Sears Tax Cost Basis Disclaimer

• Sears shareholders of record on June 30, 1995, received a distribution of .927035 shares of Allstate stock for each Sears common share.
• The worksheet below was distributed by Sears and is intended to help you determine your tax basis in the Allstate shares received from Sears.
• On July 1, 1998, Allstate issued additional shares of stock in a 2-for-1 stock split to stockholders of record on May 29, 1998.
• If you participated in this stock split with respect to any Allstate shares you received from Sears, the tax basis determined according to the worksheet below will have to be spread over all of the shares you owned after the stock split.