Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2020
NOTE 1 - DESCRIPTION OF PLAN
The following description of the AmerisourceBergen Employee Investment Plan (the "Plan") provides only general information. Participants should refer to the Plan Document for a more complete description of the Plan's provisions.
General
The Plan is a defined contribution plan that covers eligible employees of AmerisourceBergen Corporation and affiliated companies (collectively, the "Company" or "Employer"), who have at least 30 days of continuous employment or 1,000 hours of service during 12 consecutive months, beginning with the first hour of service. If not already enrolled, eligible full-time employees are automatically enrolled in the Plan on the first day of the first payroll period that coincides with, or the next payroll period following, the date that represents 90 days of continuous employment (30 days of continuous employment for rehired participants who had previously met the eligibility requirements) unless they waive participation. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"). The AmerisourceBergen Corporation Benefits Committee is responsible for the general administration of the Plan.
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security ("CARES") Act became law on March 27, 2020. The CARES Act was a response to the market volatility and instability resulting from the coronavirus pandemic and provides special distribution options and rollover rules for retirement plans and IRAs and expands permissible loans for certain retirement plans. Under the CARES Act, the Plan added a distribution option, which allows for penalty free withdrawals up to $100,000 until December 31, 2020 that may be repaid over a three-year period (including income taxes). The Plan also increased the maximum loan amount from $50,000 or 50% of a participant's vested account balance to $100,000 or 100% of a participant's vested balance for loans issued up until September 23, 2020 and permitted new and existing loan repayments to be deferred through December 31, 2020.
Contributions
The Company contributes to the Plan for each participating employee an amount equal to 100% of the participant's contributions up to 3% and 50% on the next 2% of the participant's eligible pretax contributions. If automatically enrolled, a participant's deferral is set at a 5% pretax contribution rate of eligible compensation until changed by the participant. The automatic deferral percentage increases by 1% each year on the anniversary date of the participant's automatic enrollment date, but will not exceed 10% of compensation. Participants who have attained age 50 before the end of the year are eligible to make catch-up contributions. Participants may also contribute amounts representing distributions and/or transfers from other qualified defined benefit or defined contribution plans. All contributions are subject to certain limitations of the Internal Revenue Code ("IRC"). The Plan also includes a Roth feature and a Roth conversion feature.
At the discretion of the Company, additional amounts may be contributed to each eligible participating employee's account annually. The Company approved $10,065,533 of discretionary contributions for the 2020 Plan year, which is included in Employer Contributions on the Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits as of December 31, 2020.
Upon enrollment, a participant may direct the investment of employee and employer contributions to any of the Plan's fund options. However, effective January 1, 2018, no new contributions under the Plan or amounts in an existing account under the Plan shall be invested in the AmerisourceBergen Common Stock Fund, and cash dividends paid on AmerisourceBergen Corporation's stock will be invested in accordance with the individual participant's investment allocations for new contributions as of the dividend payment date. Participants may change their investment options at any time. Participants that are automatically enrolled have their initial contributions invested in a Fidelity Institutional Asset Management Target Date Commingled Pool - Class S retirement date fund based upon their anticipated retirement dates until they change their election. The Company's contributions are invested in the same manner as that of the participant's elective contributions.
Participant Accounts
A separate account is maintained for each investment option of a participant by type of contribution. Each participant's account is credited with the participant's contributions and the Company's contributions and allocations of Plan earnings and is charged with the investment fund's underlying administrative expenses. Plan earnings are allocated based upon the participant's share of net earnings or losses of their respective elected investment options. Allocations of administrative expenses are based on the participant's account balances, as defined in the Plan's provisions. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant's vested account.
Vesting
Participants immediately vest in their own contributions and actual earnings or losses thereon. In addition, participants are immediately vested in their Company matching contributions and actual earnings or losses thereon, except for certain participants merged into the Plan whose former matching contributions continue to vest according to the predecessor plan's vesting provisions.
The vesting of the Company's discretionary contributions, if any, is based on a graded schedule as follows:
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Years of Service
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Vested Percentage
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Less than 2 years
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0%
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2 years but less than 3 years
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25%
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3 years but less than 4 years
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50%
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4 years but less than 5 years
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75%
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5 years or more
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100%
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Notes Receivable from Participants
Participants may borrow from their fund accounts a minimum of $1,000 up to a maximum equal to the lesser of $50,000, reduced by the highest outstanding loan balance in the last twelve months, or 50% of their vested account balance. This amount will be transferred from the participant's account and placed in a separate participant loan fund. Interest charged on participant loans is credited to the individual participant accounts.
