imperial Trailer Mfg. & Sales, Inc. Olney

L L L L L L L

175 Indiana Sugars, Inc. Woodridge R

176 Infinium Capital Management, LLC Chicago

R R R R L

177 InfraSource Corporate Services, Inc. and Affiliates Glen Ellyn

R R R R R

178 Interior Investments, LLC Lincolnshire

R

179 International Paper Food Service Business Shelbyville

L L L L L L L L L L

180 International Titanium Powder LLC Ottawa

L L L L L L

R – Indicates Tax Certificates issued by DCEO L – Indicates Tax Certificates lost due to non‐compliance by the Company 

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COMPANY 2001 TAX

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181 Iron Mountain Industries (Spartan Project) Chicago

L L L L L L L L L L EDGE TAX

CREDIT EXPIRED

182 Iroquois Industrial Group, LLC Watseka R

183 James Hardie Building Products, Inc. #1 Peru

L L L L L L L L L L EDGE TAX

CREDIT EXPIRED

184 James Hardie Building Products, Inc. #2 Chicago

R

185 JCL Bioassay USA, Inc. Hoffman Estates

L L L

186 Jet Aviation St. Louis, Inc. f/k/a Midcoast Aviation, Inc. Cahokia

R R L L L

187 John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. Elgin L L L L L L

188 John Boos & Co. Effingham R R

189 Joseph's Food Products Company, Inc. Broadview

R R R R

190

JP Morgan Chase & Co. f/k/a Bank One Corporation Subsidiaries #1 Chicago, Elgin, Elk Grove Village

R R R R R R R R R R

191

JP Morgan Chase & Co. f/k/a Bank One Corporation Subsidiaries #2 Elgin

L L L L L L L L

192 Kalle USA Inc. Gurnee R R R R R

193 Kapak Company LLC Hanover Park

R

194 Kaplan Higher Education Corporation Chicago

L L

195 Keebler Company #1 Chicago L L L L L L L L L

196 Keebler Company #2 Chicago

L L L L

197 Kellogg IT Services Company Oak Brook

L L L L L

198 Kerry Inc. Gridley R

199 Key Components, LLC d/b/a Turner Electric Edwardsville

L L L L

R – Indicates Tax Certificates issued by DCEO L – Indicates Tax Certificates lost due to non‐compliance by the Company 

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COMPANY 2001 TAX

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200 Kohl's Department Stores, Inc. Ottawa

L R R R

201 KONE Inc. #1 Lisle

L L L L

202 KONE Inc. #2 Moline L L L

203 LAB Development, LLC Buffalo Grove

R

204 Labriola, Inc. d/b/a Labriola Baking Co. Alsip

R R R

205 Lake Cable, LLC Bensenville

R R R R R R R

206 Lamb Assembly & Test, UNOVA, Inc. Machesney Park

L L L L L L L L

207 Lanco International, Inc. Mi-Jack Products, Inc. Hazel Crest

L R R R R R R R R

208 Land O'Frost, Inc. #1 Lansing R R R R R R R R R R

209 LB Steel, LLC Harvey

L L R R R L R R R

210 Leggett & Platt, Inc. Freeport

R L R R L L L L

211 Levy Home Entertainment LLC Oak Brook and Romeoville R L L L L

212 LifeWatch, Inc. Rosemont

R R L L L

213 Lincolnland Agri-Energy, LLC Robinson

L L L L L L L L

214 Little Lady Foods, Inc. Gurnee L R R R R R R R R

215 Livingston Pipe & Tube, Inc. Staunton & Schram City

R R R R R R R R R R EDGE TAX

CREDIT EXPIRED

216 LKQ Corporation Chicago

R

217 L'Oreal USA, Inc. Chicago L L L L L L L L L

218 Lowe's Home Centers, Inc. Rockford

R R R R R

219 LTD Commodities LLC #1 Naperville

R R R L L L L L L L EDGE TAX

CREDIT EXPIRED

220 LTD Commodities LLC #2 Aurora L L L L L L L L

221 MacLean Investment Partners, LLC and Subsidiaries Rock Falls

R R

R – Indicates Tax Certificates issued by DCEO L – Indicates Tax Certificates lost due to non‐compliance by the Company 

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COMPANY 2001 TAX

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222 Madison Paper Company Alsip

