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TAX STATUS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
401(K) Plan  
TAX STATUS  
TAX STATUS

NOTE C – TAX STATUS

The Plan adopted the Principal Financial Group ESOP/KSPO pre-approved plan, which received an opinion letter from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) dated June 30, 2020, stating that the written form of the underlying volume submitter plan document is qualified under Section 401(a) and 4975(e)(7) of the IRC. Although the Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter, the Plan administrator and the Plan’s tax counsel believe that the Plan is designed, and is currently being operated, in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC and, therefore, believe that the Plan is qualified, and the related trust is tax-exempt.

Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require plan management to evaluate tax positions taken by the plan and recognize a tax liability if the plan has taken an uncertain position that more likely than not would not be sustained upon examination by the taxing authorities. The Plan is subject to routine audits by taxing jurisdictions; however, there are currently no audits

for any tax periods in progress. The Plan administrator believes it is no longer subject to income tax examinations for years prior to 2022.