The term of the loan may not exceed five years unless it qualifies as a primary residence loan, in which case the loan may not exceed ten years. A participant may not have more than one loan outstanding at any point in time, and a participant must wait at least three months following repayment in full of the prior loan before applying for a new loan. Participant loans are collateralized by the vested balance in the participant's account and bear interest at the Prime Rate (as determined by the Plan administrator as of the date the loan is processed), plus one percent. Foreclosure on defaulted participant loans does not occur until a distributable event, as defined in the Plan, occurs. Principal and interest are paid through payroll deductions. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, participant loans are shown as a receivable of the Plan. Interest rates on loans outstanding as of December 31, 2020 ranged from 3.50% to 10.50%.
Payment of Benefits
Upon termination of service, death, disability, or retirement, the vested portion of a participant's account, less any loans outstanding, may be distributed in a lump sum or, in certain defined situations, in annual installments. Participants who terminate employment on or after attainment of age 55 are permitted to take installment distributions of their vested plan benefits. A participant whose vested account balance is $1,000 or less shall immediately receive the entire vested account balance. In addition, hardship withdrawals are permitted if certain criteria are met. Hardship withdrawals do not require a suspension of contributions to the Plan.
Forfeited Accounts
If participants separate from service before becoming fully vested in their accounts, the portion of the account attributable to nonvested Employer discretionary contributions, plus/minus actual earnings or losses thereon is not forfeited until the earlier of the date the participant receives a distribution or the date the participant incurs a five-year break in service. Forfeited balances
of terminated participants' nonvested accounts are used to reduce future Company contributions. During the year ended December 31, 2020, Employer matching contributions were reduced by $551,350 from forfeited nonvested accounts. Forfeited nonvested balances totaled $5,832 and $10,811 as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
Administrative Expenses
The Plan's administrative expenses are paid by either the Plan or the Company, as provided by the Plan's provisions. Administrative expenses paid by the Plan include recordkeeping and trustee fees. Expenses relating to purchases, sales, and transfers of the Plan's investments are charged to the particular investment fund to which the expenses relate. Participants pay recordkeeping fees that are deducted from their accounts quarterly. All other administrative expenses of the Plan are paid by the Company and are excluded from these financial statements.
Plan Termination
Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. In the event of Plan termination, the Plan's net assets available for benefits, after Plan expenses, will be distributed to each participant according to his or her account balance, which will fully vest immediately.
NOTE 2 - RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES
The Plan invests in various investment securities. Investment securities are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate and 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.
In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic attributable to the outbreak and continued spread of COVID-19. The continued spread of COVID-19 has adversely affected organizations in many industries throughout the world resulting in significant volatility in the global capital markets. A sustained outbreak could materially affect participants' account balances and the amounts reported on the 2020 statement of net assets available for benefits.
NOTE 3 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Accounting
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on the accrual basis in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP").
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements, in conformity with GAAP, requires management to make estimates that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements, accompanying notes, and supplemental schedule. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
New Accounting Pronouncement
In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework - Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement. ASU 2018-13 modifies certain disclosure requirements on fair value measurements in Topic 820. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. The guidance is to be applied prospectively or retrospectively, depending on the different provisions. The Plan adopted ASU 2018-13 as of January 1, 2020, and the adoption of this updated guidance had no impact on the Plan's disclosures.
Investment Valuation and Income Recognition
The Plan's investments (except for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts) are stated at fair value. Fair value is defined as 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 (an exit price). See Note 4 for further discussion and disclosures related to fair value measurements.
AmerisourceBergen Employee Investment Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
Shares of registered investment companies are quoted at market prices, which represent the net asset value of shares held by the Plan at the end of the year. Participant transactions (purchases and sales) of the commingled funds and the common collective trust fund may occur daily as both funds have readily determinable fair values. The AmerisourceBergen common stock fund is valued at its year-end closing price.
Purchases and sales of investments are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is accrued when earned. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Capital gain distributions are recorded as a component of dividend income. Net appreciation (depreciation) includes the Plan's gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held, during the year.
Payment of Benefits
Benefits are recorded when paid.
Notes Receivable from Participants
Notes receivable from participants represent participant loans that are recorded at their unpaid principal balance, plus any accrued but unpaid interest. If a participant ceases to make loan repayments and the Plan administrator deems the participant loan to be a distribution, the participant loan balance is reduced and a benefit payment is recorded. Interest income on notes receivable from participants is recorded when it is earned. Related fees are recorded as administrative expenses and are expensed when they are incurred. No allowance for credit losses has been recorded as of December 31, 2020 and 2019.
NOTE 4 - FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
In accordance with ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, assets and liabilities measured at fair value are categorized into the following fair value hierarchy:
Level 1 Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities.
Level 2 Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on the following:
a)Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets;
b)Quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in non-active markets;
c)Pricing models whose inputs are observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability; and
d)Pricing models whose inputs are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data through correlation or other means for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.
