EBP, Change in Net Asset Available for Benefit, Including Plan Transfers, Increase (Decrease)

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Amount of decrease in net asset available for benefit to participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Amount of decrease in net asset available for benefit from administrative expense incurred by employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Amount of decrease in net asset available for benefit from payment of benefit to participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)), including, but not limited to, withdrawal.

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Amount of increase (decrease) in net asset available for benefit from realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment held by employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Amount of increase (decrease) in net asset available for benefit from income (loss) on investment held by employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)). Includes, but is not limited to, realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment.

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Amount of increase in net asset available for benefit from contribution to employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Amount of increase in net asset available for benefit from cash contribution from employer of participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Amount of increase in net asset available for benefit from interest and dividend income on investment held by employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Amount of increase in net asset available for benefit from interest income on note receivable from participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Amount, excluding rollover, of increase in net asset available for benefit from contribution by participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Amount of increase in net asset available for benefit from contribution transferred from another qualified plan or from individual retirement account of participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)). Excludes contribution for participant transmitted by employer of participant in EBP.

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Amount of net asset available for benefit transferred to (from) employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) from (to) external plan.

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Amount of asset less liability available to pay benefit of participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)), including, but not limited to, aggregation of participants' individual account balances.

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