These are foundations supporting Kimball's focus on continuously improving all that is done on the job. As each of our employees acknowledges the personal responsibility to improve processes, in essence, they are also helping to improve productivity and offering customers the value they expect in their order. Ultimately, these efforts allow us to become the company with which customers most enjoy working, and our profits will increase. The more profits we make, the more we can share our success with you - both personally and financially.

We share our success through a total compensation approach, which is linked to profits and is designed to provide a competitive package in the various geographic locations of our manufacturing and sales organizations. But wherever we’re located, increased profits strengthen the value of our compensation elements.

We believe Compensation is more than just a list of unrelated pieces. It is a carefully constructed "total package" with an array of elements to help meet the needs of our diverse employees.

Example of “total package” elements:

Opportunity — Opportunity reflects our belief that growth and continuous improvement are part of everyone's job. Our customers pay for our skills and how good we are at what we do. That's why Kimball dedicates a lot of time, human effort and money to provide employees the opportunity to build skills. This focus on developing skills to maximize our peoples' flexibility allows everyone to increase their personal contribution to Kimball's success. In turn, the opportunity for both personal and financial growth increases. There are many opportunities for training and skill-building during a Kimball career. And all are created with the goal of ultimately generating more financial success for Kimball and employees together.

Benefits — As a global organization, Kimball’s benefits are designed to be market-competitive in the regions we are located.

Family — Kimball has been built upon the tradition of a sense of family. Our sense of family values is reflected in each geographic location’s unique localized Family practices.

Time-Off — The Time-Off aspects of our total compensation plan reflect our belief that each of us needs time to spend with family and friends, as well as take a break from our work.

Cash — As stated in our Guiding Principles, "We want employees to share in their company's success, both financially and through personal growth and fulfillment." Kimball supports this principle through a strong belief in the use of various forms of incentives at all levels of the organization. As we improve processes, become more effective and better serve customers, incentives enable all of us to share in that success through growing personal earnings.

Summary — Through Opportunity, Family, Benefits, Time-Off, and Cash, each employee has a significant stake in effectively serving customers and continuing the long tradition of successful growth that has become a rich part of Kimball's history.

We hope the information provided has helped you better understand the value of Kimball's "Total Compensation" approach and how that approach enables our employees, no matter their location in the world, to fully share in the company's success. When considering all the elements of our Total Compensation package -- it's easy to see why Kimball has become the employer of choice for thousands.