Notes to Financial Statements
1. DESCRIPTION OF PLAN
The following is a brief description of the Gibraltar 401(k) Plan (the Plan) and is provided for general information purposes only. Participants should refer to the Plan Document and Summary Plan Description for more complete information.
General
The Plan is a defined contribution plan as permitted under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Plan is sponsored by Gibraltar Steel Corporation of New York (the Company), a subsidiary of Gibraltar Industries, Inc., for the benefit of eligible employees of the Company and its affiliates. The Company is the Plan Administrator, through the Gibraltar 401(k) Retirement Plan Committee. The Plan is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. The 401(k) Retirement Plan Committee is responsible for oversight of the Plan and determines the appropriateness of the Plan’s investment offerings, monitors investment performance and reports to the Company's Board of Directors.
Eligibility
All employees of the Company, those affiliates of the Company which have adopted the Gibraltar 401(k) Plan, and employees subject to a collective bargaining agreement that provides for coverage under the Plan, are eligible to participate in the Plan following the completion of six months of participation service.
Participant Contributions
Participants may contribute up to 100% of their annual compensation, not to exceed the ceiling imposed by the Internal Revenue Service of $18,000 for 2016 and 2015, as prescribed by the Plan Agreement. If a participant is age 50 or over, the ceiling increased to $24,000 for 2016 and 2015. The Plan provides an Automatic Enrollment feature for employees hired on or after January 1, 2016, who do not affirmatively make an elective deferral to the Plan, to automatically have three percent (3%) withheld each pay period and contributed to the Plan's Qualified Default Investment Alternative (QDIA) as a pre-tax deferral after the plan's six (6) month waiting period.
The Plan accepts participant-directed Roth Elective Deferrals, Roth Rollovers, Roth In-Plan Conversions, Pre-Tax Deferrals and Pre-Tax Rollovers.
Employer Contribution
The Company matches contributions to the Plan equal to 100% of the first 3% of the participants’ elective deferrals and 50% of the following 2% of the participants’ elective deferrals at the time of salary reduction. The Company match for employees subject to a collective bargaining agreement follows the terms of their respective agreement.
Plan Merger
There were no plan mergers in 2016. On January 1, 2016, the Plan was restated to allow employees of Rough Brothers, Inc.; Delta T Solutions Inc.; Rough Brothers Manufacturing; RBI Solar Inc.; and Renusol America Inc., (collectively known as “RBI”) to participate in the Plan. RBI was acquired by the Company in 2015. As a result of this restatement, the RBI Plan was merged into the Plan and net assets with a fair value of $6,123,496 were transferred on December 31, 2015.
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Administration
Fidelity Management Trust Company is the Plan Trustee, record keeper, and served as the custodian of the Plan’s assets for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015. The Administrator of the Plan may specify whether the investments of the Trust Fund shall be managed in whole or in part by the Trustee, one or more investment managers, the Administrator, or the participants as provided for by the Trust Agreement.
Plan Termination
Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right to terminate, amend, or modify the Plan at any time subject to the provisions of ERISA.
Participant Accounts
Separate accounts are maintained for each plan participant. Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contribution and an allocation of the Company’s contribution and Plan earnings and charged with an allocation of administrative expenses. Allocations are based on participant earnings or account balances, as defined. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account.
Vesting and Forfeitures
Salary reduction contributions and the earnings thereon are at all times fully vested and non-forfeitable. All active participants are 100% vested in employer contributions.
Benefit Payments
Upon retirement, termination of employment, death or disability, participants or their beneficiaries may elect to receive their account balances in a single sum or in equal annual, or more frequent installments over a period certain not to exceed the life expectancy of the participant or the joint life expectancy of the participant and his beneficiary.
Notes Receivable from Participants
Participants may borrow against their vested account balance subject to the provisions specified in the Plan agreement. Notes receivable shall not exceed five years, except for a maximum of ten years for the purchase of a primary residence. The notes receivable are secured by the vested balance in the participant's account and bear interest at the prime rate plus 1%. Principal and interest are required to be repaid in equal installments over the term of the receivable. Notes receivable from participants are valued at their unpaid principal balance plus any accrued but unpaid interest at December 31, 2016 and 2015. Related fees are recorded as administrative expenses and are expensed when they are incurred. Delinquent participant loans are reclassified as distributions based upon the terms of the Plan Document.
