Variable Investment Advisers, Inc. (VIA) provides a service for persons or firms interested in purchasing or selling shares of Common Stock or Series D Delivery Preferred Stock of Dakota Growers Pasta Company, Inc. through VIA's website. VIA has established an Alternative Trading System (ATS) to facilitate trading of those shares.

We have discussed this service with VIA in the past and reimbursed them for some nominal expenses, but have not entered into any contractual arrangement with VIA.

We do not implicitly or explicitly endorse VIA or its website, and we are not responsible for products and services that VIA provides. We do not stand behind VIA or receive any fees from VIA in connection with the services offered on its website.