R2014-124 PRO-ACCOUNT PLAN SPONSOR AGREEMENT

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Item 15 Custody Nationwide Large Cap Growth Portfolio LCG Portfolio assets are custodied by a third party that is not affiliated with NIA. Point in Time Non-Discretionary Advice NIA does not provide ongoing investment advice or maintain custody of client assets in connection with this service. Adv_ice_Program for Plan Sponsors of Trustee Directed Retirement Plans Advice Program assets are custodied by Nationwide Trust Company. The custodian is authorized to deduct any and all Advice Program Fees, when due, from the plan account and to remit the fees to NIA as investment adviser. The custodian may charge a separate custody fee in addition to the Advice Program Fee. Nationwide Trust Company is a "related person" of NIA. A "related person" is a person (including a corporate entity) directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by, or under common control with, NIA. Control means the power, directly or indirectly, to direct the management or policies of a person (including a corporate entity), through ownership of securities, by contract,or otherwise. Nationwide Trust Company is 100%owned by Nationwide Financial, the indirect parent company of NIA. Therefore, Nationwide Trust Company and NIA are under common control. Because a related person of NIA acts as the custodian, NIA is considered to have custody of Advice Program assets. Advice Program clients receive quarterly account statements from the custodian as part of the Nationwide retirement program. Quarterly custodial statements reflect the deduction of Advice Program Fees. In addition, NIA sends quarterly fee notifications to each Advice Program client with assets under management in the program. All Advice Program clients should compare the fee notifications they receive from NIA to the Advice Program Fee deduction shown within their quarterly custodial statements. Any identified discrepancies should promptly be reported. Nationwide ProAccount in the Nationwide Retirement Program Nationwide ProAccount assets are custodied by the applicable custodian to the Nationwide Retirement Program, which may be either Nationwide Trust Company, FSB (for assets held on the Nationwide Trust Company trust platform), or NLIC (for assets held in a group annuity). Both Nationwide Trust Company and NLIC are "related persons" of NIA. A "related person" is a person (including a corporate entity) directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by, or under common control with, NIA. Control means the power, directly or indirectly, to direct the management or policies of a person (including a corporate entity), through ownership of securities, by contract, or otherwise. Nationwide Trust Company and NLIC are both 100%owned by Nationwide Financial. NLIC in turn owns 100%of NIA. Therefore, Nationwide Trust Company, NLIC and NIA are under common control. Because a related person of NIA acts as the custodian, NIA is considered to have custody of Nationwide ProAccount assets. The custodian is authorized to deduct any and all Nationwide ProAccount Fees, when due, from a ProAccount Client's retirement plan account and to remit the appropriate fees to NIA as investment adviser. The custodian may charge a separate custody fee in addition to the Nationwide ProAccount Fee. ProAccount Clients receive quarterly account statements from the custodian as part of the Nationwide Retirement Program. Quarterly custodial statements reflect the deduction of Nationwide ProAccount Fees. In addition, NIA sends quarterly fee notifications to each ProAccount Client with assets under management in Nationwide ProAccount. In plan sponsor/trustee directed retirement plans, custodial statements and quarterly fee notifications are sent to the plan sponsor/trustee and not to each individual plan participant. All ProAccount Clients should compare the 19