v3.26.1
Fair Value Measurements
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
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Fair Value Measurements

NOTE C. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

 

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The accounting standards related to fair value measurements include a hierarchy for information and valuations used in measuring fair value that is broken down into three levels based on reliability, as follows:

Level 1 valuations are based on quoted prices in active markets for identical instruments that the Plan has the ability to access.
Level 2 valuations are based on quoted prices for similar, but not identical, instruments in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; or other significant observable inputs besides quoted prices.
Level 3 valuations are based on information that is unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement.

 

The carrying value of cash approximates its fair value due to the short maturity of this financial instrument. Notes receivable from participants are valued at the principal amount plus accrued interest, which approximates fair value. Mutual funds and Paychex common stock, which is the sole investment in the ESOP Fund, are stated at their approximate fair value based on quoted market prices in active markets.

 

Collective investment trusts ("CITs") are valued at either fair value, if the trust's NAV is published on a public stock market, or the trust's unpublished NAV, which approximates fair value. There are no redemption restrictions or unfunded commitments in the CITs offered under the Plan. The Annuity Fund, ClearCourse, is valued by Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company using the quoted market price of the underlying investments less applicable ClearCourse asset charges. The underlying investments are in the GE Investment Funds, Inc. Total Return Fund Class 2.

 

The preceding methods described may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values. Furthermore, although the Plan believes its valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different fair value measurement at the reporting date.

 

The Plan’s financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis were as follows:

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2025

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quoted

 

 

Significant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

prices in

 

 

other

 

 

Significant

 

 

 

Carrying

 

 

active

 

 

observable

 

 

unobservable

 

 

 

value

 

 

markets

 

 

inputs

 

 

inputs

 

In Thousands

 

(Fair value)

 

 

(Level 1)

 

 

(Level 2)

 

 

(Level 3)

 

Mutual funds

 

$

 

907,275

 

 

$

 

907,275

 

 

$

 

 

 

$

 

 

Paychex common stock

 

 

 

171,534

 

 

 

 

171,534

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CITs measured at fair value

 

 

 

113,678

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

113,678

 

 

 

 

 

Annuity fund

 

 

 

4,303

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,303

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CITs measured at NAV (1)

 

 

 

1,197,505

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total investments at fair value

 

$

 

2,394,295

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2024

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quoted

 

 

Significant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

prices in

 

 

other

 

 

Significant

 

 

 

Carrying

 

 

active

 

 

observable

 

 

unobservable

 

 

 

value

 

 

markets

 

 

inputs

 

 

inputs

 

In Thousands

 

(Fair value)

 

 

(Level 1)

 

 

(Level 2)

 

 

(Level 3)

 

Mutual funds

 

$

 

799,667

 

 

$

 

799,667

 

 

 $

 

 

 

 $

 

 

Paychex common stock

 

 

 

231,016

 

 

 

 

231,016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CITs measured at fair value

 

 

 

153,615

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

153,615

 

 

 

 

 

Annuity fund

 

 

 

4,490

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,490

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CIT measured at NAV (1)

 

 

 

1,034,763

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total investments at fair value

 

$

 

2,223,551

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1) In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification subtopic 820-10, investments in CITs that are measured at fair value using the NAV per share (or its equivalent) practical expedient have not been classified in the fair value hierarchy. The fair value amounts of the CITs presented in the fair value tables are intended to permit reconciliation to balances presented in the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits.