<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001558370-25-008758.txt : 20250620
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001558370-25-008758
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	11-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20241231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250620
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250620

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SouthState Corp
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000764038
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STATE COMMERCIAL BANKS [6022]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	02 Finance
		EIN:				570799315
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			SC
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		11-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-12669
		FILM NUMBER:		251059706

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1101 FIRST STREET SOUTH, SUITE 202
		CITY:			WINTER HAVEN
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			33880
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8632934710

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1101 FIRST STREET SOUTH, SUITE 202
		CITY:			WINTER HAVEN
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			33880

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SOUTH STATE Corp
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20140630

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FIRST FINANCIAL HOLDINGS, INC.
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20130729

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SCBT FINANCIAL CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20040227
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<!--Enhanced HTML document created with Toppan Merrill Bridge  10.10.0.134--><!--Created on: 6/17/2025 05:23:29 PM (UTC)--><html><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><title></title></head><body><div style="margin-top:30pt;"></div><div style="max-width:100%;padding-left:5.88%;padding-right:5.88%;position:relative;"><div style="margin-top:21.6pt;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-style:normal;font-weight:normal;">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;padding-bottom:1pt;padding-top:1pt;text-align:center;text-indent:0pt;border-bottom:1.0pt solid #000000;border-top:3.0pt solid #000000;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:1pt;margin-bottom:12pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New 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Plan) as of December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2024, 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 available for benefits of the Plan at December 31, 2024 and 2023, and the changes in its net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2024, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Basis for Opinion</b></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan&#8217;s management. 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) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Plan in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;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;text-align:justify;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 provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Supplemental Schedule Required by ERISA</b></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">The accompanying supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2024 (referred to as the &#8220;supplemental schedule&#8221;), has been subjected to audit procedures performed in conjunction with the audit of the Plan&#8217;s financial statements. The information in the supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan&#8217;s management. Our audit procedures included determining whether the 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 schedule. In forming our opinion on the information, we evaluated whether such information, including its form and content, is presented in conformity with the Department of Labor&#8217;s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. In our opinion, the 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;text-align:justify;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">/s/ Ernst &amp; Young LLP</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">We have served as the Plan&#8217;s auditor since 2023.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Birmingham, Alabama</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">June 20, 2025</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><font style="font-size:1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">1</p><p style="display:none;font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';line-height:0pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:0pt;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:5.88%;margin-right:5.88%;margin-top:30pt;page-break-after:always;width:88.24%;border-width:0;"><div style="max-width:100%;padding-left:5.88%;padding-right:5.88%;position:relative;"><div style="margin-top:21.6pt;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-style:normal;font-weight:normal;">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;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">SouthState Bank 401(k)&#160;Retirement Savings Plan</b><a name="SouthStateBank401kRetirementSavingsPlan_"></a></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits</b><a name="StatementsofNetAssetsAvailableforBenefit"></a></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">December&#160;31, 2024 and 2023</b></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:80%;" align="center"><tr style="height:1pt;"><td 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transparent;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:14.57%;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;">2023</p></td><td style="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:8pt;margin:0pt;">&#160;</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:66.66%;background:#cceeff;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="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New 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Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.15%;border-bottom:1px 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;">$</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:13.41%;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;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">615,799,783</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;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:1.15%;border-bottom:1px solid 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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:13.41%;background:#cceeff;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;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;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:66.66%;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;">Receivables:</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;margin:0pt;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:1.15%;margin:0pt;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:13.41%;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><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;margin:0pt;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:1.15%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New 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Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.15%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:13.41%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">194,886</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;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:1.15%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;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:13.41%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">438,223</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;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:66.66%;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 5.75pt;">Notes&#160;receivable from participants</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.15%;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="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:13.41%;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;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">12,584,741</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;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:1.15%;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;white-space:nowrap;width:13.41%;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;">10,874,171</p></td><td style="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:66.66%;background:#cceeff;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;">Total receivables</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.15%;background:#cceeff;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="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:13.41%;background:#cceeff;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 3pt 0pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">12,779,627</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;background:#cceeff;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:1.15%;background:#cceeff;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="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:13.41%;background:#cceeff;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 3pt 0pt 0pt;">11,312,394</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;background:#cceeff;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:66.66%;margin:0pt;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:1.86%;margin:0pt;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:1.15%;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:13.41%;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;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;margin:0pt;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:1.15%;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:13.41%;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;"><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="vertical-align:bottom;width:66.66%;background:#cceeff;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;">Total assets</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.15%;background:#cceeff;border-bottom:1px 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;">$</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:13.41%;background:#cceeff;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;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">628,579,410</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;background:#cceeff;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:1.15%;background:#cceeff;border-bottom: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:13.41%;background:#cceeff;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;">548,689,984</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;background:#cceeff;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:66.66%;margin:0pt;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:1.86%;margin:0pt;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:1.15%;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:13.41%;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;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;margin:0pt;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:1.15%;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:13.41%;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;"><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="vertical-align:bottom;width:66.66%;background:#cceeff;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;">Net assets available for benefits</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.15%;background:#cceeff;border-bottom:3px double #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">$</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:13.41%;background:#cceeff;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 3pt 0pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">628,579,410</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;background:#cceeff;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><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.15%;background:#cceeff;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="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:13.41%;background:#cceeff;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 3pt 0pt 