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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000059527-21-000021
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	11-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20201231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210624
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210624

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LINCOLN ELECTRIC HOLDINGS INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000059527
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	METALWORKING MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT [3540]
		IRS NUMBER:				340359955
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		11-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-01402
		FILM NUMBER:		211042648

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		22801 ST CLAIR AVE
		CITY:			CLEVELAND
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44117
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2164818100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		22801 ST CLAIR AVE
		CITY:			CLEVELAND
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44117

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	LINCOLN ELECTRIC CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<!--Enhanced HTML document created with Toppan Merrill Bridge  9.10.0.88--><!--Created on: 6/24/2021 07:28:59 PM (UTC)--><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"><html><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><title></title></head><body><div style="margin-top:30pt;"></div><div style="max-width:100%;padding-left:10.35%;padding-right:10.35%;position:relative;"><div style="margin-top:21.6pt;min-height:41.75pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 30pt 0pt;"><a href="#TOC"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;">Table of Contents</font></a></p></div><div style="clear:both;max-width:100%;position:relative;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:12pt;">UNITED STATES</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:12pt;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><font style="font-size:12pt;">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><font style="font-size:14pt;">FORM&#160;11-K</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><font style="font-size:12pt;">FOR ANNUAL REPORTS OF EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE, SAVINGS AND SIMILAR PLANS PURSUANT TO SECTION&#160;15(d)&#160;OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:12pt;">(Mark One)</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 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Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><font style="font-size:12pt;">OR</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Segoe UI Symbol';font-size:12pt;">&#9744;</font><font style="font-size:12pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION&#160;15(d)&#160;OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><font style="font-size:12pt;">For the transition period from _________________ to _____________________</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><font style="font-size:12pt;">Commission file number&#160;&#160; 0-1402</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><font 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style="max-width:100%;padding-left:10.35%;padding-right:10.35%;position:relative;"><div style="margin-top:21.6pt;min-height:41.75pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 30pt 0pt;"><a href="#TOC"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;">Table of Contents</font></a></p></div><div style="clear:both;max-width:100%;position:relative;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SCHEDULE</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">The Lincoln Electric Company Employee Savings Plan</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">December&#160;31, 2020 and 2019, and</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Year Ended December&#160;31, 2020</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">With Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Plan Sponsor and Administrator</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">The Lincoln Electric Company</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Cleveland, Ohio&#160; 44117</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">(216) 481-8100</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Plan Number:&#160; 005</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Employer Identification Number:&#160; 34-0359955</p><p 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style="background-color:#000000;clear:both;color:#000000;height:2pt;line-height:0;margin-bottom:30pt;margin-left:10.35%;margin-right:10.35%;margin-top:30pt;page-break-after:always;width:79.3%;border-width:0;"><div style="max-width:100%;padding-left:10.35%;padding-right:10.35%;position:relative;"><div style="margin-top:21.6pt;min-height:41.75pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 30pt 0pt;"><a href="#TOC"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;">Table of Contents</font></a></p></div><div style="clear:both;max-width:100%;position:relative;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</b><a name="ReportofIndependent"></a></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">To the Plan Administrator and Plan Participants</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">The Lincoln Electric Company Employee Savings Plan</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Opinion on the Financial Statements</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of The Lincoln Electric Company Employee Savings Plan (the &#8220;Plan&#8221;) as of December&#160;31, 2020 and 2019 and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the&#160;year ended December&#160;31, 2020, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the &#8220;financial statements&#8221;). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets of the Plan as of December&#160;31, 2020 and 2019 and the changes in its net assets for the&#160;year ended December&#160;31, 2020 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Basis of Opinion</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">The Plan&#8217;s management is responsible for these financial statements. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Plan&#8217;s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (&#8220;PCAOB&#8221;) and are required to be independent with respect to the Plan in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules&#160;and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Plan is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan&#8217;s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Supplemental Information</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">The supplemental information in the accompanying schedule of assets (held at end of&#160;year) as of December&#160;31, 2020 has been subjected to audit procedures performed in conjunction with the audit of the Plan&#8217;s financial statements. The supplemental information is the responsibility of the Plan&#8217;s management. Our audit procedures included determining whether the supplemental information reconciles to the financial statements or the underlying accounting and other records, as applicable and performing procedures to test the completeness and accuracy of the information presented in the supplemental information. In forming our opinion on the supplemental information, we evaluated whether the supplemental information, including its form and content, is presented in conformity with Department of Labor&#8217;s Rules&#160;and Regulations for Reporting under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. In our opinion, the supplemental information is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the financial statements as a whole.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="margin-bottom:12pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:16pt;height:max-content;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;table-layout:auto;width:100%;" align="center"><tr style="height:14pt;"><td style="vertical-align:top;width:49.97%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:50.02%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">/s/ Plante&#160;&amp; Moran, PLLC</p></div></div></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt;"><td style="vertical-align:top;width:49.97%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">We have served as the Plan&#8217;s auditor since 2016.</p></div></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:50.02%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt;"><td style="vertical-align:top;width:49.97%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:50.02%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt;"><td style="vertical-align:top;width:49.97%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Cleveland, Ohio</p></div></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:50.02%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt;"><td style="vertical-align:top;width:49.97%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">June&#160;24, 2021</p></div></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:50.02%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td></tr></table></div><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="margin-bottom:12pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div><div style="clear:both;margin-bottom:30pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:24pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;">1</p></div></div><hr style="background-color:#000000;clear:both;color:#000000;height:2pt;line-height:0;margin-bottom:30pt;margin-left:10.35%;margin-right:10.35%;margin-top:30pt;page-break-after:always;width:79.3%;border-width:0;"><div style="max-width:100%;padding-left:10.35%;padding-right:10.35%;position:relative;"><div style="margin-top:21.6pt;min-height:41.75pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 30pt 0pt;"><a href="#TOC"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;">Table of Contents</font></a></p></div><div style="clear:both;max-width:100%;position:relative;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">The Lincoln Electric Company</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Employee Savings Plan</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits<a