2.
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Accounting
The financial statements of the Plan are prepared on the accrual basis of accounting.
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Risks and Uncertainties
The Plan provides for various investment options. Investment securities are exposed to various risks, such as interest, market, and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the statements of net assets available for benefits.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and changes therein and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of additions and deductions during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Investment Valuation and Income Recognition
Participants direct the investment of their contributions into various investment options offered by the Plan. Participants may change their investment allocation on a daily basis. The Plan's investments are reported at fair value. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The Plan’s 401(k) Retirement Plan Committee determines the Plan’s valuation policies utilizing information provided by the investment advisors and custodian. See Note 3 for discussion of the fair value measurements used to value the Plan’s investments. Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Net appreciation (depreciation) included the Plan’s gains and losses on investments bought and sold as well as held during the year.
Benefits
Benefits are recorded when paid.
Plan Expenses
All of the costs of administration of the Plan and Trust are paid by the Company or the Participants. Brokerage commissions and similar costs of acquiring or selling securities (if any) that are incurred by the investment funds are borne by the participant. Origination fees for each loan are also borne by the participant. Investment related expenses are included in net appreciation (depreciation) of fair value of investments.
3. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
FASB ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurements,” defines fair value and establishes a valuation hierarchy for disclosure of the inputs to valuation used to measure fair value. This hierarchy prioritizes the inputs into three broad levels as follows: Level 1 inputs are quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Plan can access at the measurement date. Level 2 inputs are quoted prices to similar assets and liabilities in active markets or inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly through market corroboration, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument. Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs based on our own assumptions used to measure assets and liabilities at fair value. A financial asset or liability’s classification within the
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hierarchy is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Valuation techniques used need to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of
unobservable inputs. Following is a description of the valuation techniques used for assets measured at fair value. There have been no changes in the methodologies used at December 31, 2016 and 2015.
Shares of Registered Investment Companies
These investments are valued at the net asset value of shares held by the registered investment companies at year-end. The investments are measured at fair value using quoted prices for identical assets, which are readily available Level 1 inputs.
Common Collective Trust
This investment is comprised of fully benefit-responsive investment contracts issued by insurance companies and other financial institutions (“Contracts”), fixed income securities, and money market funds. Under the terms of the Contracts, the assets of the fund are invested in fixed income securities (which may include, but are not limited to, U.S. Treasury and agency bonds, corporate bonds, mortgage-backed securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities, asset backed securities, and collective investment vehicles and shares of investment companies that invest primarily in fixed income securities) and shares of money market funds. The net asset value (NAV) is used as a practical expedient to estimate fair value. This practical expedient would not be used if it is determined to be probable that the common collective trust will sell the investment for an amount different from the reported NAV. Participant transactions (purchases and sales) may occur daily.
Employer Securities
These investments consist of a fund composed of employer securities valued at the closing price reported on the active market on which the individual securities are traded. As a result, the value of the investment is based on Level 1 inputs.
Cash Equivalents
These investments are primarily composed of money market funds. Money market funds are public investment vehicles valued using $1 for the net asset value and are classified within Level 2 of the valuation hierarchy using the income approach.
Self-Directed Brokerage Funds
This investment consists of mutual funds and common stocks valued at readily determinable market prices of the associated investment. As a result, the value of the investment is based on Level 1 inputs.
The preceding methods described may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values. Furthermore, although the Plan believes its valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different fair value measurement at the reporting date.
