ING FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
401(k) SAVINGS PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2020 and 2019
The following description of the ING Financial Services LLC 401(k) Savings Plan (the “Plan”) is provided for only general information. Participants should refer to the Plan agreement for more complete information.
General
The Plan is a defined contribution plan, which is sponsored by ING Financial Services LLC (the “Company”), covering all employees of the Company and its participating affiliates and subsidiaries. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Eligibility and Participation
Participation in the Plan is voluntary. Any employee, as defined by the Plan, who regularly works more than 21 hours per week (a “Full-Time” employee), is eligible to participate in the Plan on the first day of the month after commencing employment with the Company. Any employee, who regularly works less than 21 hours per week (a “Part-Time” employee), is eligible to participate in the Plan as of the first day of the month after completing one year of service. One year of service means the completion of 1,000 hours of service in a 12-month period.
Benefits
Employees participating in the Plan, or their beneficiaries, are eligible to receive benefit payments upon termination of service or by reason of death, permanent disability, normal retirement at or after age 65 or early retirement. Such benefit payments are based on the participant’s vested interest in the fair value of the net assets of the Plan. Upon such termination of service, participants have the option of receiving the value of their account balance either as a lump sum or in monthly installments over a fixed period of years.
Contributions
Eligible employees who elect to participate in the Plan agree to contribute 1% to 100% of their eligible salaries, as defined. The Company’s contributions are equal to 100% of the employees’ participating contributions up to 6% of the eligible compensation. The Plan permits the participants to contribute to the Plan on a pre-tax and/or post-tax basis. Current law generally limits participant contributions to $19,500 for the Plan year ended December 31, 2020. In addition, employees who are age 50 or older are permitted to make additional contributions of up to $6,500. Withdrawals of contributions are subject to certain tax law restrictions. The Plan also provides a “rollover” provision for employees receiving distributions from a qualified plan of a former employer. The Plan includes an auto-enrollment provision whereby all newly eligible and rehired employees are automatically enrolled in the Plan unless they affirmatively elect not to participate in the Plan.
In 2019, the Company added a match true-up amendment to ensure employees get the maximum match available under the Plan. In the event the match as calculated on periodic payroll cycles results in a shortfall of match due to changes in contribution percentages, the Company will calculate and contribute the difference between the Company match contributions for the Plan year and apply such shortfall in Company contribution to the participant’s deferral contributions and compensation for the entire Plan year and the Company contribution funded during the Plan year if the participant is employed as of the last day of the Plan year.
Investments Elections
A participant may elect to direct the employee and employer contributions to each, or any investment fund specified in multiples of 1%. Changes in the proportion of contributions and transfers between funds are also permissible, subject to certain restrictions as defined in the Plan.
Vesting
Participants are fully vested in their contributions and earnings thereon. Employees will be 25% vested in the Company match portion of their account with each year of service they complete and fully vested after four years of service.
Forfeitures
Forfeitures from non-vested participants’ accounts are used to reduce future Company contributions or to pay for administrative expenses. As of December 31, 2020, and 2019, forfeited non-vested accounts totaled $210,168 and $162,340, respectively. During 2020, $169,927 of the forfeitures was used to pay certain administrative expenses.
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