name="StatementsofNetAssets"></a></p><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:16pt;height:max-content;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width:99.69%;" align="center"><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:70.61%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.02%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="5" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:26.95%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">December&#160;31,</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.41%;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">&#160;</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:70.61%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.02%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</b></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:12.8%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">2020</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.02%;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</b></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:12.11%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">2019</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.41%;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:70.61%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Assets</b></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.02%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.8%;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.02%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:12.11%;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.41%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:70.61%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Investments at fair value</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.02%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.05%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">$</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:11.74%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">738,371,772</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.02%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.05%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">$</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:11.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">645,764,362</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.41%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:70.61%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Receivables:</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.02%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.05%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:11.74%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;"><font style="margin-right:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.02%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.05%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:11.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;"><font style="margin-right:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.41%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:70.61%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 14.4pt;">Notes receivable from participants</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.02%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.05%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:11.74%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">12,269,548</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.02%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.05%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:11.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">14,537,149</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.41%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:70.61%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 14.4pt;">Employer contributions receivable</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.02%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.05%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:11.74%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">-</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.02%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.05%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:11.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">720,493</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.41%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:70.61%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 14.4pt;">Other receivable</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.02%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.05%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:11.74%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">-</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.02%;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.05%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:11.06%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">6,829</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.41%;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:70.61%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 21.6pt;">Total receivables</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.02%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.05%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:11.74%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">12,269,548</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.02%;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.05%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:11.06%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">15,264,471</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.41%;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:70.61%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Total assets</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.02%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.05%;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:11.74%;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">750,641,320</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.02%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.05%;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:11.06%;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">661,028,833</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.41%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:70.61%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.02%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.05%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:11.74%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;"><font style="margin-right:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.02%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.05%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:11.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;"><font style="margin-right:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.41%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:70.61%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Liabilities</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.02%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.05%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:11.74%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;"><font style="margin-right:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.02%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.05%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:11.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;"><font style="margin-right:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.41%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:70.61%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Corrective distributions payable</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.02%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.05%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:11.74%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">33,012</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.02%;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.05%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:11.06%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">140,954</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.41%;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:70.61%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.02%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.05%;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:11.74%;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;"><font style="margin-right:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.02%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.05%;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:11.06%;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;"><font style="margin-right:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.41%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:70.61%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Net assets available for benefits</b></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.02%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.05%;border-bottom:3px double #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">$</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:11.74%;border-bottom:3px double #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">750,608,308</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.02%;border-bottom:3px double transparent;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font 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style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">See notes to these financial statements.