Gibraltar 401(k) Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
The following table provides the assets carried at fair value measured on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2016:
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Level 1
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Level 2
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Level 3
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Total
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Shares of registered investment companies
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$
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101,504,157
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$
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—
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$
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—
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$
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101,504,157
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Common collective trust (1)
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―
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—
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―
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3,809,323
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Employer securities
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3,505,866
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―
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―
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3,505,866
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Cash equivalents
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―
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5,477,094
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―
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5,477,094
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Self-directed brokerage
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2,077,636
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—
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—
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2,077,636
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Total assets at fair value
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$
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107,087,659
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$
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5,477,094
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$
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—
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$
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116,374,076
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The following table provides the assets carried at fair value measured on a recurring basis as of
December 31, 2015
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Level 1
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Level 2
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Level 3
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Total
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Shares of registered investment companies:
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$
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98,149,470
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$
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—
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$
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—
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$
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98,149,470
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Common collective trust (1)
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―
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—
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―
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2,770,490
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Employer securities
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2,399,676
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―
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―
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2,399,676
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Cash equivalents
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―
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5,880,779
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―
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5,880,779
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Self-directed brokerage
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2,122,853
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—
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—
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2,122,853
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Total assets at fair value
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$
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102,671,999
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$
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5,880,779
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$
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—
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$
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111,323,268
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NOTE (1): In accordance with FASB ASC 820-10, certain investments that are measured at fair value using the net asset value per share (or its equivalent) practical expedient have not been classified in the fair value hierarchy. The fair value amounts presented in this table are intended to permit reconciliation of the fair value hierarchy to the amounts presented in the statements of net assets available for benefits.
The following table summarizes investments measured at fair value based on NAV per share as of December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. There are no participant redemption restrictions for these investments; the redemption notice period is applicable only to the Plan.
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December 31, 2016
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Fair Value
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Unfunded Commitments
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Redemption Frequency (if currently eligible)
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Redemption Notice Period
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Common collective trust
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$
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3,809,323
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N/A
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Daily
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12 months
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December 31, 2015
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Fair Value
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Unfunded Commitments
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Redemption Frequency (if currently eligible)
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Redemption Notice Period
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Common collective trust
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$
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2,770,490
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N/A
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Daily
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12 months
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Gibraltar 401(k) Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
4. TAX STATUS
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has determined and informed the Company by a letter dated August 24, 2012 that the Plan and related Trust, are designed in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code (the Code). Although the Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter, the Plan Administrator and the Plan’s tax counsel believe that the Plan is designed, and is currently being operated, in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Code and, therefore, believe that the Plan is qualified and the related Trust is tax-exempt.
5. PARTIES IN INTEREST
At December 31, 2016 and 2015, certain Plan investments are managed by Fidelity Management Trust Company, the Plan’s trustee, and therefore these transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions. The Plan also allows participants to elect to invest in the common stock of Gibraltar Industries, Inc. Transactions in such investments qualify as party-in-interest transactions which are exempt from the prohibited transaction rules. Fees incurred by the Plan for the investment management and recordkeeping services are included in net appreciation (depreciation) in fair value of the investment, as they are paid through revenue sharing, rather than a direct payment. Investment income from parties-in-interest and interest from participant loans amounted to $6,555,623 and $2,011,591 for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Fees paid by the Plan for loan processing fees amounted to $32,795 and $37,986 for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The Plan Sponsor pays directly any other fees related to the Plan’s operations.
6. RECONCILIATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO FORM 5500
The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for benefits per the financial statements to the Form 5500:
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December 31,
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2016
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2015
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Net assets available for benefits per the financial
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statements
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$
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119,677,317
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$
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114,932,553
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Differences in:
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Investments
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2,955,517
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3,276,715
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Notes receivable from participants
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(2,955,517
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)
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(3,276,715
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)
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Net assets available for benefits per the Form 5500
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$
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119,677,317
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$
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114,932,553
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The following is a reconciliation of the net increase in net assets available for benefits per the financial statements to the Form 5500:
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December 31,
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2016
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2015
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Net increase in net assets available
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for benefits per the financial statements
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$
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4,744,764
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$
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4,726,317
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Miscellaneous adjustment
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—
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(36,370
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)
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Net increase in net assets available
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for benefits per the Form 5500
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$
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4,744,764
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$
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4,689,947
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7. SUBSEQUENT EVENT
Effective March 1, 2017, certain assets of the Nexus Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan (the “Nexus Plan”) were transferred into the Plan. The total fair market value of the net assets transferred as a result of the merger of the Nexus Plan into the Plan was $6,688,045.