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ILLINOIS: WHERE YOUR BUSINESS MEETS SUCCESS Since people began to settle in the Midwest, has been a junction connecting people, business and goods necessary for global and national economic growth.

At our core, Intersect Illinois does the same thing. We seamlessly join commerce and community. We connect you to the robust workforce of Illinois– the spirited, adept people behind the Illinois business landscape.

8/16/2017 2 I L L I N O I S - CLEAR CHOICE

WITH A RICH HISTORY OF FOOD PRODUCTION FROM GROWING AND RAISING, TO PROCESSING, AND ULTIMATELY DISTRIBUTION, ILLINOIS IS THE CLEAR CHOICE FOR LONG - TERM SUCCESS IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY. IN ILLINOIS, YOUR BUSINESS WILL MEET ITS GREATEST OPPORTUNITY FOR SUCCESS WITH OUR

UNRIVALED EXPERIENCE IN

EXCEPTIONAL TALENT AND INNOVATION

UNPARALLELED INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK

SUPERIOR QUALITY OF LIFE

STRONG PUBLIC SUPPORT & PARTNERSHIPS

THE CHOICE IS CLEAR

8/16/2017 3 AN UNRIVALED EXPERIENCE IN FOOD PROCESSING

8/16/2017 4 TOP 30 BY EMPLOYMENT – FOOD INDUSTRY

1. Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. 18. Nationwide Foods, Inc. 2. ConAgra , Inc. 19. Nestlé S.A. 3. Dean Foods Co. 20. Newly Weds Foods, Inc. 4. El Milagro, Inc. 21. PepsiCo, Inc. 5. Ferrara Candy Co. 22. , Inc. 6. , Inc. 23. Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc. 7. Hershey Company 24. Rich Products Corp. 8. Hormel Foods Corp. 25. Rose Packing Co., Inc. 9. Inc. 26. Stampede Meat, Inc. 10. Jacobs Stiftung 27. Tate & Lyle P.L.C. 11. Kellogg Co. 28. Togo Packing Co., Inc. 12. Kraft- Co. 29. , Inc. 13. Mars, Inc. 30. Treehouse Foods, Inc. 14. Mary Lee Packaging Corp. 31. Tyson Foods, Inc. 15. McCain Foods Group, Inc. 32. WH Group Limited 16. , Inc. 17. Nation Pizza & Foods, L.P.

8/16/2017 5 THRIVING SUPPORTING INDUSTRIES

Home to the largest >$75B in intermodal output system 2015

Chemicals Business Services Logistics, Distribution & Packaging

UIUIC graduates more engineers than MIT, Contributes Cal Tech and Stanford $161B to combined Illinois Economy

Engineering Manufacturing

8/16/2017 6 TOP RANKINGS

GLOBAL ECONOMIC POWERHOUSE ▪ Home To 1,800 Foreign-based Companies— $100 Billion In Foreign Direct Investment ▪ Robust International Business Resources Including ▪ 80+ Consulates/Consuls General ▪ 100+ International/Ethnic Chambers Of Commerce And International Trade-based Organizations ▪ 28 International Sister Cities ▪ Over 40 Distinct Ethnic Communities With Populations Greater Than 35,000

▪ #3 Fastest Tech Job Growth in the US CBRE

▪ #1 Metro for New and Expanding Companies Site Selection Magazine

▪ #1 Top State for LEED Green Building Business Facilities Magazine 2016

▪ #2 State for Business Creation US Bureau of Labor Statistics

▪ #4 Export Leader Business Facilities

▪ #5 Highest GDP in the Nation US Census Bureau

▪ #5 Best State to Make a Living MoneyRates.com

▪ #17 Largest Economy in the World Bureau of Economic Analysis

8/16/2017 7 EXCEPTIONAL TALENT & INNOVATION

8/16/2017 8 MAGNET FOR THE BRIGHTEST MINDS

192 HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS STATEWIDE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS GRADUATES MORE ENGINEERS EACH YEAR THAN MIT, STANFORD & CAL TECH COMBINED

▪ #1 Metro for Big Ten Alumni Choose

▪ #1 City for Recent Grads GradSpot.com

▪ Among Top 10 Universities in the World University of Chicago

▪ 2 Top 20 Universities in U.S. University of Chicago & Northwestern

▪ Top 5 Computer Science/Engineering University of Illinois U.S. News ▪ University of Illinois #5- ADM Institute for Post-harvest Loss ▪ University of Michigan #6 ▪ Purdue University #9