R R R R R R R R L L EDGE TAX

CREDIT EXPIRED

223 Maine Plastics, Inc. Zion

L L L L L L

224 Mattoon Rural King Supply, Inc. Mattoon R R R R R R R R

225 Maytag Corporation Herrin

R R R R R L L L L L EDGE TAX

CREDIT EXPIRED

226 MCI WorldCom Communications, Inc. Rockford

L L L L L L L L L L

227 McKesson Corporation Aurora

L L L

228 McLane Midwest Danville L L L L L L

229 McWane, Inc. f/k/a Manchester Tank & Equipment Company Quincy

R R R R R R R R R R

230 Mead Johnson Nutrition Company Glenview

R R R

231 MeadWestvaco Consumer Packaging Group, LLC Jacksonville

R L L L L L L L

232 Medela, Inc. McHenry L R R R R R

233 Medicus Group International, Inc. Chicago L L L L

234 Medline Industries, Inc. #1 Mundelein

R R R R R R R R R R EDGE TAX

CREDIT EXPIRED

235 Medline Industries, Inc. #2 Libertyville R R R R R

236 Medline Industries, Inc. #3 Mundelein R R

237 Menard, Inc. Plano

R L L L L L L L L

238 Menk USA, LLC Sterling L L L L L L L L L

239 Menlo Logistics, Inc. Joliet R L L

240 MicroSun Technologies LLC Woodridge

R R R R

241 Middleby Corporation Mundelein R L L L L

242 Midwest Molding, Inc. Bartlett R L L L L L

243 Midwest Transport, Inc. Robinson

L L L L L L L L

R – Indicates Tax Certificates issued by DCEO L – Indicates Tax Certificates lost due to non‐compliance by the Company 

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COMPANY 2001 TAX

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244 MIFAB, Inc. Chicago

R R R R R R

245 MillerCoors LLC Chicago

R R

246 Minarik Corporation South Beloit L L L L L L L L L

247 Mori Seiki U.S.A., Inc. Hoffman Estates

L L L L

248 Motorola Mobility LLC Libertyville & Chicago

R R

249 Mounds Production Company, LLC Mounds

L L L L L L

250 MPP Management Co., Inc. DuQuoin L L L L L L L L L L

EDGE TAX CREDIT

EXPIRED

251 Mueller Water Products, Inc. Decatur

L L L L L L

252 Natural Enrichment Industries Herrin

L L L L

253 Navistar International Corporation Lisle, Melrose Park, Joliet R

254 NDK Crystal, Inc. Belvidere

L L L L L L L L L

255 Nestlé Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries #1 Itasca

R R R R R L

256 Nestlé Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries #2 Northbrook

R L

257 Neuco Inc. Downers Grove

R

258 Neutral Tandem, Inc. Chicago

R R R R R R R R R

259 Newell Window Furnishings/Kirsch Freeport

L L L L L L L L L L EDGE TAX

CREDIT EXPIRED

260 Nexus Distribution Corporation Bedford Park L L L

261 Nippon Sharyo USA, Inc. Rochelle, Arlington

R

262 North American Lighting, Inc. #1 Paris R R R R R R R R R R

263 North American Stainless, L.P. Minooka L L L L L L L L L L

EDGE TAX CREDIT

EXPIRED

264 North American Van Lines, Inc. #1 Naperville

R R R R R R R L L L EDGE TAX

CREDIT EXPIRED

R – Indicates Tax Certificates issued by DCEO L – Indicates Tax Certificates lost due to non‐compliance by the Company 