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div><div style="clear:both;margin-bottom:30pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:24pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;">2</p></div></div><hr style="background-color:#000000;clear:both;color:#000000;height:2pt;line-height:0;margin-bottom:30pt;margin-left:10.35%;margin-right:10.35%;margin-top:30pt;page-break-after:always;width:79.3%;border-width:0;"><div style="max-width:100%;padding-left:10.35%;padding-right:10.35%;position:relative;"><div style="margin-top:21.6pt;min-height:41.75pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 30pt 0pt;"><a href="#TOC"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;">Table of Contents</font></a></p></div><div style="clear:both;max-width:100%;position:relative;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">The Lincoln Electric Company</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Employee Savings Plan</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits<a name="StatementofChangesinNetAssets"></a></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Year ended December&#160;31, 2020</p><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:16pt;height:max-content;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width:100%;" align="center"><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:81.44%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Additions</b></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:15.97%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.51%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">&#160;</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:81.44%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;">Interest and dividends</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">$</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:14.93%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">14,883,151</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.51%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:81.44%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;">Interest on notes receivable from participants</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:14.93%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">779,028</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.51%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:81.44%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;">Contributions:</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:14.93%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;"><font style="margin-right:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.51%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:81.44%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 9pt;">Participants</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:14.93%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">27,439,042</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.51%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:81.44%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 9pt;">Employer</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:14.93%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">23,339,185</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.51%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:81.44%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;">Net appreciation in fair value of investments</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:14.93%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">95,929,013</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.51%;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:81.44%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;">Total additions</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New 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style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.51%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:81.44%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Deductions</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:14.93%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;"><font style="margin-right:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.51%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:81.44%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;">Participant withdrawals</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:14.93%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">90,832,399</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.51%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:81.44%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;">Administrative expenses</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:14.93%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">293,857</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.51%;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:81.44%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;">Total deductions</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:14.93%;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 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style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:14.93%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;"><font style="margin-right:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.51%;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:81.44%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Net increase in net assets prior to transfers from other qualified plans</b></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:14.93%;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">71,243,163</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.51%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:81.44%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:14.93%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;"><font style="margin-right:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.51%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:81.44%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Transfers from other qualified plans</b></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:14.93%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">18,477,266</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.51%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:81.44%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:14.93%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;"><font style="background-color:#ffff00;margin-right:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.51%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:81.44%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Net increase</b></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:14.93%;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">89,720,429</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.51%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:81.44%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:14.93%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;"><font style="margin-right:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.51%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:81.44%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Net assets available for benefits at beginning of year</b></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:14.93%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">660,887,879</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.51%;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:81.44%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Net assets available for benefits at end of year</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;border-bottom:3px double #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">$</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:14.93%;border-bottom:3px double #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 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style="background-color:#000000;clear:both;color:#000000;height:2pt;line-height:0;margin-bottom:30pt;margin-left:10.35%;margin-right:10.35%;margin-top:30pt;page-break-after:always;width:79.3%;border-width:0;"><div style="max-width:100%;padding-left:10.35%;padding-right:10.35%;position:relative;"><div style="margin-top:21.6pt;min-height:41.75pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><a href="#TOC"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;">Table of Contents</font></a></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 8pt 0pt;"><font style="font-weight:normal;">The Lincoln Electric Company</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 8pt 0pt;"><font style="font-weight:normal;">Employee Savings Plan</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><font style="font-weight:normal;">Notes to Financial Statements</font></p></div><div style="clear:both;max-width:100%;position:relative;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Note&#160;1&#160;&#8212; Description of Plan<a name="Note1"></a></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">The following description of The Lincoln Electric Company Employee Savings Plan, as amended and restated (&#8220;the Plan&#8221;), provides only general information. Participants should refer to the Plan document for a complete description of the Plan&#8217;s provisions.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">General</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><font style="white-space:pre-wrap;">The Plan is a defined contribution plan covering certain employees of The Lincoln Electric Company and certain related entities (&#8220;the Company&#8221;), as defined by the Plan. The Plan provides that regular, full-time employees are eligible to make participant contributions immediately and all other eligible employees after completion of 1,000 hours in any year of service with the Company.  Such employees will be eligible for Company contributions following six&#160;months of full time employment or 1,000 hours in any&#160;year of service with the Company. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (&#8220;ERISA&#8221;).</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">As of January 1, 2020, the Wolf Robotics, LLC 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan and the Rimrock Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan merged into the Plan and then were both terminated. Total assets transferred to the Plan were $18,477,266 and are reflected in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits as Transfers from other qualified plans.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><font style="white-space:pre-wrap;">In May 2020, the Plan implemented provisions from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (&quot;CARES Act&quot;), enacted in March 2020.  The provisions allowed Plan participants to take penalty-free distributions for qualifying coronavirus disease (&#8220;COVID-19&#8221;) related reasons through December 2020, allowed COVID-19 impacted participants to defer their loan payments and suspended minimum required distributions during the remainder of 2020.