EEO Corporate Policy

Softmart has been and remains committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all persons without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, handicap, disabled status, or Vietnam-Era veteran status, consistent with business necessity and the safe performance of the job. In keeping with this policy, the Company seeks to recruit, hire, train and promote into available jobs the most qualified persons and to administer personnel matters such as compensation, benefits, transfer, training, layoffs, terminations, and Company-sponsored educational, social and recreational programs in accordance with this policy.

In addition to a commitment to apply equal opportunity principles in all of its personnel decisions, Softmart is committed to affirmative action to employ and advance members of protected groups. The Company is committed to taking positive steps to make its policy known, and to encourage all qualified minorities, women, handicapped persons and covered veterans to seek employment with the Company.

All managers and supervisors are expected to carry out their various job responsibilities in a manner which reflects and fosters the Company's equal opportunity policy. In addition, all other employees are expected to conduct themselves at work in ways consistent with this policy.

Softmart adopts this policy to assure compliance with all laws and orders requiring equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Executive Order 11246 (as amended by Executive Order 11375), the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, the Age Discrimination and Employment Act of 1967, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam-Era Veteran's Readjustment Act of 1974, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1992, and all other federal, state and local laws and regulations applicable to the Company.

Questions concerning the Company's equal employment opportunity policy or practice may be directed to any member of the Human Resources staff via email at hresource@softmart.com.