0pt;">548,689,984</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;background:#cceeff;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;text-align:center;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New 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Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">SouthState Bank 401(k)&#160;Retirement Savings Plan</b></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits</b><a name="StatementofChangesinNetAssetsAvailablefo"></a></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Year Ended December&#160;31, 2024</b></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:80%;" align="center"><tr style="height:1pt;"><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:80.13%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.44%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.28%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:15.57%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.55%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:80.13%;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;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Additions to net assets attributed to:</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.44%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</b></p></td><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:16.86%;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">2024</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.55%;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">&#160;</b></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:80.13%;background:#cceeff;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;">Investment income:</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.44%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;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:16.86%;background:#cceeff;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:0.55%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;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:80.13%;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;"><font style="white-space:pre-wrap;">  Net appreciation in fair value of investments</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.44%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.28%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">$ </b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:15.57%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">43,674,815</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.55%;margin:0pt;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:80.13%;background:#cceeff;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 5.75pt;">Interest and dividends</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.44%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.28%;background:#cceeff;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="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:15.57%;background:#cceeff;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;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">29,045,347</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.55%;background:#cceeff;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-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:80.13%;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;">Total investment income</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.44%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.28%;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="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:15.57%;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 3pt 0pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">72,720,162</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.55%;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-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:80.13%;background:#cceeff;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;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.44%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.28%;background:#cceeff;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="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:15.57%;background:#cceeff;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;"><font style="font-weight:bold;margin-right:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.55%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:80.13%;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;">Interest income on notes receivable from participants</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.44%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.28%;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="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:15.57%;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;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">1,189,906</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.55%;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-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:80.13%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.44%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;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:1.28%;background:#cceeff;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:15.57%;background:#cceeff;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;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.55%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;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:80.13%;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;">Contributions:</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.44%;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;width:1.28%;margin:0pt;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:15.57%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.55%;margin:0pt;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:80.13%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 5.75pt;">Participants&#8217;</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.44%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.28%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:15.57%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">34,532,395</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.55%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:80.13%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 5.75pt;">Rollovers</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.44%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.28%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:15.57%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">6,362,133</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.55%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:80.13%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 5.75pt;">Employer</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.44%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.28%;background:#cceeff;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="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:15.57%;background:#cceeff;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;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">16,956,221</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.55%;background:#cceeff;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-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:80.13%;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;">Total contributions</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.44%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.28%;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="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:15.57%;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 3pt 0pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">57,850,749</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.55%;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-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:80.13%;background:#cceeff;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;">Total additions</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.44%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.28%;background:#cceeff;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="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:15.57%;background:#cceeff;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 3pt 0pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">131,760,817</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.55%;background:#cceeff;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-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:80.13%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.44%;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;width:1.28%;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:15.57%;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;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.55%;margin:0pt;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:80.13%;background:#cceeff;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;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Deductions from net assets attributed to:</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.44%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;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:1.28%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;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:15.57%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.55%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;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:80.13%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 5.75pt;">Benefits paid to participants</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.44%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.28%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:15.57%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">51,530,536</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.55%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:80.13%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 5.75pt;">Administrative expenses</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.44%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.28%;background:#cceeff;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="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:15.57%;background:#cceeff;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;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">340,855</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.55%;background:#cceeff;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-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:80.13%;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;">Total deductions</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.44%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.28%;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="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:15.57%;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 3pt 0pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">51,871,391</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.55%;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-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:80.13%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.44%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;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:1.28%;background:#cceeff;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:15.57%;background:#cceeff;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;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.55%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;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:80.13%;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;">Net increase</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.44%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.28%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:15.57%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">79,889,426</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.55%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:80.13%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.44%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;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:1.28%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;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:15.57%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.55%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;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:80.13%;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;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Net