Level 3 Financial assets and liabilities whose values are based on prices or valuation techniques that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable. These inputs reflect management's own judgment about the assumptions that a market participant would use in pricing the asset or liability.
The level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement is classified is determined based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measure in its entirety.
Below are the Plan's financial instruments carried at fair value on a recurring basis by their ASC 820 fair value hierarchy levels:
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Assets at Fair Value as of December 31, 2020
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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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Registered investment companies
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$
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400,577,336
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$
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—
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$
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—
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$
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400,577,336
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Common stock fund
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57,944,094
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—
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—
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57,944,094
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Common collective trust fund
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92,975,127
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—
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—
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92,975,127
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Commingled funds
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1,048,602,381
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—
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—
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1,048,602,381
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Investments at fair value
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$
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1,600,098,938
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$
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—
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$
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—
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$
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1,600,098,938
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Assets at Fair Value as of December 31, 2019
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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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Registered investment companies
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$
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353,092,265
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$
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—
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$
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—
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$
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353,092,265
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Common stock fund
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60,848,596
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—
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—
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60,848,596
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Common collective trust fund
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72,527,804
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—
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—
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72,527,804
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Commingled funds
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841,774,425
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—
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—
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841,774,425
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Investments at fair value
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$
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1,328,243,090
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$
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—
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$
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—
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$
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1,328,243,090
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NOTE 5 - FULLY BENEFIT-RESPONSIVE INVESTMENT CONTRACT
The Plan's assets include a Guaranteed Interest Balance Contract fully benefit-responsive investment contract with Principal Life Insurance Company ("Principal"). The contract meets the fully benefit-responsive investment contract criteria and therefore is reported at contract value. Contract value is the relevant measure for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts because this is the amount received by participants if they were to initiate permitted transactions under the terms of the Plan. Contract value represents contributions made under the contract, plus earnings, less participant withdrawals and administrative expenses. As of December 31, 2020, the contract value of the fully benefit-responsive investment contract was $3,908,959.
The traditional investment contract held by the Plan is a guaranteed investment contract with a maturity year of 2025. The contract issuer is contractually obligated to repay the principal and interest at a specified interest rate that is guaranteed to the Plan. The interest rate is based on a formula established by the contract issuer but may not be less than one percent and is reviewed on an annual basis for resetting.
The contract shall terminate upon the contract value being transferred to other plan investments or upon liquidation. No events or circumstances, including but not limited to bankruptcy and mergers, would allow Principal to terminate the contract with the Plan and settle at an amount different from contract value.
The Plan’s ability to receive amounts due in accordance with fully benefit-responsive investment contracts is dependent on the third-party issuer’s ability to meet its financial obligations.
NOTE 6 - RELATED PARTY AND PARTY-IN-INTEREST TRANSACTIONS
The Plan invests in shares of registered investment companies, commingled funds, and common collective trust fund managed by an affiliate of Fidelity Management Trust Company ("Fidelity"). Fidelity acts as trustee for investments in the Plan. Transactions in such investments qualify as party-in-interest transactions and are exempt from the prohibited transaction rules under ERISA.
The Plan held investments in AmerisourceBergen common stock with a fair value of $57,944,094 and $60,848,596 as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Dividends of $1,086,001 were received during the year ended December 31, 2020.
NOTE 7 - TAX STATUS
The Plan received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS"), dated May 20, 2020, stating that the Plan was qualified under Section 401(a) of the IRC and, therefore, the related trust is exempt from taxation. Once qualified, the Plan is required to operate in conformity with the IRC to maintain its qualification. The Plan administrator believes the Plan is being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC and, therefore, believes that the Plan is qualified and the related trust is tax-exempt.
GAAP requires plan management to evaluate uncertain tax positions taken by the Plan. The financial statement effects of a tax position are recognized when the position is more likely than not, based on the technical merits, to be sustained upon examination by the IRS. The Company has analyzed the tax positions taken by the Plan, and has concluded that, as of December 31, 2020, there are no uncertain positions taken or expected to be taken. The Plan has recognized no interest or penalties related to uncertain tax positions. The Plan is subject to routine audits by taxing jurisdictions; however, there are currently no audits for any tax periods in progress.
NOTE 8 - RECONCILIATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO FORM 5500
The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for benefits per the financial statements to Form 5500:
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December 31,
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2020
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2019
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Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements
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$
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1,646,768,771
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$
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1,375,521,666
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Participant loans deemed distributed
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(485,911)
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(485,478)
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Net assets available for benefits per Form 5500
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$
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1,646,282,860
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$
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1,375,036,188
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The following is a reconciliation of the net increase in net assets available for benefits per the financial statements to net income per Form 5500:
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Net increase in net assets available for benefits per the financial statements
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$
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271,247,105
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Less: Change in amounts for deemed distributions of participant loans
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(433)
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Net income per Form 5500
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$
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271,246,672
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