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COMPANY 2001 TAX

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265 Nypro Inc. Hanover Park

L L L R

266 OfficeMax Incorporated and Affiliates Naperville and Itasca

R L L L L L

267 Olin Corporation on behalf of Olin Brass East Alton

R L L L L L L L L L

268 Omron Automotive Electronics, Inc. St. Charles

L L L L L L L L L

269 Pabst Brewing Company Woodridge R R L L L

270 Pactiv Corporation #1 Belvidere

L L L L L L L L L

271 Pactiv LLC f/k/a Prairie Packaging, Inc. #1 Bedford Park

R R R R R R R R R

272 Pactiv LLC f/k/a Prairie Packaging, Inc. #2 Bolingbrook

R R R R R R R

273 Pactiv LLC f/k/a Prairie Packaging, Inc. #3 Bridgeview

R R R R R L L

274 Pactiv LLC f/k/a Prairie Packaging, Inc. #4 Bedford Park

R R R R R R R

275 Panduit Corp. #1 Lockport L L L L L L L L L

276 Panduit Corp. #2 DeKalb

R R R R R

277 Panduit Corp. #3 Tinley Park & Orland Park

R R R

278 Peacock Engineering Company, LLC Bolingbrook

R R R R

279 Pella Corporation Macomb L L L L L L

280 PENTAIR - Everpure Hanover Park

L L L L L L L

281 PepsiCo, Inc. Chicago & Barrington

R R R R R R R R

282 PETsMART, Inc. Ottawa R R L R R R R

283 Pitney Bowes, Inc. Buffalo Grove

L L L L L L L L L L EDGE TAX

CREDIT EXPIRED

284 Plaspros, Inc. McHenry

L L L L L L L L L

R – Indicates Tax Certificates issued by DCEO L – Indicates Tax Certificates lost due to non‐compliance by the Company 

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COMPANY 2001 TAX

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285 Plastech Engineered Products, Inc. Chicago (Ford)

L R L L L L L L

286 Plexus Corporation Buffalo Grove

L R R R R R R L L L

287 PNC Mortgage Group f/k/a National City Mortgage Downers Grove

R R R

288 Powervar, Inc. Waukegan

L L L L L L L L L L EDGE TAX

CREDIT EXPIRED

289 Praxair, Inc. on behalf of Praxair Distribution, Inc. Cahokia

R R R R R

290 Pres-On Corporation Woodridge

R

291

Preussag International Steel Corporation d/b/a Infra-Metals Co. Marseilles

L L L L L L L L L L

292 Prince Agriproducts, Inc. Quincy

L L L

293 Progressive Tool and Industries Company Chicago (Ford)

L L L L L L L L

294 Promark International, Inc. Bartlett

R R R R R R R R

295 Purchase Area Laundry Services, Inc. Metropolis

L L L L L L L

296 Quaker Manufacturing LLC Danville R L L R R L L L L L

EDGE TAX CREDIT

EXPIRED

297 R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company #1 Mattoon

L L L L L L L L L L EDGE TAX

CREDIT EXPIRED

298 Raani Corporation Bedford Park

L L L L

299 Rantoul Foods, LLC f/k/a Trim-Rite Food Corporation Rantoul

R R

300 RC2 Corporation Rochelle

L L L L L L L L

301 Ready Pac Produce, Inc. Franklin Park L L L L L L L L

302 Redbox Automated Retail, LLC Oakbrook Terrace R R

303 Reilly Foam Corporation Naperville

L L L

R – Indicates Tax Certificates issued by DCEO L – Indicates Tax Certificates lost due to non‐compliance by the Company 

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COMPANY 2001 TAX

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2004 TAX

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CERT

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304 Reinhart FoodServices, LLC University Park

L R R

305 Restaurant.com Arlington Heights

R L

306 Reunion Industries, Inc. d/b/a Hanna Corporation Libertyville

L L L L L L L L L L

307 Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc. f/k/a Reynolds Foil, Inc. Lake Forest

R R R R

308 RGH Enterprises, Inc. Elgin

R R

309 Robert Bosch Tool Corporation f/k/a S-B Power Tool Corporation Mount Prospect

R R R R R R L R R R

310 Ronin Capital, LLC Chicago R

311 Roquette America, Inc. Geneva L R R

312 RTC Industries, Inc. Romeoville

R R

313 Rubin Brothers, Inc. Chicago L L L L L L L L L

314 S & S Urethane, Inc. Farina L R R R

315 Schneider National Carriers, Inc. Edwardsville

R R R L L L

316 Schwartz Ventures, Inc./Madision Telephone Company Staunton Township

L L L L L L L

317 Service Pallet, LLC North Aurora

L L L L L L

318 ServiceMaster Holding Corporation & Affiliates Downers Grove

R R R L L L L L L L

319 Sev-Rend Corporation Collinsville R L R R

320 Shure Incorporated Niles R R R R R R R R R

321 Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, Inc. Deerfield

L L L

322

Siemens Industry, Inc. f/k/a Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc. Elgin

L R R

R – Indicates Tax Certificates issued by DCEO L – Indicates Tax Certificates lost due to non‐compliance by the Company 

