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    <us-gaap-ebp:EmployeeBenefitPlanDescriptionOfPlanTextBlock contextRef="c-4" id="f-37">PLAN DESCRIPTION&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;The AES Corporation Retirement Savings Plan (the &#x201c;Plan&#x201d;) was established on April&#160;1, 1989. The following description of the Plan provides only general information. Participants should refer to the Summary Plan Description for a more complete description of the Plan&#x2019;s provisions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;General&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;&#x2014; The Plan is a defined contribution plan covering substantially all full-time and part-time employees of The AES Corporation (the &#x201c;Company&#x201d; or &#x201c;AES&#x201d;) and its participating subsidiaries. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (&#x201c;ERISA&#x201d;). New employees are immediately able to participate in the Plan.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;Contributions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;&#x2014; All contributions to the Plan are made in cash. Participants may make pre-tax or Roth contributions up to 85% of their annual compensation as well as after-tax contributions, subject to annual maximum limits determined by the Internal Revenue Service (the &#x201c;IRS&#x201d;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;The Company matches up to 5% of each participant&#x2019;s annual compensation, as defined by the Plan, subject to the annual maximum determined by the IRS. Starting January 1, 2017, the Company makes non-elective contributions equal to 4% of the participant's compensation, subject to the annual maximum limits determined by the IRS. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;If the Company exceeds the midpoint of predefined financial metrics, the Company may contribute discretionary profit sharing of up to 1% of the participant&#x2019;s compensation, at management's discretion. The Company did not award any profit sharing contributions for the year ended December 31, 2025.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;The Plan allows for student loan repayment matching contributions on qualified student loan payments.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;Participant Accounts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;&#x2014; Each participant&#x2019;s account is credited with the participant&#x2019;s and the employer&#x2019;s contributions, and the earnings on investments in the participant&#x2019;s account. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the vested portion that can be provided from the participant&#x2019;s account.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;Vesting &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;&#x2014; Participants are immediately vested in their pre-tax, Roth, after-tax, and matching contributions, including earnings thereon. Vesting in employer profit sharing and non-elective contributions is based on the years of credited service. A participant vests 20%&#160;per year of service and is fully vested after five years of credited service or upon attainment of normal retirement age.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;Notes Receivable from Participants&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;&#x2014; Notes receivable from participants represent participant loans that are recorded at their unpaid principal balance plus any accrued but unpaid interest. Interest income on notes receivable from participants is recorded when it is earned. Participants may obtain up to three loans from the Plan in aggregate amounts up to the lesser of (a)&#160;$50,000 or (b)&#160;50% of a participant&#x2019;s vested account balance. The loans are collateralized by the balance in the participant&#x2019;s account and bear a fixed interest rate, based on the federal prime lending rate plus 0.5%, determined at the commencement of the loan. Interest on all loans is allocated to the participant&#x2019;s account from which the loan was funded. Principal and interest are paid ratably through payroll deductions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;Payment of Benefits&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;&#x2014; Payment of benefits depends on a participant&#x2019;s vested account balance and the reason for termination.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;In the case of termination of employment for reasons other than death, if the value of a participant&#x2019;s vested balance is:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;&#x2022;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:14.5pt"&gt;less than $7,000, the Plan makes an automatic rollover to an IRA on the participant&#x2019;s behalf if the participant fails to elect a direct rollover or to receive a cash lump sum payment; and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;&#x2022;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%;padding-left:14.5pt"&gt;greater than $7,000, the participant may elect to (i)&#160;receive a lump sum distribution equal to the value of their vested account balance, (ii) receive benefits in designated sums from time to time as elected by the participant in accordance with procedures established by the Plan Administration, or (iii)&#160;receive benefits in monthly, quarterly, semiannual or annual installments over a period not to exceed the shorter of 25 years or the participant&#x2019;s life expectancy. Distributions can be made in cash, common stock of AES (to the extent the participant has vested amounts invested in AES common stock), or a combination of both. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;In the case of termination of employment due to death, the entire interest in a participant&#x2019;s vested account balance is generally distributed no later than five&#160;years after the participant&#x2019;s death if distributions have not already commenced and are distributed at least as rapidly as under the method of distribution being used if distributions have commenced.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;Forfeiture&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;s &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;&#x2014; At December&#160;31, 2025 and 2024, forfeited nonvested account balances totaled $645,716 and $739,477, respectively. Forfeitures resulting from nonvested accounts of participants terminated during the year ended December&#160;31, 2025 were $1,972,803. During the year ended December&#160;31, 2025, employer contributions were reduced by $1,812,521 that was reallocated from forfeited nonvested accounts and forfeited nonvested accounts were used to pay Plan administration expenses of $276,680.