The Plan’s Fixed Income Fund is supported by four separate fully benefit-responsive investment contracts, including a traditional investment contract and three synthetic investment contracts. The Fixed Income Fund functions as a “fund of funds” and blends the crediting rates of the individual investment contracts to create a single melded crediting rate for the Fixed Income Fund. The melded rate approximates the rates of the supporting investment contracts and is utilized for Plan accounting purposes only. While EAIC does not guarantee, support or otherwise back the melded book value, participants may ordinarily direct the withdrawal or transfer of all or a portion of their investment at their melded book value.

The Plan transacts with each of the four separate contract issuers at contract value. These contracts meet the fully benefit-responsive investment contract criteria and therefore are reported at their contract value in the statements of net assets available for benefits. Contract value is the relevant measure for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts because this is the amount received by the Plan if participants were to initiate permitted transactions. Contract value represents contributions made under each contract, plus earnings, less withdrawals, and administrative expenses.


	As of December 31,
(In thousands)	2025		2024
Financial assets at contract value:
Traditional investment contract	$	682,757	$	665,831
Synthetic investment contracts	3,049,980		2,967,325
Total assets at contract value	$	3,732,737	$	3,633,156

The key difference between a synthetic investment contract and a traditional investment contract is that the Plan owns the underlying assets of the synthetic investment contract. A synthetic investment contract includes a wrapper contract, which is an agreement for the wrap issuer insurance company to make payments to the Plan in certain circumstances. The wrapper contract typically includes certain conditions and limitations on the underlying assets owned by the Plan. With traditional investment contracts, the Plan owns only the contract itself and there are no reserves against contract value for the credit risk of the contract issuer.

Synthetic and traditional investment contracts are designed to accrue interest based on crediting rates established by the contract issuers. The synthetic investment contracts held by the Plan include three wrapper contracts with the Prudential Insurance Company of America ("PICA"), Voya Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company ("VRIAC"), and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company ("MassMutual"), each of which provide a guarantee that their crediting rate will not fall below 0 percent. Assets supporting these contracts are comprised of diversified fixed income securities. Cash flow volatility (for example, timing of benefit payments) as well as asset underperformance can be passed through to the Plan through adjustments to future contract crediting rates. Crediting rates are reviewed not less than annually for resetting, and any adjustments can then be passed through to participants, which would generally be performed

through updating of the crediting rate for the Fixed Income Fund in order to bring the melded book value of the participants in line with the Plan’s cumulative contract value on the four underlying fully benefit-responsive investment contracts.

The traditional investment contract held by the Plan is a guaranteed investment contract with EAIC. The contract issuer is contractually obligated to repay the principal and interest at a specified interest rate that is guaranteed to the Plan. The crediting rate is based on a formula established by the contract issuer but may not be less than 0 percent and is reviewed not less than annually for resetting.

The Plan’s ability to receive amounts due in accordance with fully benefit-responsive investment contracts is dependent on the third-party issuer’s ability to meet its financial obligations. The issuer’s ability to meet its contractual obligations may be affected by future economic and regulatory developments.

Certain events might limit the ability of the Plan to transact at contract value with the contract issuer. These events may be different under each contract. Examples of such events include the following:

Note that if these certain events were to occur, the Plan may not be able to transact at contract value with the contract issuers and may elect to reflect any difference between market value and contract value by adjusting participants’ melded book value in the Fixed Income Fund. It is possible that under such events participants’ melded book value may decrease, however, the Plan Sponsor does not believe it is probable that such events will occur.