</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Contributions and Vesting</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Participant Contributions</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Each&#160;year, participants may make pre-tax and after-tax Roth contributions to the Plan of 1% to 80% (in whole&#160;percentages) of their base salary and/or bonus pay up to the maximum amount as set by the Internal Revenue Service (&quot;IRS&quot;) ($19,500 for 2020). Participants who are at least 50&#160;years old by the end of the calendar&#160;year are allowed to make a catch-up contribution for that&#160;year (up to an additional $6,500 for 2020). Participants are immediately vested in their contributions plus actual earnings thereon. Participants have the right to direct Fidelity Management Trust Company (&#8220;the Trustee&#8221;) to invest their contributions to the Plan in any of the investment funds available under the Plan in 1% increments or to invest contributions in a self-directed brokerage account. Eligible employees of the Lincoln Electric Company who become eligible participants in the Plan will be automatically enrolled in the Plan unless action is taken by the employee to elect not to contribute to the Plan. Participants enrolled under this approach will have 4% of their base salary contributed to the Plan.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">The Plan is subject to certain non-discrimination standards under Section&#160;401(k)&#160;of the Internal Revenue Code. In order to comply with these standards, tests are performed to provide a limit on the amount of benefits provided to highly compensated employees. As a result, certain participants who are defined as highly compensated employees may have a portion of their contributions refunded to them after the end of the plan&#160;year and are recorded as Corrective distributions payable in the Statements of Net Assets available for Benefits.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Company Contributions</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">In general, participants receive up to 6% of their annual compensation, which is defined as base pay and bonus compensation, in Company contributions through:</p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;table-layout:fixed;width:100%;border:0pt;"><tr><td style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;vertical-align:text-top;white-space:nowrap;width:18pt;padding:0pt;">(1)</td><td style="padding:0pt;"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;">Company matching contributions of 100% of the first 3% of participant compensation contributed to the Plan; and</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="clear:both;margin-bottom:30pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">4</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div><hr style="background-color:#000000;clear:both;color:#000000;height:2pt;line-height:0;margin-bottom:30pt;margin-left:10.35%;margin-right:10.35%;margin-top:30pt;page-break-after:always;width:79.3%;border-width:0;"><div style="max-width:100%;padding-left:10.35%;padding-right:10.35%;position:relative;"><div style="margin-top:21.6pt;min-height:41.75pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><a href="#TOC"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;">Table of Contents</font></a></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 8pt 0pt;"><font style="font-weight:normal;">The Lincoln Electric Company</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 8pt 0pt;"><font style="font-weight:normal;">Employee Savings Plan</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><font style="font-weight:normal;">Notes to Financial Statements (continued)</font></p></div><div style="clear:both;max-width:100%;position:relative;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;table-layout:fixed;width:100%;border:0pt;"><tr><td style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;vertical-align:text-top;white-space:nowrap;width:18pt;padding:0pt;">(2)</td><td style="padding:0pt;"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;">Automatic Company contributions equal to 3% of annual compensation.</font></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top:12pt;"></div><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">In addition, certain employees who were participants in the Company&#8217;s frozen defined benefit plan receive employer contributions equal to 6% of annual compensation for a minimum of five&#160;years or to the end of the&#160;year in which they complete 30&#160;years of service. Company contributions are 100% vested when made.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Participant Accounts</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Each participant&#8217;s account is credited with the participant&#8217;s contributions and allocations of (a)&#160;the Company&#8217;s contributions and (b)&#160;Plan earnings. Forfeited balances of terminated participants&#8217; nonvested accounts are used to reduce future Company contributions to the Plan or to pay Plan expenses. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the amount credited to the participant&#8217;s account.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Participant Loans</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Active participants may borrow from their accounts a minimum of $1,000 up to a maximum equal to the lesser of $50,000 or 50% of their vested account balance. Loan terms range from one to five&#160;years, or up to 15&#160;years for the purchase of a primary residence. The loans are secured by the balance in the participant&#8217;s account and bear interest at a rate computed as the prime rate in effect at the loan origination date plus 1%, as determined by the Company. Principal and interest are paid ratably through payroll deductions.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Payment of Benefits</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Participants may receive the value of their account in a single lump sum payment or in ten or fewer annual installment payments following separation from the Company, whether by retirement, disability or otherwise, except that if the full value of a participant&#8217;s account is $1,000 or less or if the participant dies while in service and his/her account is payable to his/her beneficiary, such account balance will be paid in a single lump sum payment. Participants who leave the Company may withdraw their money at any time. Withdrawals must begin no later than April&#160;1 of the calendar&#160;year following the calendar&#160;year in which age 70&#189; is attained or the calendar&#160;year in which the participant is terminated if later. Participants or their beneficiaries may elect to receive the portion of their distributions which are attributable to common shares of Lincoln Electric Holdings,&#160;Inc. allocated to their account in the form of whole shares with any fractional shares paid in cash or all in cash. During employment, participants may withdraw certain amounts from their accounts if they are over age 59 &#189;, disabled or have a financial hardship and may withdraw rollover contributions at any time.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Plan Termination</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">The Company has the right to amend, modify, suspend or terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA at any time. Upon termination of the Plan, the rights to benefits accrued by participants or their beneficiaries, to the extent that such benefits are funded or credited to participants&#8217; accounts, shall be nonforfeitable. No amendment, modification, suspension or termination of the Plan shall have the effect of providing that any amounts then held under the Plan may be used or diverted to any purpose other than for the exclusive benefit of the participants or their beneficiaries.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="margin-bottom:12pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Note&#160;2&#160;&#8212; Summary of Significant Accounting Policies</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Basis of Accounting</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">The financial statements of the Plan are prepared under the accrual method of accounting in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (&#8220;GAAP&#8221;).</p></div><div style="clear:both;margin-bottom:30pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:24pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;">5</p></div></div><hr style="background-color:#000000;clear:both;color:#000000;height:2pt;line-height:0;margin-bottom:30pt;margin-left:10.35%;margin-right:10.35%;margin-top:30pt;page-break-after:always;width:79.3%;border-width:0;"><div style="max-width:100%;padding-left:10.35%;padding-right:10.35%;position:relative;"><div style="margin-top:21.6pt;min-height:41.75pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><a href="#TOC"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;">Table of Contents</font></a></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 8pt 0pt;"><font style="font-weight:normal;">The Lincoln Electric Company</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 8pt 0pt;"><font style="font-weight:normal;">Employee Savings Plan</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><font style="font-weight:normal;">Notes to Financial Statements (continued)</font></p></div><div style="clear:both;max-width:100%;position:relative;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Investment Valuation and Income Recognition</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">The Plan&#8217;s investments are stated 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. 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There are no redemption restrictions or unfunded commitments on these investments.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">The methods described above may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values. Furthermore, while 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.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Open trades of Lincoln Electric Stock that have not settled are reflected in the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits as either an Other receivable or Other liability. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Net appreciation includes the Plan&#8217;s gains and losses on investments bought and sold as well as held throughout the&#160;year. See Note&#160;6 for additional disclosures relative to the fair value of the investments held in the Plan.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Benefit Payments</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Benefits are recorded by the Plan when paid.