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;Voting Rights&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;&#x2014; The Plan provides that each participant is entitled to direct the Trustee as to the manner in which voting rights are exercised with respect to shares of employer stock allocated to his or her account. The Trustee does not vote any allocated shares for which timely instructions have not been given by a participant. The Plan provides that voting rights with respect to unallocated shares will be exercised in the same manner and proportion that voting rights are exercised with respect to shares allocated to participants&#x2019; accounts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;Investments&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;&#x2014; The Plan is intended to constitute a Section&#160;404(c)&#160;plan within the meaning of ERISA Section&#160;404(c)&#160;and the regulations issued thereunder. These regulations provide relief from certain fiduciary liability to fiduciaries of individual account plans that (i)&#160;provide participants a broad range of investment alternatives, and (ii)&#160;allow participants to exercise independent control over the investment of the assets in their individual accounts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;Under the terms of the Plan, participants can choose to invest their contributions in one or more of the Plan's investment funds. On March 20, 2018, the AES common stock investment option was closed to future contributions, with the exception of dividend reinvestment. Participants also have the option of establishing a self-directed account which is invested pursuant to their instructions. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;Plan Amendments and Transfers &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;&#x2014; Effective January 1, 2022, the Plan was amended to allow plan-to-plan transfers with respect to certain employees who transfer employment within the Company. Further, effective January 1, 2025, the Plan was amended to allow non-union employees of AES Ohio to be eligible for benefits under the Plan. During 2025, a net amount of $13,716,881 in plan assets was transferred into the Plan, including $13,577,018 related to the amendment moving non-union employees of AES Ohio into the Plan, and $149,090 in outstanding participant loans.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;Effective January 1, 2025, the Plan adopted certain provisions that include implementing SECURE 2.0 provisions to increase catch-up contributions for ages 60&#x2013;63, raise the mandatory distribution limit to $7,000 and allow matching contributions for qualified student loan payments.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;Plan Termination&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;&#x2014; Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions set forth in ERISA. In the event that the Plan is terminated, participants would become 100% vested in their accounts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;Plan Administration and Related Expenses&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;&#x2014; The Plan is administered by the AES Corporation Retirement Savings Committee ("Plan Administrator") appointed pursuant to delegated Board authority of the Company&#x2019;s Chief Executive Officer. T. Rowe Price has been the Plan Trustee since October 1, 2015. 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    <us-gaap-ebp:EmployeeBenefitPlanSummaryOfAccountingPolicyTextBlock contextRef="c-4" id="f-57">SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;Basis of Accounting &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;&#x2014; The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on the accrual basis of accounting in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (&#x201c;U.S. GAAP&#x201d;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;Use of Estimates&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;&#x2014; The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires the Plan to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of net assets available for benefits and changes therein. Actual results could differ from those estimates.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;Payment of Benefits&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;&#x2014; Benefits are recorded when paid.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;Fair Value&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;&#x2014; Fair value, as defined in the fair value measurement accounting guidance, 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, or exit price. The Plan applies the fair value measurement accounting guidance to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;determine the fair value of investments. This guidance requires the use of the principal or most advantageous market from the perspective of the reporting entity. Fair value, where available, is based on observable quoted market prices. Where observable prices or inputs are not available, several valuation techniques are applied. The process involves varying levels of judgment, the degree of which is dependent on the price transparency of the instruments or market and the instruments&#x2019; complexity.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;To increase consistency and enhance disclosure of the fair value of financial instruments, the fair value measurement accounting guidance contains a fair value hierarchy to prioritize the inputs used to measure fair value into three categories. A financial instrument&#x2019;s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input significant to the fair value measurement, where Level 1 is the highest and Level 3 is the lowest. The three levels are defined as follows:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;Level 1: Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Active markets are those in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;Level 2: Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;Level 3: Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair values of the assets or liabilities. Unobservable inputs should only be used to the extent observable inputs are not available.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;The carrying amount of financial assets not measured at fair value on a recurring basis, including participant and employer contributions receivable and notes receivable for participant loans, approximates their fair value.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;Investments and Revenue Recognition&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;&#x2014; The Plan&#x2019;s investments are stated at fair value. Money market and other mutual funds are stated at their quoted market prices. All Plan investments that are classified within the fair value hierarchy are actively traded in an open market to support classification of the fair value measurement as Level 1.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;The Plan's investments in collective investment trusts are valued using the net asset value quoted by the trustee, which is the readily determinable fair value and the basis for current transactions. The net asset value is calculated by each fund's manager based on the fair value, as determined by the investment provider, of the underlying assets held by the fund less its liabilities.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Net appreciation (depreciation) includes the Plan&#x2019;s realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments bought and sold as well as those held during the year.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;Risks and Uncertainties &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;&#x2014; Investment securities, in general, are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, credit, and overall market volatility. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is reasonably possible that changes in the value of investment securities will occur in the near term, and those changes could materially affect the amounts reported in the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;New Accounting Pronouncements&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;&#x2014; As of December&#160;31, 2025, there were no new accounting standards issued and not yet adopted that would have a material impact on the Plan's financial statements.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</us-gaap-ebp:EmployeeBenefitPlanSummaryOfAccountingPolicyTextBlock>