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COMPANY 2001 TAX

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323 Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corporation #1 Rochelle

L L L L L L L L L

324 Silgan White Cap LLC Downers Grove R R

325 Snap-on Incorporated Crystal Lake

R R R R R R R R R R EDGE TAX

CREDIT EXPIRED

326

Solvay USA Inc. f/k/a Rhodia, Inc. Blue Island, Chicago Heights, University Park

R R

327

Source Interlink Companies, Inc. d/b/a Chas. Levy Circulating Company, LLC McCook

L L L L

328 Spartan Light Metals Sparta

L L L L L L L L L L

329 Spectrum Brands, Inc. f/k/a Rayovac Corporation Dixon

L L L L L L L L L

330 SPX Corporation Romeoville L L L

331 SPX Fluid Power Rockford

R R R R L L L L L L EDGE TAX

CREDIT EXPIRED

332 Stampede Meat, Inc. Bridgeview

L L L L L L L L L

333 Starcom Media Vest Group, Inc. Chicago L L L

334 Stericycle, Inc. Northbrook & Lake Forest

R R R

335 Sterling Steel Company, LLC Leggett & Platt, Inc. Sterling

R R R R R R R R R

336 Stevenson Crane Service, Inc. South Holland

R R R

337 Stratos Lightwave, LLC Harwood Heights R R L L L L L L L L

EDGE TAX CREDIT

EXPIRED

338 Suncast Corporation Batavia

R R R R R R R L L L EDGE TAX

CREDIT EXPIRED

339 SunCoke Energy, Inc. Lisle

R

340 Sunrock Ceramics Company, LLC Broadview

L L L L L

341 Supervalu, Inc. Champaign L R R R R R R

R – Indicates Tax Certificates issued by DCEO L – Indicates Tax Certificates lost due to non‐compliance by the Company 

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COMPANY 2001 TAX

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342 Syncreon Technology (USA) LLC f/k/a NAL Worldwide LLC Addison

R L R

343 Synovate, Inc. Chicago L L L L L L L

344

Sysco Central Illinois, Inc. f/k/a Robert's Sysco Food Services, Inc. Lincoln

R L L R R R

345 Sysco Food Services - Chicago, Inc. Des Plaines

R R R R R R R R R

346 Systrand Presta Engine Systems LLC Danville

L L L L L L L L L

347 Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. & Affiliates #1 Lincolnshire

R R R R R R R R R R

348 Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. & Affiliates #2 Deerfield

R R R R R R

349 Tap Pharmaceutical Products, Inc. Lake Forest

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350 Target Corporation DeKalb

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351

Technicolor (formerly Matsushita) Universal Media Services LLC of America Pinckneyville

R R R R R L L L L L EDGE TAX

CREDIT EXPIRED

352 Technology Solutions Group Inc. Aurora

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353 Terrace Holding Company Cicero

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354 The Boeing Company #1 Chicago R R R R R R R R R R R

355 The Boeing Company #2 Mascoutah

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356 The Chamberlain Group, Inc. Elmhurst

R

357 The Claro Group, LLC Chicago L L L L

358 The Dow Chemical Company Wilmington

L L L L L L L L L

359 The GSI Group, Inc. Taylorville

L L L L

R – Indicates Tax Certificates issued by DCEO L – Indicates Tax Certificates lost due to non‐compliance by the Company 

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360 The Hillshire Brands Company f/k/a Sara Lee Corporation Downers Grove

R R R R R R

361 The Jel Sert Company West Chicago R R

362 The Libman Company Arcola

L L L L L L L L L L EDGE TAX

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363 The New York Blower Company Effingham L L L L L L L L L

364 The Sherwin-Williams Company #1 Chicago

L L L L L L L L

365 The Sherwin-Williams Company #2 Homewood & South Holland

L L R R R R

366 The Sherwin-Williams Company #3 Effingham

R R R R

367 thinkorswim Group, Inc. Chicago

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368 ThyssenKrupp Crankshaft Co., LLC Danville

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369

TLHUS, Inc. (Tate & Lyle Holdings U.S.) and Subsidiary Companies Hoffman Estates, Decatur

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370 Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc. Chicago R R R R R R

371 Total Logistic Control, LLC Rochelle

R R L L R R R R R R

372 Tower Automotive Products Company, Inc. Chicago (Ford)

L L L L L L L L L

373 Tradebe Environmental Services, LLC Oak Brook

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374 Trading Technologies International, Inc. Chicago