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Use of Estimates</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates that affect amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Notes&#160;Receivable from Participants</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Notes&#160;receivable from participants represent participant loans that are recorded at their unpaid principal balance plus any accrued but unpaid interest. Interest income is recorded when it is earned. If a participant ceases to make loan repayments and the loan is deemed to be a distribution, the participant loan balance is reduced and a benefit payment is recorded.</p></div><div style="clear:both;margin-bottom:30pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:24pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;">6</p></div></div><hr style="background-color:#000000;clear:both;color:#000000;height:2pt;line-height:0;margin-bottom:30pt;margin-left:10.35%;margin-right:10.35%;margin-top:30pt;page-break-after:always;width:79.3%;border-width:0;"><div style="max-width:100%;padding-left:10.35%;padding-right:10.35%;position:relative;"><div style="margin-top:21.6pt;min-height:41.75pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><a href="#TOC"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;">Table of Contents</font></a></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 8pt 0pt;"><font style="font-weight:normal;">The Lincoln Electric Company</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 8pt 0pt;"><font style="font-weight:normal;">Employee Savings Plan</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><font style="font-weight:normal;">Notes to Financial Statements (continued)</font></p></div><div style="clear:both;max-width:100%;position:relative;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Administrative Expenses</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">All direct costs and expenses incurred in connection with the administration of the Plan and trust were primarily paid from forfeitures in 2020.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="margin-bottom:12pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Note&#160;3&#160;&#8212; Income Tax Status</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">The Plan received a determination letter from the IRS dated March&#160;10, 2017, stating that the Plan is qualified under Section&#160;401(a)&#160;of the Internal Revenue Code (&#8220;IRC&#8221;), and, therefore, the related trust is exempt from taxation. Subsequent to this determination by the IRS, the Plan was amended and restated. Once qualified, the Plan is required to operate in conformity with the IRC to maintain its qualification. The Plan Administrator believes the Plan, as amended and restated, is qualified and the related trust is tax exempt. Accordingly, no provision for income taxes has been made in the accompanying statements. The Plan Administrator believes the Plan is no longer subject to income tax examinations for&#160;years prior to 2017.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="margin-bottom:12pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Note&#160;4&#160;&#8212; Transactions with Parties-in-Interest</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">At December&#160;31, 2020, the Plan held 928,874 common shares of Lincoln Electric Holdings,&#160;Inc. with a fair value of $107,989,525. For the&#160;year ended December&#160;31, 2020, transactions involving common shares of the Lincoln Electric Holdings,&#160;Inc. included purchases and sales of approximately $4,300,000 and $11,700,000, respectively, and the Plan received dividends of $2,077,652. At December&#160;31, 2019, the Plan held 1,133,083 common shares of Lincoln Electric Holdings,&#160;Inc. with a fair value of $109,609,810.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Party-in-interest transactions also include the investment in the proprietary funds of the Trustee and the payment of administrative expenses by the Company. Such transactions are exempt from being prohibited transactions under ERISA.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="margin-bottom:12pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Note&#160;5&#160;&#8212; Risks and Uncertainties</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">The Plan invests in various investment securities. Investment securities are exposed to various risks such as interest rate, 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&#8217; account balances and the amounts reported in the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">The Plan&#8217;s investments in the Lincoln Electric Holdings,&#160;Inc. common shares are exposed to market risk in the event of a decline in the value of Lincoln Electric Holdings,&#160;Inc. common shares. Participants assume all risk in connection with any decrease in the market price of any investment.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="margin-bottom:12pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Note&#160;6&#160;&#8212; Fair Value Measurements</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">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. GAAP establishes a framework for measuring fair value. That framework provides a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements).</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><font style="display:inline-block;text-indent:0pt;width:36pt;"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;">Level 1</font></font>Inputs to the valuation methodology are unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.</p></div><div style="clear:both;margin-bottom:30pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:24pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;">7</p></div></div><hr style="background-color:#000000;clear:both;color:#000000;height:2pt;line-height:0;margin-bottom:30pt;margin-left:10.35%;margin-right:10.35%;margin-top:30pt;page-break-after:always;width:79.3%;border-width:0;"><div style="max-width:100%;padding-left:10.35%;padding-right:10.35%;position:relative;"><div style="margin-top:21.6pt;min-height:41.75pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><a href="#TOC"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;">Table of Contents</font></a></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 8pt 0pt;"><font style="font-weight:normal;">The Lincoln Electric Company</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 8pt 0pt;"><font style="font-weight:normal;">Employee Savings Plan</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><font style="font-weight:normal;">Notes to Financial Statements (continued)</font></p></div><div style="clear:both;max-width:100%;position:relative;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><font style="display:inline-block;text-indent:0pt;width:36pt;"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;">Level 2</font></font>Inputs to the valuation methodology include:</p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;table-layout:fixed;width:100%;border:0pt;"><tr><td style="width:36pt;"></td><td 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style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;vertical-align:text-top;white-space:nowrap;width:18pt;padding:0pt;">&#9679;</td><td style="padding:0pt;"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;">Inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.</font></td></tr></table><div style="margin-top:12pt;"></div><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 36pt;">If the asset or liability has a specific (contractual) term, the Level 2 input must be observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><font style="display:inline-block;text-indent:0pt;width:36pt;"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New 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Valuation techniques used maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">The following tables set forth by level within the fair value hierarchy the Plan&#8217;s investments at fair value as of December&#160;31, 2020 and 2019:</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="margin-bottom:12pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:16pt;height:max-content;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width:100%;" align="center"><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:63.55%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.98%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="5" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:34.04%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Assets&#160;at&#160;Fair&#160;Value&#160;as&#160;of&#160;December&#160;31,&#160;2020</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.41%;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">&#160;</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:63.55%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.98%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</b></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:16.03%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Level&#160;1</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.98%;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</b></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:16.02%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Total</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.41%;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:63.55%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Mutual funds</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.98%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">$</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:14.99%;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">519,802,074</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.98%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.03%;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">$</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:14.99%;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">519,802,074</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.41%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:63.55%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Self-directed brokerage accounts</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.98%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:14.99%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">26,230,770</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.98%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.03%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:14.99%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">26,230,770</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.41%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:63.55%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Lincoln