    <us-gaap-ebp:EmployeeBenefitPlanBasisOfAccountingPolicyTextBlock contextRef="c-4" id="f-58">&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;Basis of Accounting &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;&#x2014; The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on the accrual basis of accounting in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (&#x201c;U.S. GAAP&#x201d;).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</us-gaap-ebp:EmployeeBenefitPlanBasisOfAccountingPolicyTextBlock>
    <us-gaap-ebp:EmployeeBenefitPlanUseOfEstimatePolicyTextBlock contextRef="c-4" id="f-59">&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;Use of Estimates&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;&#x2014; The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires the Plan to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of net assets available for benefits and changes therein. Actual results could differ from those estimates.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</us-gaap-ebp:EmployeeBenefitPlanUseOfEstimatePolicyTextBlock>
    <us-gaap-ebp:EmployeeBenefitPlanPaymentToParticipantPolicyTextBlock contextRef="c-4" id="f-60">&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;Payment of Benefits&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;&#x2014; Benefits are recorded when paid.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</us-gaap-ebp:EmployeeBenefitPlanPaymentToParticipantPolicyTextBlock>
    <aes:EBPInvestmentFairValueAndNAVPolicyTableTextBlock contextRef="c-4" id="f-61">&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;Fair Value&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;&#x2014; Fair value, as defined in the fair value measurement accounting guidance, 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, or exit price. The Plan applies the fair value measurement accounting guidance to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;determine the fair value of investments. This guidance requires the use of the principal or most advantageous market from the perspective of the reporting entity. Fair value, where available, is based on observable quoted market prices. Where observable prices or inputs are not available, several valuation techniques are applied. The process involves varying levels of judgment, the degree of which is dependent on the price transparency of the instruments or market and the instruments&#x2019; complexity.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;To increase consistency and enhance disclosure of the fair value of financial instruments, the fair value measurement accounting guidance contains a fair value hierarchy to prioritize the inputs used to measure fair value into three categories. A financial instrument&#x2019;s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input significant to the fair value measurement, where Level 1 is the highest and Level 3 is the lowest. The three levels are defined as follows:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;Level 1: Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Active markets are those in which transactions for the asset or liability occur with sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;Level 2: Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices in active markets for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;Level 3: Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair values of the assets or liabilities. Unobservable inputs should only be used to the extent observable inputs are not available.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;The carrying amount of financial assets not measured at fair value on a recurring basis, including participant and employer contributions receivable and notes receivable for participant loans, approximates their fair value.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</aes:EBPInvestmentFairValueAndNAVPolicyTableTextBlock>
    <us-gaap-ebp:EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentPolicyTextBlock contextRef="c-4" id="f-62">&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;Investments and Revenue Recognition&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;&#x2014; The Plan&#x2019;s investments are stated at fair value. Money market and other mutual funds are stated at their quoted market prices. All Plan investments that are classified within the fair value hierarchy are actively traded in an open market to support classification of the fair value measurement as Level 1.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;The Plan's investments in collective investment trusts are valued using the net asset value quoted by the trustee, which is the readily determinable fair value and the basis for current transactions. The net asset value is calculated by each fund's manager based on the fair value, as determined by the investment provider, of the underlying assets held by the fund less its liabilities.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Net appreciation (depreciation) includes the Plan&#x2019;s realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments bought and sold as well as those held during the year.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</us-gaap-ebp:EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentPolicyTextBlock>
    <us-gaap-ebp:EbpRiskAndUncertaintyPolicyTextBlock contextRef="c-4" id="f-63">&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"&gt;Risks and Uncertainties &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;&#x2014; Investment securities, in general, are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, credit, and overall market volatility. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is reasonably possible that changes in the value of investment securities will occur in the near term, and those changes could materially affect the amounts reported in the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</us-gaap-ebp:EbpRiskAndUncertaintyPolicyTextBlock>