R L R R R R R

375 Trinity Rail Group, LLC Oak Brook Terrace

L L L L L L L L L

376 Trinity Structural Towers, Inc. Clinton L L L L L

377 True Partners Consulting LLC f/k/a Verity Metis LLC Chicago

R R R R R R R

R – Indicates Tax Certificates issued by DCEO L – Indicates Tax Certificates lost due to non‐compliance by the Company 

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378 Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc. f/k/a IBP, Inc. Ottawa

R R R R R R R R R R EDGE TAX

CREDIT EXPIRED

379 U.S. Cellular Corporation #1 Chicago & Bensenville

R R R R R R R R R R EDGE TAX

CREDIT EXPIRED

380 U.S. Cellular Corporation #2 Bensenville

L L L L L L L L

381 U.S. Cellular Corporation #3 East St. Louis L L L L L L L L

382 U.S. Cellular Corporation #4 Itasca

R R R R R L L L

383 U.S. Cellular Corporation #5 Bolingbrook

R R R R R R R

384 U.S. Cellular Corporation #6 Chicago & Bensenville R R

385 U.S. Foods, Inc. #1 Rosemont

R R

386 UGN, Inc. Tinley Park

R R R R R R

387 Uline, Inc. Waukegan R R R R R R R R L R

388 United Parcel Service, Inc. (Ohio) #1 Rockford

R R R R R R

389 United Parcel Service, Inc. (Ohio) #2 Rockford & Hodgkins

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390 United States Cold Storage, Inc. Wilmington

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391 United Stationers Inc. and its Subsidiaries Deerfield

L R R R R R

392 United Stationers Supply Co. Greenville

R R R R R R R R R

393 University HealthSystem Consortium Chicago

R

394 UPM Raflatac, Inc. Dixon L L L L L

395 USF Holland, Inc. Granite City

L L L L L L L

396 USF Logistics Services, Inc. Pontoon Beach

L L L L L L L L L L

397 UTi Integrated Logistics Elwood L L L L L L

398 Vactor Manufacturing, Inc. #1 Streator

R R R R R R R R R R EDGE TAX

CREDIT EXPIRED

R – Indicates Tax Certificates issued by DCEO L – Indicates Tax Certificates lost due to non‐compliance by the Company 

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399 VAE Nortrak North America, Inc. Chicago Heights

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400 Vuteq Corporation Normal

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401 W. S. Darley & Co. Itasca L L L L

402 W. W. Grainger, Inc. Minooka, Niles

R

403 Wahl Clipper Corporation #1 Sterling

R R R R R R R R R

404 Walgreen Company & Subsidiaries #1 Deerfield

R R R R R R R R R R EDGE TAX

CREDIT EXPIRED

405 Walgreen Company & Subsidiaries #3 Edwardsville

R

406 WalMart Stores East, LP #1 Spring Valley R R R R R R R R R

407 WalMart Stores East, LP #2 Sterling

R R R R R R R

408 Warehouse Specialists, Inc. Sauk Village R R R R R R

409 Warner Electric, Inc. South Beloit L L L L L

410 Washington Mutual Bank, F.A. Vernon Hills

R R R L L R R L L L EDGE TAX

CREDIT EXPIRED

411 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Springfield R R R R R R R R

412 Wesley Jessen Corporation Des Plaines L L L L L L L L L L

413 William W. Meyer & Sons, Inc. Libertyville

R R L L L L

414 Wilton Industries Romeoville L L L L L L L

415 Winpak Heat Seal Corporation Pekin R L R R R R

416 Winpak Portion Packaging, Inc. Sauk Village, South Chicago Heights

R

417 Wirco Inc. Champaign

R L L L L L

418 Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company #1 Chicago R R R R R R R R R

419 Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company #2 Chicago

R R R R R R

420 Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company #3 Chicago

R R R R R

R – Indicates Tax Certificates issued by DCEO L – Indicates Tax Certificates lost due to non‐compliance by the Company 

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421 WMS Gaming, Inc. #1 Waukegan

L L L L L L

422 Wonderlic, Inc. Vernon Hills

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423 Woodland Foods LTD. Waukegan, Gurnee R

424 ZF Lemforder Chicago LLC Chicago (Ford)

L L L L L L L L L