ELIGIBILITY
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Welk ESOP FACTS
POTPOURI
100

This the age at which you qualify for ESOP benefits...

What is 18?

100

Any of these four events allow for distribution...

What is termination, disability, death, or retirement?

100

The year in which the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ESOP law) was put into place...

What is 1974?

100

This is what the letters ESOP stand for...

What is Employee Stock Ownership Plan?

100

These items are listed under the ESOP tab on the Principal website...

What is summary plan description and submit a question?

200

This is the number of years of service you provide to become fully vested...

What is 5?

200

The age and number of years of participation when you are given the option to diversify...

What is 60 and 5 years of participation?

200

This is who regulates ESOP's in the U.S...

Who is the IRS and Department of Labor?

200

That is how often our company is valued...

What is annually?

200

The full meaning of ESOP...

What is Employee Stock Ownership Plan?

300

This is the amount of money you pay out of pocket annually to ESOP...

What is 0? (zero)

300

This is how the company converts yours stock shares to cash...

What is re-purchase obligation?

300

The number of ESOP's currently in place in the U.S...

What is approximately 11,000?

300

The year that Welk began it's ESOP plan...

What is 2012?

300

This is our 2017 stock valuation...

What is $57.28?

400

The number of hours of service you provide each year to qualify for ESOP benefits that year...

What is 1000 hours?

400

The employee can request this at age 65 while still employed...

What is in-service distribution?

400

Even in the worst economy since the great depression, this is the percentage of ESOP companies had a better performance...

What is 67.6%?

400

This is who can make a difference in the value of our company stock...

Who is everyone?

400

This is the number of hours a team member must work to be eligible to receive a contribution...

What is 1000 hours?

500

This is the time frame in it takes to be 100% vested...

What is 5 years?

500

This is when your ESOP value is considered income and is taxed...

What is after distribution?

500

Total Estimated Assets of ESOP companies in the U.S...

What is $860 billion?

500

This is what affects the value of our company...

What is financial condition, history of enterprise, economic outlook of industry, nature of business, market value of similar companies?

500

This is the number of years it takes to be 100%vested in the ESOP contributions

What is 5?