    <us-gaap-ebp:EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentFairValueAndNavTextBlock contextRef="c-4" id="f-64">INVESTMENTS&lt;div style="margin-top:6pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;All of the Plan's investments are measured at quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets except for its investments in collective investment trusts, which are measured at net asset value. The following table sets forth the Plan&#x2019;s investments by type:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:3pt"&gt;&lt;table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width:1.0%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:55.625%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:0.1%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:1.0%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:13.519%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:0.1%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:0.1%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:0.530%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:0.1%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:1.0%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:12.496%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:0.1%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:0.1%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:0.530%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:0.1%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:1.0%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:12.500%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:0.1%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"&gt;December 31,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"&gt;Pricing Category&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"&gt;2025&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"&gt;2024&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Collective Investment Trusts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Level 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#bfcff8;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;$&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#bfcff8;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;730,224,562&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#bfcff8;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#bfcff8;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;$&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#bfcff8;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;527,740,064&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#bfcff8;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Self-Directed Investments&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Level 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;80,047,981&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;71,122,755&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;The AES Corporation Common Stock&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Level 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;31,451,624&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;29,651,191&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Money Market Funds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Level 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;5&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;25,023,610&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Mutual Funds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Level 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;&#x2014;&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;64,519,325&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 19pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Total investments&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:3pt double #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;$&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:3pt double #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;841,724,172&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:3pt double #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:3pt double #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;$&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:3pt double #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;718,056,945&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#ffffff;border-bottom:3pt double #000;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-top:3pt;text-indent:24.75pt"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%"&gt;The Company&#x2019;s stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The Plan&#x2019;s investment in the Company&#x2019;s stock is stated at the closing quoted price. At December&#160;31, 2025 and 2024, the closing quoted price of the Company&#x2019;s common stock was $14.34 and $12.87 per share, respectively.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</us-gaap-ebp:EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentFairValueAndNavTextBlock>
    <us-gaap-ebp:EmployeeBenefitPlanInvestmentFairValueAndNavTableTextBlock contextRef="c-4" id="f-65">The following table sets forth the Plan&#x2019;s investments by type:&lt;div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:3pt"&gt;&lt;table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="width:1.0%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:55.625%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:0.1%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:1.0%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:13.519%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:0.1%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:0.1%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:0.530%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:0.1%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:1.0%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:12.496%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:0.1%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:0.1%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:0.530%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:0.1%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:1.0%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:12.500%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="width:0.1%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"&gt;December 31,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"&gt;Pricing Category&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"&gt;2025&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%"&gt;2024&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Collective Investment Trusts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Level 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#bfcff8;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;$&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#bfcff8;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;730,224,562&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#bfcff8;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#bfcff8;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;$&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#bfcff8;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;527,740,064&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#bfcff8;border-top:1pt solid #000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Self-Directed Investments&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Level 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;80,047,981&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;71,122,755&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;The AES Corporation Common Stock&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Level 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;31,451,624&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;29,651,191&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Money Market Funds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Level 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;5&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;25,023,610&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Mutual