Electric Stock</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.98%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:14.99%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">107,989,525</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.98%;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.03%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:14.99%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">107,989,525</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.41%;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:63.55%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Total investments in the fair value hierarchy</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.98%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:14.99%;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">654,022,369</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.98%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.03%;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:14.99%;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">654,022,369</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.41%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:63.55%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Common/collective trusts measured at NAV</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.98%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:14.99%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;"><font style="margin-right:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.98%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.03%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:14.99%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">84,349,403</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.41%;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:63.55%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Total investments at fair value</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.98%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:14.99%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;"><font style="margin-right:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.98%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.03%;border-bottom:3px double #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">$</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:14.99%;border-bottom:3px double #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">738,371,772</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.41%;border-bottom:3px double transparent;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr></table></div><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="margin-bottom:12pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:16pt;height:max-content;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width:100%;" align="center"><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:63.55%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.98%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="5" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:34.04%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Assets&#160;at&#160;Fair&#160;Value&#160;as&#160;of&#160;December&#160;31,&#160;2019</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.41%;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">&#160;</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:63.55%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.98%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</b></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:16.03%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Level&#160;1</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.98%;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</b></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:16.02%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Total</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.41%;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:63.55%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Mutual funds</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.98%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">$</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:14.99%;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">451,502,604</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.98%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.03%;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">$</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:14.99%;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">451,502,604</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.41%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:63.55%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Self-directed brokerage accounts</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.98%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:16.03%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">17,177,586</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.98%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:16.02%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">17,177,586</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.41%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:63.55%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Lincoln Electric Stock</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.98%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:14.99%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">109,609,810</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.98%;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.03%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:14.99%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">109,609,810</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.41%;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:63.55%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Total investments in the fair value hierarchy</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.98%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:14.99%;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">578,290,000</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.98%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.03%;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:14.99%;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">578,290,000</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.41%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:63.55%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Common/collective trusts measured at NAV</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.98%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:14.99%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;"><font style="margin-right:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.98%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.03%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:14.99%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">67,474,362</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.41%;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:63.55%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Total investments at fair value</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.98%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:14.99%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;"><font style="margin-right:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.98%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.03%;border-bottom:3px double #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">$</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:14.99%;border-bottom:3px double #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">645,764,362</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.41%;border-bottom:3px double transparent;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr></table></div><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:1pt;margin-bottom:12pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="display:none;font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';line-height:0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font style="font-size:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div><div style="clear:both;margin-bottom:30pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:24pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;">8</p></div></div><hr style="background-color:#000000;clear:both;color:#000000;height:2pt;line-height:0;margin-bottom:30pt;margin-left:10.35%;margin-right:10.35%;margin-top:30pt;page-break-after:always;width:79.3%;border-width:0;"><div style="max-width:100%;padding-left:10.35%;padding-right:10.35%;position:relative;"><div style="margin-top:21.6pt;min-height:41.75pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 30pt 0pt;"><a href="#TOC"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;">Table of Contents</font></a></p></div><div style="clear:both;max-width:100%;position:relative;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;">The Lincoln Electric Company</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;">&#160;Employee Savings Plan</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;">&#160;EIN:&#160; 34-0359955&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Plan Number:&#160; 005</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">Form 5500, Schedule H, Line 4i&#8212;Schedule of Assets<a name="Form5500"></a></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">(Held at End of Year)</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">December&#160;31, 2020</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:16pt;height:max-content;margin-left:-0.128788%;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width:100.25%;" align="center"><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;border-bottom:1.0pt solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Identity of Issuer, Borrower, Lessor or Similar Party</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;border-bottom:1.0pt solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:46.64%;border-bottom:1.0pt solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Description&#160;of&#160;Investment&#160;Including</b></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Maturity&#160;Date,&#160;Rate&#160;of&#160;Interest,</b></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Collateral,&#160;Par&#160;or&#160;Maturity&#160;Value</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:3.69%;border-bottom:1.0pt solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</b></p></td><td colspan="5" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:16.23%;border-bottom:1.0pt solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Current&#160;Value</b></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.52%;border-bottom:1.0pt solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">&#160;</b></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt;">Common/Collective Trusts:</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:46.64%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:3.69%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.1%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:15.12%;border-top:1.0pt solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.52%;border-top:1.0pt solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 9pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt;">Vanguard</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:50.34%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Vanguard Retirement&#160;Savings&#160;Trust IV</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.18%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:4.42%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">$</p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:11.68%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">57,116,417</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 9pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt;">Wellington Trust Company, NA</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:50.34%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Wellington Mid-Cap Opportunities Portfolio</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.18%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:4.42%;border-bottom:1.0pt solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:11.68%;border-bottom:1.0pt solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">27,232,986</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;border-bottom:1.0pt solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:50.34%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.18%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:4.42%;border-top:1.0pt solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:11.68%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">84,349,403</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New 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style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:11.68%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt;">Registered investment companies:</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:50.34%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.18%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:4.42%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:11.68%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 9pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt;">Fidelity</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:50.34%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">T.Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth SHS</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.18%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:4.42%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:11.68%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">93,069,580</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 9pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt;">Fidelity</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:50.34%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Fidelity Equity Index Fund</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.18%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:4.42%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:11.68%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">59,645,285</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 9pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt;">Fidelity</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:50.34%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">WA Core PLS Bond IS</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.18%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:4.42%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:11.68%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">41,475,405</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 9pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt;">Fidelity</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:50.34%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Vanguard Target Ret 2025 Inv CL</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.18%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:4.42%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:11.68%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">36,678,080</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 9pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt;">Fidelity</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:50.34%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Dodge &amp; Cox Balanced Fund</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.18%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:4.42%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:11.68%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">30,889,545</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 9pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt;">Fidelity</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:50.34%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Vanguard Target Ret 2030 Inv CL</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.18%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:4.42%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:11.68%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">28,027,430</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 9pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt;">Fidelity</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:50.34%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Vanguard Small Cap Index Institutional</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.18%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:4.42%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:11.68%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">26,318,609</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 9pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt;">Fidelity</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:50.34%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Vanguard Target Ret 2035 Inc CL</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.18%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:4.42%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:11.68%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">21,610,002</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 9pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt;">Fidelity</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:50.34%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Fidelity Diversified International K6</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.18%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:4.42%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:11.68%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">20,457,510</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 9pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt;">Fidelity</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:50.34%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Vanguard Target Ret 2040 Inv CL</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.18%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:4.42%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:11.68%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">18,750,064</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 9pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt;">Fidelity</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:50.34%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Vanguard Target Ret 2020 Inv CL</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.18%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:4.42%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:11.68%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">18,648,835</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 9pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt;">Fidelity</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:50.34%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">American Washington Mutual Fund</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.18%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:4.42%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:11.68%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">17,597,489</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 9pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt;">Fidelity</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:50.34%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Vanguard Target Ret 2050 Inv CL</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.18%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:15.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">17,576,998</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 9pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt;">Fidelity</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:50.34%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">American EuroPacific Growth Fund</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.18%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:15.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">16,815,277</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 9pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt;">Fidelity</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:50.34%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Vanguard Target Ret 2045 Inc CL</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.18%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:15.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">15,358,985</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 9pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt;">Fidelity</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:50.34%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Vanguard Target Ret 2055 Inv CL</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.18%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:15.