assets available for benefits:</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.44%;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;width:1.28%;margin:0pt;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:15.57%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.55%;margin:0pt;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:80.13%;background:#cceeff;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;">Balance, beginning of year</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.44%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.28%;background:#cceeff;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="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:15.57%;background:#cceeff;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;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">548,689,984</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.55%;background:#cceeff;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-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:80.13%;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;">Balance, end of year</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.44%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1.28%;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;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">$</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:15.57%;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;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">628,579,410</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.55%;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="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr></table></div><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="margin-bottom:12pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">The accompanying notes are an integral part of the 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:12pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><font style="text-transform:uppercase;">3</font></p></div></div><hr style="background-color:#000000;clear:both;color:#000000;height:2pt;line-height:0;margin-bottom:30pt;margin-left:5.88%;margin-right:5.88%;margin-top:30pt;page-break-after:always;width:88.24%;border-width:0;"><div style="max-width:100%;padding-left:5.88%;padding-right:5.88%;position:relative;"><div style="margin-top:21.6pt;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-style:normal;font-weight:normal;">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;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">SouthState Bank 401(k)&#160;Retirement Savings Plan</b></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">Notes&#160;to Financial Statements</b><a name="NotestoFinancialStatements_842213"></a></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Note&#160;1&#160;&#8211; Description of Plan</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">The following description of the SouthState Bank 401(k)&#160;Retirement Savings Plan (&#8220;Plan&#8221;) provides only general information. Participants should refer to the plan agreement for a more complete description of the Plan&#8217;s provisions.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><i style="font-style:italic;">General:</i></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">The Plan is a contributory defined contribution plan covering all employees with the exception of employees classified as temporary or &#8220;on-call&#8221; of SouthState Bank, N.A. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SouthState Corporation, and all affiliates of the Company who are age 18 or older. The Company&#8217;s employees can enter the Plan immediately upon meeting eligibility requirements. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (&#8220;ERISA&#8221;). The Plan is administered by the Retirement Committee, members of which are appointed by the Board. The Retirement Committee contracted Fidelity Management Trust Company (&#8220;Fidelity&#8221; or the &#8220;Trustee&#8221;) as the trustee and record keeper of the Plan and the Plan&#8217;s assets.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><i style="font-style:italic;">Contributions:</i></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Each&#160;year, participants may contribute up to 85% of pretax annual base compensation, as defined in the Plan. The Plan also allows participants to make after-tax Roth Contributions, subject to certain limitations imposed by the Plan. &#160;Participants may also contribute amounts representing distributions from other qualified retirement plans (rollovers). Participants direct the investment of their contributions into various investment options offered by the Plan.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">The Plan defines Compensation as a participant&#8217;s Form&#160;W-2 Compensation received during a Compensation Determination Period. A Compensation Determination Period is defined as the Plan&#160;Year; and any elective deferrals as defined under the Internal Revenue Code (the &#8220;Code&#8221;) &#167;402(g)&#160;and any amount contributed or deferred by the Employer at the election of the Employee which is not includible in gross income by reason of Code &#167;125, Code &#167;132(f)(4)&#160;or Code &#167;457, will be included in Compensation. In addition, any amount received under the following circumstances will not be considered Compensation: amounts set forth in Regulation &#167;1.414(s)-1(c)(3)&#160;(i.e., reimbursements or other expense allowances, including fringe benefits (cash and non-cash), moving expenses, deferred compensation and welfare benefits, even if includible in gross income).</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">The Plan permits eligible participants to contribute up to a maximum annual amount of $23,000 for 2024. Participants age 50 and older are permitted to make catch-up contributions of $7,500 for 2024.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">The Plan requires newly eligible employees be automatically enrolled in the Plan with a withholding of 4% of Compensation as defined by the Plan unless a Salary Deferral Election form is filed.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">The Plan provides for discretionary non-elective profit sharing contributions on an annual basis. Employees will be entitled to such contributions if they are employed on the last day of the&#160;year and have completed 1,000 hours of service during the Plan&#160;year. Employment terminated during the&#160;year due to normal retirement, death or disability shall not result in loss of the non-elective Company contribution. There were no non-elective contributions for 2024.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Employees participating in the Plan receive a 100% matching of their 401(k)&#160;plan contribution, up to 4% of their Compensation. Employer contributions on the first 4% of their Compensation are made per pay period. In addition, employees are eligible for an additional 2% discretionary matching contribution. For the&#160;year ended December&#160;31, 2024, there was no discretionary matching contribution. Employer contributions for the discretionary match may be made annually from current or accumulated net profits. Both employer and employee contributions are subject to certain limitations based on the Code.</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:12pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><font style="text-transform:uppercase;">4</font></p></div></div><hr style="background-color:#000000;clear:both;color:#000000;height:2pt;line-height:0;margin-bottom:30pt;margin-left:5.88%;margin-right:5.88%;margin-top:30pt;page-break-after:always;width:88.24%;border-width:0;"><div style="max-width:100%;padding-left:5.88%;padding-right:5.88%;position:relative;"><div style="margin-top:21.6pt;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-style:normal;font-weight:normal;">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;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Note&#160;1&#160;&#8211; Description of Plan (continued)</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><i style="font-style:italic;">Participant accounts</i>:</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Each participant&#8217;s account is credited with the participant&#8217;s contribution, allocations of the Company&#8217;s matching contribution, Company&#8217;s non-elective profit sharing, if any, and allocations of Plan earnings. Each participant&#8217;s account is also charged with an allocation of administrative expenses and Plan losses. Allocations are based on account balances, as defined by the Plan. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant&#8217;s vested account.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><i style="font-style:italic;">Vesting:</i></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">All participant contributions and the Company&#8217;s matching contributions are immediately vested. Participants vest in non-elective profit sharing contributions at 10% for first and second&#160;year, 20% per&#160;year for the next four&#160;years until fully vested at six&#160;years, or upon the earlier of their death, disability or retirement at age 65 or older. An employee must complete at least 1,000 hours of service during a vesting computation period to receive credit for a&#160;year of service. The Plan measures a&#160;year of service on the basis of the 12-consecutive&#160;month period of the Plan&#160;year.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><i style="font-style:italic;">Investment Options:</i></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Participants may direct how their pre-tax and after-tax (Roth) deferred contributions, rollover funds, employer matching contributions and employer non-elective profit-sharing contributions will be invested within various investment options selected by the Retirement Committee. All participant directed funds, except investments in SouthState Bank Unitized Stock Fund may be redirected daily. &#160;For the SouthState Bank Unitized Stock Fund, the maximum deferral allocation and balance threshold is restricted to 10% per the Plan (See Note&#160;7&#160;&#8211; Investments for additional information on the SouthState Bank Unitized Stock Fund).</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Participants must wait 30 calendar&#160;days before exchanging back into SouthState Bank Unitized Stock Fund. The 30-day clock restarts after every exchange out of the account. This does not apply to the following:</p><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;text-align:justify;width:100%;border:0pt;"><tr><td style="width:18pt;"></td><td style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;vertical-align:text-top;white-space:nowrap;width:36pt;padding:0pt;">1.</td><td style="padding:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;">Purchases of shares with participant payroll or employer contributions or loan payments.</font></td></tr></table><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;text-align:justify;width:100%;border:0pt;"><tr><td style="width:18pt;"></td><td style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;vertical-align:text-top;white-space:nowrap;width:36pt;padding:0pt;">2.</td><td style="padding:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;">Purchases of shares with reinvested capital.</font></td></tr></table><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;text-align:justify;width:100%;border:0pt;"><tr><td style="width:18pt;"></td><td style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;vertical-align:text-top;white-space:nowrap;width:36pt;padding:0pt;">3.</td><td style="padding:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;">Redemption of shares to pay any otherwise permissible withdrawals from the Plan.</font></td></tr></table><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;text-align:justify;width:100%;border:0pt;"><tr><td style="width:18pt;"></td><td style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;vertical-align:text-top;white-space:nowrap;width:36pt;padding:0pt;">4.</td><td style="padding:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;">Redemption of shares at the direction of the Plan.</font></td></tr></table><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;text-align:justify;width:100%;border:0pt;"><tr><td style="width:18pt;"></td><td style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;vertical-align:text-top;white-space:nowrap;width:36pt;padding:0pt;">5.