Funds&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Level 1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;&#x2014;&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;64,519,325&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 19pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span 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Rowe Price&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Retirement 2005 Trust Growth Class G, 80,993 shares&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;1,906,568&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;T. Rowe Price&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Retirement 2010 Trust Growth Class G, 14,172 shares&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;357,562&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;T. Rowe Price&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Retirement 2015 Trust Growth Class G, 33,720 shares&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;933,032&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;T. Rowe Price&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Retirement 2020 Trust Growth Class G, 228,770 shares&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;6,908,846&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;T. Rowe Price&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Retirement 2025 Trust Growth Class G, 723,694 shares&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;23,990,460&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;T. Rowe Price&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Retirement 2030 Trust Growth Class G, 1,013,915 shares&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;37,119,429&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;T. Rowe Price&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Retirement 2035 Trust Growth Class G, 1,123,399 shares&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;45,093,221&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;T. Rowe Price&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Retirement 2040 Trust Growth Class G, 1,238,369 shares&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;53,348,938&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;T. Rowe Price&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Retirement 2045 Trust Growth Class G, 1,539,888 shares&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;69,079,358&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;T. Rowe Price&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Retirement 2050 Trust Growth Class G, 1,240,698 shares&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;56,042,334&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;T. Rowe Price&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Retirement 2055 Trust Growth Class G, 1,130,372 shares&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;51,115,418&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;T. Rowe Price&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Retirement 2060 Trust Growth Class G, 1,023,472 shares&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;29,598,799&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;T. Rowe Price&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Retirement 2065 Trust Growth Class G, 615,766 shares&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;11,083,788&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;T. Rowe Price&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Stable Value Fund-N, 7,280,927 shares&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;7,280,927&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;T. Rowe Price&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Structured Research Fund-F, 288,489 shares&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;29,030,626&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;State Street&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Global All Cap Equity ex-U.S. Index Lending Fund, 1,461,732 shares&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;18,416,356&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;State Street&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Global All Cap Equity ex-U.S. Index Fund, 62 shares&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;1,152&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;State Street&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Small/Mid Cap Index Lending Fund, 1,593,568 shares&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;33,076,089&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;State Street&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;S&amp;amp;P 500 Index Lending Fund, 14,564,742 shares&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;175,796,433&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;State Street&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;S&amp;amp;P 500 Index Fund, 146 shares&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;4,464&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;State Street&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;US Bond Index Lending Fund, 1,239,197 shares&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;13,031,392&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;State Street&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;US Bond Index Fund, 30 shares&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;348&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;State Street&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Real Asset Non-Lending Fund, 17,475 shares&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;237,978&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Mercer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Diversified Bond CIT, 962,126 shares&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;12,469,159&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Mercer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;International Stock CIT, 499,230 shares&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;10,818,307&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Mercer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Small/Mid Cap Stock CIT, 727,227 shares&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;15,991,725&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Invesco&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Stable Value Trust B1, 27,491,853 shares&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;27,491,853&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;T. Rowe Price&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Government Money Market Fund, 5 shares&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;5&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Self-Directed Investments&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 1pt"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 0 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;80,047,981&#160;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style="background-color:#ffffff;padding:2px 1pt 2px 0;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Participant Loans&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan="3" style="background-color:#bfcff8;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"&gt;Interest (3.75% &#x2013; 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