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">13,407,219</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 9pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt;">Fidelity</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:50.34%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Vanguard&#160;Mid-Cap Value Index Fund&#160;Admiral&#160;Shares</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.18%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:15.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">11,624,562</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 9pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt;">Fidelity</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:50.34%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Fidelity Extended Market Index</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.18%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:15.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">11,155,205</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 9pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt;">Fidelity</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:50.34%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Vanguard Target Ret 2060 Inv CL</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.18%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:15.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">6,834,931</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 9pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt;">Fidelity</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:50.34%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Vanguard Institutional Target Ret Inc</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.18%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:15.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">5,394,144</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 9pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt;">Fidelity</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:50.34%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Vanguard Target Ret 2015 Inc CL</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.18%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:15.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">4,149,353</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 9pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt;">Fidelity</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:50.34%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Vanguard Tot Intl</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.18%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:15.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">3,110,553</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 9pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt;">Fidelity</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:50.34%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Vanguard Target Ret 2065 Inv CL</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.18%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:15.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">687,916</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 9pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;padding-left:7.2pt;text-indent:-7.2pt;margin:0pt;">Fidelity</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:50.34%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Fidelity Government Money Market Fund K6</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.18%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;border-bottom:1.0pt solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:15.06%;border-bottom:1.0pt solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">519,097</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;border-bottom:1.0pt solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:50.34%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.18%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;border-top:1.0pt solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:15.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">519,802,074</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:50.34%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.18%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:15.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;"><font style="margin-right:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 9pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Fidelity BrokerageLink</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:50.34%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Self-directed brokerage accounts</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.18%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:15.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt;">26,230,770</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 9pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:50.34%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.18%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:15.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 9pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Lincoln Electric Stock</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:50.34%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">928,874 Common Shares</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.18%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:15.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt;">107,989,525</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 9pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:50.34%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.18%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:15.06%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 9pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Participant loans</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:50.34%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Loans bearing interest at rates ranging from 3.00% to 9.25%</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.18%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="3" style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:15.06%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt;">12,269,548</p></td><td style="background-color:#cceeff;vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:30.8%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 9pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Total assets</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.08%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:50.34%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.18%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.04%;border-bottom:3px double #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">$</p></td><td colspan="3" style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:15.06%;border-bottom:3px double #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt;">750,641,320</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;border-bottom:3px double transparent;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr></table></div><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div><div style="clear:both;margin-bottom:30pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:24pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;">9</p></div></div><hr style="background-color:#000000;clear:both;color:#000000;height:2pt;line-height:0;margin-bottom:30pt;margin-left:10.35%;margin-right:10.35%;margin-top:30pt;page-break-after:always;width:79.3%;border-width:0;"><div style="max-width:100%;padding-left:10.35%;padding-right:10.35%;position:relative;"><div style="margin-top:21.6pt;min-height:41.75pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 30pt 0pt;"><a href="#TOC"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;">Table of Contents</font></a></p></div><div style="clear:both;max-width:100%;position:relative;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURE</b></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:16pt;height:max-content;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;table-layout:auto;width:100%;" align="center"><tr style="height:14pt;"><td style="vertical-align:top;width:49%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:4.37%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:46.62%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">The Lincoln Electric Company</p></div></div></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt;"><td style="vertical-align:top;width:49%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:4.37%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:46.62%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Employee Savings Plan</p></div></div></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt;"><td style="vertical-align:top;width:49%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div 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Electric Company,</p></div></div></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt;"><td style="vertical-align:top;width:49%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 3pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:4.37%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:46.62%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div 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style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">Date: June 24, 2021</p></div></div></td></tr></table></div><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div><div style="clear:both;margin-bottom:30pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:24pt 0pt 0pt 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style="height:12pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="bottom:0pt;position:absolute;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></div></div></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:87.99%;border-bottom:1.0pt solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:12pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="bottom:0pt;position:absolute;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Description</b></p></div></div></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt;"><td style="vertical-align:top;width:10%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 3pt;"><div style="height:14pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p style="font-family:'Times New 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