</td><td style="padding:0pt;"><font style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;">Redemption of shares to pay fees.</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;"><i style="font-style:italic;">Forfeitures:</i></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">At December&#160;31, 2024 and 2023, forfeited non-vested accounts totaled $8,855 and $18,056, respectively. Forfeitures may be used to reduce employer contributions or to pay administrative expenses incurred by the Plan. Any additional balances in the forfeiture account will then be applied to restore previous forfeitures of participant accounts pursuant to the Plan document. The portion of the forfeiture account available after the above items are satisfied is then available to be used to offset any employer contribution. During 2025, $10,000 forfeitures were used to offset the 2024 employer contributions.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><i style="font-style:italic;">Notes&#160;Receivable from Participants:</i></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Participants may borrow from their plan assets after one&#160;year of participation. A participant must borrow at least $1,000 with the maximum amount being the lesser of (1)&#160;$50,000 or (2)&#160;one-half of the participant&#8217;s vested account balance. Loans are payable in full upon default or termination of employment. Outstanding loans at December&#160;31, 2024 carry interest rates ranging from 3.25% to 9.50%. Principal and interest is paid ratably through payroll deductions.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">The Plan allows two loans outstanding per participant at a time. A participant also must wait until at least 30&#160;days after the pay-off of the previous loan to obtain a new loan. The Plan does not restrict loans from any portion of the participant&#8217;s funds invested in the SouthState Bank Unitized Stock Fund.</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:12pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><font style="text-transform:uppercase;">5</font></p></div></div><hr style="background-color:#000000;clear:both;color:#000000;height:2pt;line-height:0;margin-bottom:30pt;margin-left:5.88%;margin-right:5.88%;margin-top:30pt;page-break-after:always;width:88.24%;border-width:0;"><div style="max-width:100%;padding-left:5.88%;padding-right:5.88%;position:relative;"><div style="margin-top:21.6pt;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-style:normal;font-weight:normal;">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;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Note&#160;1&#160;&#8211; Description of Plan (continued)</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><i style="font-style:italic;">Payment of benefits and withdrawals:</i></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">On termination of service due to death, disability, retirement, or other reasons, a participant may leave the funds in the Plan or receive a lump-sum amount equal to the value of his or her account.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">A participant may also receive a hardship withdrawal upon meeting certain immediate financial need requirements as defined by the Plan. Funds derived from matching and profit sharing contributions are not available for hardship withdrawals.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">The Plan allows Fidelity, at its sole discretion, to distribute a participant&#8217;s vested Aggregate Account balance without consent of the participant if the account balance is less than $5,000. Such distribution may be made in a lump sum at any time after a participant terminates employment, subject to certain provisions of the Plan.</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;&#8211; Summary of Significant Accounting Policies</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><i style="font-style:italic;">Basis of Accounting:</i></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">The financial statements of the Plan are prepared using the accrual method of accounting in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><i style="font-style:italic;">Estimates:</i></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and changes therein and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Accordingly, actual results could differ from those estimates.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><i style="font-style:italic;">Investment Valuation and Income Recognition:</i></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;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. See Note&#160;8 for discussion of fair value measurements.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Net appreciation (depreciation) in the fair value of the Plan&#8217;s investments consists of the realized gains or losses on investments sold and unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investments held at&#160;year end.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><i style="font-style:italic;">Payment of Benefits and Withdrawals:</i></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Benefits and withdrawals are recorded when paid. Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants may be recorded on the Form&#160;5500 for benefit claims that have been processed and approved for payment prior to December&#160;31 but not yet paid as of that date.</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:12pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><font style="text-transform:uppercase;">6</font></p></div></div><hr style="background-color:#000000;clear:both;color:#000000;height:2pt;line-height:0;margin-bottom:30pt;margin-left:5.88%;margin-right:5.88%;margin-top:30pt;page-break-after:always;width:88.24%;border-width:0;"><div style="max-width:100%;padding-left:5.88%;padding-right:5.88%;position:relative;"><div style="margin-top:21.6pt;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-style:normal;font-weight:normal;">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;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Note&#160;2&#160;&#8211; Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><i style="font-style:italic;">Notes&#160;Receivable from Participants:</i></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Notes&#160;receivable from participants are measured at their unpaid principal balance plus any accrued but unpaid interest. Delinquent participant loans are reclassified as distributions based on the terms of the Plan document. No allowance for credit losses has been recorded as of December&#160;31, 2024 or 2023.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><i style="font-style:italic;">Contributions:</i></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Contributions from Plan participants and the matching contributions from the Company are recorded in the year in which the employee contributions are withheld.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><i style="font-style:italic;">Risks and Uncertainties:</i></p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">The Plan invests in various investment securities which are exposed to various risks such as interest rate, market volatility 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 and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits.</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;&#8211; Related Party Transactions</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Certain Plan investments are shares of SouthState Corporation common stock. The Plan held common shares of SouthState Corporation of 137,141 shares valued at $13,642,815 and 155,634 shares valued at $13,143,375 at December&#160;31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Dividends received from SouthState Corporation common stock totaled $310,026 for the&#160;year ended December&#160;31, 2024.</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;&#8211; Plan Termination</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">The Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. In the event of Plan termination, participants would become 100&#160;percent vested in their accounts.</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;&#8211; Tax Status</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">The underlying pre-approved plan has received an opinion letter from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) dated June 30, 2020 stating that the written form of the underlying pre-approved document is qualified under Section 401 of the Code. Any employer adopting this form of the plan will be considered to have a plan qualified under Section 401 of the Code, and, therefore, the related trust is tax-exempt. Once qualified, the Plan is required to operate in conformity with the Code to maintain its qualified status. The plan administrator believes the Plan is being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Code and, therefore, believes the Plan is qualified and the related trust is tax exempt.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, Plan management is required to evaluate tax positions taken by the Plan and recognize a tax liability (or asset) if the Plan has taken an uncertain position that more likely than not would not be sustained upon examination by the IRS. The Plan administrator has analyzed the tax positions taken by the Plan, and has concluded that as of December&#160;31, 2024 and 2023, there are no uncertain positions taken or expected to be taken that would require recognition of a liability or disclosure in the financial statements. The Plan is subject to routine audits by taxing jurisdictions; however, there are currently no audits for any tax periods in progress.</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:12pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><font style="text-transform:uppercase;">7</font></p></div></div><hr style="background-color:#000000;clear:both;color:#000000;height:2pt;line-height:0;margin-bottom:30pt;margin-left:5.88%;margin-right:5.88%;margin-top:30pt;page-break-after:always;width:88.24%;border-width:0;"><div style="max-width:100%;padding-left:5.88%;padding-right:5.88%;position:relative;"><div style="margin-top:21.6pt;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-style:normal;font-weight:normal;">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;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Note&#160;6&#160;&#8211; Exempt Party-In-Interest Transactions</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">The Plan&#8217;s administrative expenses are paid by either the Plan or the Company, as provided by the Plan document. Investment related expenses are included in net appreciation (depreciation) of fair value of investments. Certain administrative functions are performed by employees of the Company. No such employee receives compensation from the Plan.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Certain Plan investments are shares of mutual funds managed by Fidelity. Fidelity is the trustee as defined by the Plan and, therefore, these transactions qualify as exempt party-in-interest transactions. Fees paid by the Plan for investment management services were included as a reduction of the return earned on each fund.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Note&#160;7&#160;&#8211; Investments</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Plan assets are held in a trust established pursuant to an agreement between the Company and the Trustee.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">The Retirement Committee and Trustee direct the investment activities of the trust and have full discretionary authority for the purchase and sale of investments, subject to the participants&#8217; permitted investment elections and certain other specified limitations.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">The Trustee maintains a SouthState Corporation Unitized Stock Fund, for the exclusive use of the Plan, to account for the Plan&#8217;s interest in SouthState Corporation common stock, plus any undistributed cash to be invested into SouthState Corporation common stock. The Trustee acquires and sells the common stock through a broker-dealer.</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Note&#160;8&#160;&#8211; Fair Value Measurements</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">FASB ASC 820, <i style="font-style:italic;">Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures</i>, defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, and enhances disclosures about fair value measurements. 