▪ Top 5 for Engineering Research Expenditures U.S. News

▪ Top 5 for Best Prepared Students Wall Street Journal ▪ Award-Winning & Largest Full-Time, Graduate-Only Design Program in the U.S. Illinois Institute of Technology Institute of Design

8/16/2017 9 STATEWIDE CORPORATE TALENT PIPELINE

BUSINESS / MBA ENGINEERING

Graduates Per Year: 103,504 Graduates Per Year: 37,012 Chicago has two of the Top 10 MBA 3 of the Top 10 undergraduate engineering programs in the world: University of schools within a 2-4 hour drive: University Chicago and Northwestern of Illinois, Purdue & Michigan

LEGAL IT / COMPUTER Graduates Per Year: 8772 Graduates Per Year: 28,758 Chicago has 2 of the Top 10 Law Schools University of Illinois is one of the nation’s in the U.S. for Career Prospects: Top 10 undergraduate computer science University of Chicago & Northwestern programs in the U.S

8/16/2017 10 FOOD SAFETY INNOVATION LEADERSHIP

I F S H - INSTITUTE FOR FOOD SAFETY AND HEALTH, h o u s e d a t C o r n Products International's former HQ campus and staffed by the Illinois Institute of Technology, is the only institute in the country bringing together FDA, food industry, and university researchers to work side-by-side on the development, validation, and implementation of food processing and packaging technologies critical for food safety. ▪ One of the first Biosafety Level 3 (BSL-3) facilities in the US specifically designed to study the behavior of pathogens and virulent organisms in real-world food processing conditions ▪ Nation's premier Food Safety Modernization Act training programs ▪ 5 research platforms in food processing & packaging, food microbiology, chemical contaminants & allergens, nutrition, and proficiency testing ▪ Strong talent pipeline with Illinois Institute of Technology Department of Food Science and Nutrition graduate and professional student collaboration

IFSH Member Companies

8/16/2017 11 INNOVATION & ENTREPRENUERSHIP

▪ 1st in the Nation for Food-Related Patents ▪ Chicago is the #6 Tech City in the World, ranked by KPMG Global Technology Innovation Report ▪ ICNC (Industrial Council of Nearwest Chicago), one of the largest business incubators in the nation, facilitates expansion of startup and established businesses in areas such as food processing ▪ National Foodworks Services (NSF) Incubator, located in Central Illinois next to ADM's Research Center, fosters food entrepreneurship through business-to-business collaboration, education in product development, food manufacturing, financing, and marketing; and product development with shared manufacturing, packaging, labeling, and other services ▪ Good Food Business Accelerator, which has helped businesses raise more than $23 million in the last several years, produced the Midwest's leading sustainable food innovation trade show, and trained thousands of farmers and food producers each year

Juan Luciano | ADM Chairman and CEO 8/16/2017 12 UNPARALLELED INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK

8/16/2017 13 DISTRIBUTION INFRASTRUCTURE | AIR

▪ O’Hare has the Most Flights in the US ▪ Most Nonstop Overseas Flights ▪ Triple-Hub Airport System ORD/MDW ▪ 65 International Destinations Within 4-Hour Flight of all North American Destinations ▪ Most International Cargo Traffic ▪ Nonstop Service to 200+ Destinations 8/16/2017 14 DISTRIBUTION INFRASTRUCTURE | AIR

Within A 4-Hour Flight ofAll Major North American Destinations – 142 Non-Stop & Direct Domestic Routes

8/16/2017 15 GROUND DELIVERY

8/16/2017 16 DISTRIBUTION INFRASTRUCTURE | RAIL

ILLINOIS IS THE ONLY STATE WITH ALL SEVEN CLASS 1 FREIGHT RAILROADS Freight Access to Over 80% of the Continental US in 72 Hours or Less

8/16/2017 17 DISTRIBUTION INFRASTRUCTURE | ROAD

3 RD LARGEST INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM IN THE US

▪ Over 146,000 Miles of Highway ▪ At the Crossroads of the American Economy ▪ Truck Access to Over 70% of Eastern US Locations in 13 Hours or Less ▪ 4th in the Nation in Terms of Freight Rate in Ton Miles (Tons of Freight Moved in One Mile) ▪ 4th Highest in the Nation for Tonnage Moved by Trucks on Roadways ▪ 3rd in the Country in Terms of Value of Freight Flow, Tons of Freight, and Ton Miles of Freight-Flow Trailing Only Texas and California ▪ The Truck Transportation Industry Ranks 3rd in the US with $6.9 Billion Dollars in Economic Output

