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Recognition Program The Venable Values You recognition program highlights excellence in performance. By recognizing accomplishments that contribute to the Firm’s overall goals and objectives, this program promotes Venable’s Guiding Principles and demonstrates appreciation for above and beyond performance. Our goal is to create a mechanism that recognizes and rewards individual and team outstanding accomplishments. By recognizing and rewarding employees for exemplary work, we can create and foster an inspiring work environment that will:  Motivate Venable employees to perform their job duties and responsibilities in an outstanding manner;  Promote positive behaviors that support individual, business unit, team, department, and/or business goals and objectives;  Enhance team building and collaboration;  Highlight employees as role models;  Provide timely recognition to employees;  Provide a continuum of opportunities to recognize employees; and  Highlight behaviors and activities that benefit the Firm. Nomination Process

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