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style="vertical-align:bottom;width:40.09%;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;">Common stock - SouthState Corporation</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;margin:0pt;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%;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;white-space:nowrap;width:12%;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;">13,642,815</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;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%;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;white-space:nowrap;width:12%;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;">13,642,815</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;border-bottom:1px solid 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="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12%;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;">&#8212;</p></td><td style="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="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:40.09%;background:#cceeff;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 5.75pt;">Total investments in fair value hierarchy</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;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%;background:#cceeff;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="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12%;background:#cceeff;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 3pt 0pt 0pt;">585,548,275</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;background:#cceeff;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font 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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="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12%;background:#cceeff;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;">&#8212;</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;background:#cceeff;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%;background:#cceeff;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="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12%;background:#cceeff;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;">&#8212;</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;background:#cceeff;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-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:40.09%;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 5.75pt;">Investments measured at NAV<sup style="font-size:7.5pt;vertical-align:top;">(a)</sup></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;margin:0pt;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%;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="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12%;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 3pt 0pt 0pt;">30,251,508</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;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%;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="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12%;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 3pt 0pt 0pt;">&#8212;</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;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%;border-bottom:1px solid 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style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12%;background:#cceeff;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:0.46%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;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:40.09%;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;">Mutual funds</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;margin:0pt;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%;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:12%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">489,276,787</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;margin:0pt;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%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">$</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New 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style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">$</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12%;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;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">&#8212;</b></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="vertical-align:bottom;width:40.09%;background:#cceeff;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;">Common stock - SouthState Corporation</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;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%;background:#cceeff;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;white-space:nowrap;width:12%;background:#cceeff;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;">13,143,375</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;background:#cceeff;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New 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style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1%;background:#cceeff;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="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12%;background:#cceeff;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;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">&#8212;</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;background:#cceeff;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-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1%;background:#cceeff;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p 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value hierarchy</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;margin:0pt;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%;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="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12%;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 3pt 0pt 0pt;">502,420,162</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;border-bottom:1px solid transparent;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New 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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="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12%;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;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">&#8212;</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;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-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1%;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="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12%;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;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">&#8212;</b></p></td><td style="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="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:40.09%;background:#cceeff;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 5.75pt;">Investments measured at NAV<sup style="font-size:7.5pt;vertical-align:top;">(a)</sup></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;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%;background:#cceeff;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="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12%;background:#cceeff;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 3pt 0pt 0pt;">34,957,428</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;background:#cceeff;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%;background:#cceeff;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="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12%;background:#cceeff;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 3pt 0pt 0pt;">&#8212;</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;background:#cceeff;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-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1%;background:#cceeff;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="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12%;background:#cceeff;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;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">&#8212;</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;background:#cceeff;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-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1%;background:#cceeff;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="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12%;background:#cceeff;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;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">&#8212;</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:0.46%;background:#cceeff;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-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:40.09%;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 5.75pt;">Total Investments at fair value</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;margin:0pt;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%;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;">$</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12%;border-bottom:3px double #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 3pt 0pt 0pt;">537,377,590</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;border-bottom:3px double transparent;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1%;border-bottom:3px double #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">$</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12%;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;">502,420,162</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;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><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1%;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;">$</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12%;border-bottom:3px double #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">&#8212;</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.86%;border-bottom:3px double transparent;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:1%;border-bottom:3px double #000000;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">$</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:12%;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 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;">&#8212;</b></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><div style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;min-height:1.19em;position:relative;width:100%;"><hr noshade="true" color="#000000" size="1" width="25.0%" style="background-color:#000000;color:#000000;height:1pt;position:relative;top:0.6em;border:none;margin:0pt;" align="left"></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td style="vertical-align:text-top;white-space:nowrap;width:18pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;">(a)</p></td><td style="padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-align:justify;">In accordance with Topic 820, certain investments that were measured at net asset value per share (or its equivalent) have not been classified in the fair value hierarchy. The fair value amounts presented in this table are intended to permit reconciliation of the fair value hierarchy to the line items presented in the Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits.</p></td></tr></table><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:12pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><font style="text-transform:uppercase;">9</font></p></div></div><hr style="background-color:#000000;clear:both;color:#000000;height:2pt;line-height:0;margin-bottom:30pt;margin-left:5.88%;margin-right:5.88%;margin-top:30pt;page-break-after:always;width:88.24%;border-width:0;"><div style="max-width:100%;padding-left:5.88%;padding-right:5.88%;position:relative;"><div style="margin-top:21.6pt;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-style:normal;font-weight:normal;">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;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">Note&#160;9&#160;&#8211; Net Asset Value Per Share</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;">The following table for December&#160;31, 2024 and 2023 sets forth a summary of the Plan&#8217;s investments with a reported estimated fair value using net asset value per share:</p><div align="left"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:16pt;height:max-content;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width:100%;"><tr style="height:1pt;"><td style="vertical-align:bottom;width:32.28%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><div 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style="font-size:8pt;margin-right:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;background:#cceeff;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 24pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:23.2%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 5.75pt;">American Beacon Funds</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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:top;width:46.36%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">American Beacon Small Cap Value Fund Class&#160;R6, 351,515 shares</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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;width:7.91%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">**</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;background:#cceeff;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;width:1.05%;background:#cceeff;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">8,661,343</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;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 24pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:23.2%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 5.75pt;">American Century</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;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:top;width:46.36%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">American Century Small Cap Growth R6, 81,811 shares</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;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;width:7.91%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">**</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;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;width:1.05%;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 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style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:46.36%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">American Funds New World Fund Class R6, 46,064 shares</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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;width:7.91%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">**</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;background:#cceeff;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;width:1.05%;background:#cceeff;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">3,545,588</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;background:#cceeff;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 24pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:23.2%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 5.75pt;">Columbia Management</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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:top;width:46.36%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">Columbia Dividend Income Fund Z, 1,219,355 shares</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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;width:7.91%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">**</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;background:#cceeff;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;width:1.05%;background:#cceeff;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">41,128,851</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;background:#cceeff;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 24pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:23.2%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 5.75pt;">Dodge &amp; Cox</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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:top;width:46.36%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">Dodge &amp; Cox Income X Fund, 1,488,904 shares</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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;width:7.91%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">**</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;background:#cceeff;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;width:1.05%;background:#cceeff;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">18,447,528</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">*</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;background:#cceeff;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 24pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:23.2%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 5.75pt;">Fidelity</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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:top;width:46.36%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">Fidelity Cash Reserves, 2,870 shares</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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;width:7.91%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">**</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;background:#cceeff;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;width:1.05%;background:#cceeff;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">2,870</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">*</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;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 24pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:23.2%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 5.75pt;">Fidelity</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;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:top;width:46.36%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">Fidelity US Bond Index Fund, 827,714 shares</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;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;width:7.91%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">**</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;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;width:1.05%;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">8,459,238</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">*</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;background:#cceeff;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 24pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:23.2%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 5.75pt;">Fidelity</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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:top;width:46.36%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">Fidelity 500 Index Fund, 376,688 shares</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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;width:7.91%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">**</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;background:#cceeff;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;width:1.05%;background:#cceeff;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">76,916,118</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">*</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;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 24pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:23.2%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 5.75pt;">Fidelity</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;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:top;width:46.36%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">Fidelity Mid Cap Index Fund, 243,398 shares</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;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;width:7.91%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">**</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;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;width:1.05%;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">8,219,553</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">*</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;background:#cceeff;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 24pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:23.2%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 5.75pt;">Fidelity</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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:top;width:46.36%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">Fidelity Small Cap Index Fund, 272,592 shares</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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;width:7.91%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">**</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;background:#cceeff;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;width:1.05%;background:#cceeff;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">7,545,349</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">*</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;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 24pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:23.2%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 5.75pt;">Fidelity</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;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:top;width:46.36%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">Fidelity International Index Fund, 137,229 shares</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;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;width:7.91%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">**</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;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;width:1.05%;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">6,523,885</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;background:#cceeff;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 24pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:23.2%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 5.75pt;">Franklin Templeton Investments</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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:top;width:46.36%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">ClearBridge International Growth Fund Class&#160;I, 360,455 shares</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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;width:7.91%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">**</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;background:#cceeff;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;width:1.05%;background:#cceeff;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">23,299,845</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;background:#cceeff;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 24pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:23.2%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 5.75pt;">JP Morgan</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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:top;width:46.36%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">JP Morgan Mid Cap Growth Class R6, 521,673</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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;width:7.91%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">**</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;background:#cceeff;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;width:1.05%;background:#cceeff;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 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Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:46.36%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">NYLI Winslow Large Cap Growth Fund, 5,312,137 shares</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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;width:7.91%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">**</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;background:#cceeff;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;width:1.05%;background:#cceeff;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">64,170,623</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;background:#cceeff;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 24pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:23.2%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 5.75pt;">PIMCO</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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:top;width:46.36%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">PIMCO International Bond Fund, 169,409 