8/16/2017 18 DISTRIBUTION INFRASTRUCTURE | WATERWAYS & PORTS

ILLINOIS HAS TWO MAJOR INLAND PORTS & 14 WATERWAY PORTS ▪ 84% of North America’s Fresh Water ▪ 21% of the World’s Surface Fresh Water ▪ Access to the Gulf of Mexico & Atlantic Ocean ▪ Illinois is home to the largest inland container port in North America, CenterPoint Intermodal Center (C.I.C) in Joliet, IL. ▪ 1095 miles of navigable waterways ▪ Shipping via waterways result in an average savings of $14 per ton, which results in a $9.2 billion dollar savings in transportation costs ▪ The Illinois portion of the River System saves shippers more than 2 billion in transportation costs annually ▪ These savings result in more than $11 billion dollars in additional output which provide an extra 100k jobs and $3 billion in realized income

8/16/2017 19 ENERGY RELIABILITY

TOP PERFORMING ELECTRIC RELIABILITY ▪ Sustained results in 2013, 2014 -2015 among the best in the Midwest, and top quartile nationally; 2016 best in class

COMPETITIVE ENERGY MARKET ▪ Over $41 billion in rate savings since 1999

BUSINESS - FOCUSED ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS ▪ $70 million in incentives; $440 million in business customer bill savings since 2007

REGIONAL RESOURCE ADVANTAGE ▪ Access to low carbon generation sources supports environmental initiatives

ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE 21 ST CENTURY ECONOM Y ▪ $2.6 billion smart grid and system modernization nearly complete – Energy Infrastructure Modernization Act (EIMA)

** Above information supplied by and refers to ComEd AVERAGE PRICE OF ELECTRICITY – INDUSTRIAL SECTOR

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-826, Monthly Electricity Sales and Revenue Report with State Distributions Report. December 2015.

8/16/2017 21 URBAN TO RURAL SUPERIOR QUALITY OF LIFE

8/16/2017 22 EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY OF LIVING

ABUNDANT OUTDOOR AMENITIES ▪ 26 Miles of Lakefront with an 18.5 Mile Lakefront Trail ▪ 580 Parks & 27 Beaches ▪ Over 225 Miles of Bike Lanes & 13,000 Bike Racks WORLD - CLASS DINING & HOTELS ▪ Over 100 Hotels with 37K Hotel Rooms ▪ Over 4,700 Restaurants; 35 Annual Food Festivals ▪ 38 Craft Breweries MAGNIFICENT ARTS & CULTURE ▪ Nearly 60 Museums & 90 Art Galleries ▪ Over 30 Film Festivals ▪ 200 Theater Companies & 220 Dance Companies ENDLESS CHOICES FOR NIGHTLIFE & ENTERTAINMENT ▪ Over 225 Music Venues ▪ 1K Outdoor Performances Per Week in the Summer; 15 Citywide and 50 Neighborhood Music Festivals ▪ Comedy Legends

8/16/2017 23 A NATIONAL LEADER IN HEALTHCARE

GROWING THE NEXT GENERATION ▪ Chicago Ranked #3 Metro in the Nation for Healthcare GRP and Employment in the Industry (Across 366 U.S. Metro Areas) ▪ 5 of the Top 15 Teaching Hospitals in the U.S. are in Chicago ▪ 20+ Teaching Hospitals ▪ 6 Medical Schools ▪ 7K Biomedical Science and Engineering Students Graduating Every Year ▪ Chicago Metro Ranks Top 25 in the U.S. for the Following Specialties ▪ Cardiology (2) ▪ Geriatrics (2) ▪ Gastroenterology & ▪ Diabetes & Endocrinology GI Surgery (2) ▪ Ear, Nose & Throat ▪ Cancer ▪ Neurology & ▪ Nephrology Neurosurgery (2) ▪ Pulmonology ▪ Orthopedics (2)

U.S. World News & Report

8/16/2017 24 QUALITY EDUCATION FOR FAMILIES

200+ HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS STATEWIDE ▪ 3 of the Top 30 Universities in the Country ▪ University of Chicago, Northwestern University, and University of Illinois

▪ Above U.S. Average High School Graduation Rate Illinois State Board of Education 2015

▪ 86 Nationally Ranked Public High Schools U.S. News & World Report 2015

▪ 71% of High School Students Taking College Courses Illinois State Board of Education 2013