shares</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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;width:7.91%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">**</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;background:#cceeff;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;width:1.05%;background:#cceeff;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">1,682,239</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;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 24pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:23.2%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 5.75pt;">Principal Funds</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;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:top;width:46.36%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">Principal High Yield Fund, 798,095 shares</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;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;width:7.91%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">**</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;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;width:1.05%;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">5,355,224</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;background:#cceeff;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 24pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:23.2%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 5.75pt;">T. Rowe Price</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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:top;width:46.36%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">Mid Cap Growth Fund, 214 shares</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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;width:7.91%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">**</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;background:#cceeff;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;width:1.05%;background:#cceeff;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">21,506</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;background:#cceeff;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 24pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:23.2%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 5.75pt;">Vanguard</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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:top;width:46.36%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">Vanguard Federal Money Market Fund, 9,309,559 shares</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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;width:7.91%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">**</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;background:#cceeff;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;width:1.05%;background:#cceeff;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">9,309,559</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;background:#cceeff;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 24pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:23.2%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 5.75pt;">Vanguard</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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:top;width:46.36%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">Vanguard Real Estate Index Is, 280,920 shares</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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;width:7.91%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">**</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;background:#cceeff;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;width:1.05%;background:#cceeff;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">5,491,997</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;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 24pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:23.2%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 5.75pt;">Vanguard</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;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:top;width:46.36%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">Vanguard Target Retirement 2020, 450,179 shares</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;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;width:7.91%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">**</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;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;width:1.05%;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">11,920,741</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;background:#cceeff;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 24pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:23.2%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 5.75pt;">Vanguard</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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:top;width:46.36%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">Vanguard Target Retirement 2025, 1,859,908 shares</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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;width:7.91%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">**</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;background:#cceeff;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;width:1.05%;background:#cceeff;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">34,761,689</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;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 24pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:23.2%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 5.75pt;">Vanguard</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;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:top;width:46.36%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">Vanguard Target Retirement 2030, 1,001,476 shares</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;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;width:7.91%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">**</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;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;width:1.05%;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">37,935,922</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;background:#cceeff;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 24pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:23.2%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 5.75pt;">Vanguard</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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:top;width:46.36%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">Vanguard Target Retirement 2035, 1,483,015 shares</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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;width:7.91%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">**</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;background:#cceeff;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;width:1.05%;background:#cceeff;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">35,562,700</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;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 24pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:23.2%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 5.75pt;">Vanguard</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;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:top;width:46.36%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">Vanguard Target Retirement 2040, 698,145 shares</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;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;width:7.91%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">**</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;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;width:1.05%;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">30,173,839</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;background:#cceeff;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 24pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:23.2%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 5.75pt;">Vanguard</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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:top;width:46.36%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">Vanguard Target Retirement 2045, 1,109,326 shares</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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;width:7.91%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">**</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;background:#cceeff;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;width:1.05%;background:#cceeff;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">32,913,706</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;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 24pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:23.2%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 5.75pt;">Vanguard</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;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:top;width:46.36%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">Vanguard Target Retirement 2050, 450,230 shares</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;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;width:7.91%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">**</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;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;width:1.05%;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">22,439,504</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;background:#cceeff;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 24pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:23.2%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 5.75pt;">Vanguard</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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:top;width:46.36%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">Vanguard Target Retirement 2055, 277,980 shares</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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;width:7.91%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">**</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;background:#cceeff;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;width:1.05%;background:#cceeff;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">15,458,468</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;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 24pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:23.2%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 5.75pt;">Vanguard</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;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:top;width:46.36%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">Vanguard Target Retirement 2060, 139,677 shares</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;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;width:7.91%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">**</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;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;width:1.05%;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">7,158,495</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;background:#cceeff;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 24pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:23.2%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 5.75pt;">Vanguard</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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:top;width:46.36%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">Vanguard Target Retirement 2065, 83,954 shares</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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;width:7.91%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">**</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;background:#cceeff;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;width:1.05%;background:#cceeff;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">2,822,560</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;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 24pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:23.2%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 5.75pt;">Vanguard</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;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:top;width:46.36%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">Vanguard Target Retirement Income, 343,526 