▪ 40 Specialized S.T.E.A.M. Magnet Elementary Schools World Business Chicago 2015 ▪ 41 Nationally or Regionally Ranked Hospitals in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Metro Area

8/16/2017 25 STRONG PUBLIC SUPPORT & PARTNERSHIPS

8/16/2017 26 PUBLIC - PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS

Governor Rauner seeks to be strong partners with our business builders. They and the respective economic development organizations commit to:

▪ Provide best-in-class customer service now and in the future ▪ Assist with temporary and long-term site selection ▪ Expedite permitting and other requirements ▪ Collaborate to serve as a one-stop-shop to clear any bureaucratic red tape ▪ Support talent acquisition by hosting virtual job fair and connecting companies directly into university pipelines ▪ Connect companies to the existing ecosystem, including tech and civic organizations, digital initiatives and commissions, etc.

8/16/2017 27 STATE OF ILLINOIS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

ENTERPRISE ZONE (EZ) An EZ is a specific area designated by a municipality and certified by the State of Illinois to receive various tax incentives and other economic benefits. Businesses located within an enterprise zones are eligible for a sales tax exemption on building materials and machinery/equipment consumables. Other benefits include: a utility tax exemption on gas, electricity, and telecommunications; an investment tax credit for building, machinery and equipment; and a jobs tax credit for the hire of certified eligible workers. HIGH IMPACT BUSINESS (HIB) BENEFITS The HIB program provides incentives similar to those offered within an EZ to companies that make a minimum of $12 million investment causing the creation of 500 full-time jobs. ENERGY EFFICIENCY INCENTIVES Several of Illinois’ utilities offer an extensive portfolio of energy efficiency programs that offer a variety of incentives to help businesses manage energy use and save money on electricity bills. INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS The Illinois Department of Transportation may be able to provide funds to support various infrastructure projects, such as public roadway improvements, rail spurs, and truck access. ADDITIONAL LOCAL INCENTIVES Many of our local communities offer additional incentives, such as grants and tax increment financing. Our team will work with our local partners to coordinate additional financing options.

8/16/2017 28 QUALITY TRAINING

THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, OFFICE OF EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING (OET) CAN PROVIDE ASSISTANCE THROUGH FEDERALLY FUNDED WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR ELIGIBLE PARTICPANTS.

• ON-THE-JOB TRAINING • Designed to help employers hire, train, and retain employees • Provides up to a 75% wage reimbursement during the new employee’s training period

• CUSTOMIZED TRAINING • Designed to help employers hire, train, and retain employees • Provides up to a 75% wage reimbursement during the new employee’s training period

• REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS • Designed to help employers hire, train, and retain employees and enable those employees to earn an industry recognized portable credential • Combines on-the-job training and related instruction, enabling participants to earn money while they learn a particular set of skills • National criteria allow participants to earn nationally recognized certificates of completion certifying occupational proficiency

• INCUMBENT WORKER TRAINING • Designed to help employers upgrade the skills of current employees • Provides up to a 90% reimbursement of training costs

8/16/2017 29 STATE OF ILLINOIS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION Illinois does not collect a state tax on personal property. All property other than real estate is exempt from the property tax in Illinois. Thus, all classes of personal property - including machinery, equipment, inventories, and intangibles - are exempt. EXPORT ASSISTANCE Illinois’ State Trade and Export Promotion (ISTEP) program provides Illinois’ small businesses with both financial and technical assistance to increase their exports. The ISTEP program includes 5 options for Illinois’ companies to grow their export sales: Group Trade Missions, Individual Foreign Market Sales Missions, and Product Compliance, International Marketing Support, and Export Education Program. EDGE TAX CREDIT EDGE can provide tax credits to qualifying companies, equal to the amount of state income taxes withheld from the salaries of employees in the newly created jobs. The non-refundable credits can be used against corporate income taxes to be paid over a period not to exceed 10 years.

To qualify, a company must provide documentation that attests to the fact of an out-of-state site option, and agree to make an investment of at least $5 million in capital improvements and create a minimum of 25 new full-time jobs in Illinois. While each annual tax credit amount cannot be larger than the company's state income tax liability, the credit can be carried forward for up to five years. This program is currently expired. The Department will provide information if this program is reinstituted.

8/16/2017 30 ANDRIA WINTERS INTERSECT ILLINOIS [email protected] 312- 667- 6012

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