shares</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;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;width:7.91%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">**</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;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;width:1.05%;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">4,500,200</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><a name="_Hlk198715912"></a><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;background:#cceeff;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 24pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:23.2%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 5.75pt;">Victory Capital Management</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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:top;width:46.36%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">Victory Short-Term Bond R6 Fund, 63,044 shares</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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;width:7.91%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">**</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;background:#cceeff;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;width:1.05%;background:#cceeff;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">572,441</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;background:#cceeff;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 24pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:23.2%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 5.75pt;">Victory Capital Management</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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:top;width:46.36%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">Victory Sycamore Established Value Fund I, 392,471 shares</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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;width:7.91%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">**</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;background:#cceeff;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;width:1.05%;background:#cceeff;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="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;background:#cceeff;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">18,037,974</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;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:top;width:23.2%;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;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:top;width:46.36%;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:2.15%;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:7.91%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;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;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="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New 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style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;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 24pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:23.2%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 5.75pt;">Federated Capital</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;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:top;width:46.36%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">Federated Capital Preservation Fund</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;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;width:7.91%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">**</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;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;width:1.05%;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">30,251,508</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;background:#cceeff;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:top;width:23.2%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New 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style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:7.91%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;background:#cceeff;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;width:1.05%;background:#cceeff;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;background:#cceeff;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="font-size:8pt;margin-right:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;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 24pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:23.2%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Participant Loans:</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:46.36%;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:2.15%;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:7.91%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;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;width:1.05%;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;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="font-size:8pt;margin-right:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">*</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;background:#cceeff;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;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:23.2%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 11.5pt;">Notes&#160;receivable from participants</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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:top;width:46.36%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">3.25% to 9.50%, Latest Maturity Date: 08/16/2041</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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;width:7.91%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;">***</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:1.63%;background:#cceeff;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;width:1.05%;background:#cceeff;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="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:10.65%;background:#cceeff;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">12,584,741</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;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:top;width:23.2%;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;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:top;width:46.36%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">Total assets held for investment purposes</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;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:7.91%;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:1.63%;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;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="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">628,384,524</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;background:#cceeff;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;background:#cceeff;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:top;width:23.2%;background:#cceeff;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:46.36%;background:#cceeff;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:2.15%;background:#cceeff;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:7.91%;background:#cceeff;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:1.63%;background:#cceeff;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;width:1.05%;background:#cceeff;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="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;background:#cceeff;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="font-size:8pt;margin-right:0pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.62%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-size:8pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:2.22%;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:top;width:23.2%;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:top;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;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:top;width:46.36%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:8pt;margin:0pt;">Total assets</p></td><td style="vertical-align:bottom;white-space:nowrap;width:2.15%;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:7.91%;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:1.63%;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;width:1.05%;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:8pt;margin:0pt;">$</p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap;width:10.65%;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:8pt;text-align:right;margin:0pt 2.9pt 0pt 0pt;">628,384,524</p></td></tr></table></div><div style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;min-height:1.19em;position:relative;width:100%;"><hr noshade="true" color="#000000" size="1" width="25.0%" style="background-color:#000000;color:#000000;height:1pt;position:relative;top:0.6em;border:none;margin:0pt;" align="left"></div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td style="vertical-align:text-top;white-space:nowrap;width:18pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;">*</p></td><td style="padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;">Indicates a party-in-interest.</p></td></tr></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td style="vertical-align:text-top;white-space:nowrap;width:18pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;">**</p></td><td 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Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;text-align:center;text-indent:0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;"><b style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration-color:#000000;text-decoration-line:underline;text-decoration-style:solid;">Exhibit&#160;Index</b></p><div align="left"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:16pt;height:max-content;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width:100%;"><tr style="height:1pt;"><td style="vertical-align:top;width:9.04%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><div style="height:1pt;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="font-size:1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.75%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><div style="height:1pt;overflow:hidden;overflow-wrap:break-word;position:relative;"><div style="position:absolute;top:0pt;width:100%;"><p 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style="height:1pt;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="font-size:1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:9.04%;border-bottom:1px 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;">Exhibit&#160;No.</b></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:1.75%;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:top;width:60.89%;border-bottom:1px 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;">Description</b></p></td><td 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committee members have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</p><div align="left"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:16pt;height:max-content;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;width:100%;"><tr style="height:1pt;"><td style="vertical-align:top;width:50%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><div style="height:1pt;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="font-size:1pt;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></div></div></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:50%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><div style="height:1pt;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 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Plan)</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:50%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:50%;margin:0pt;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:top;width:50%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;visibility:hidden;">&#8203;</font></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:50%;margin:0pt;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:top;width:50%;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New 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Matthews,&#160;V</p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:50%;margin:0pt;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:top;width:50%;border-top:1px solid #000000;margin:0pt;padding:0pt;"><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Times','serif';font-size:10pt;margin:0pt;">William E. 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