PERKINELMER, INC. SAVINGS PLAN
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020
1. | DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN |
The following description of the PerkinElmer, Inc. Savings Plan (the “Plan”), as in effect for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, is provided for general information purposes only. Participants should refer to the Plan document for more complete information.
General
The Plan is a defined contribution plan covering substantially all domestic employees of PerkinElmer, Inc. (the “Company” or the “Plan Sponsor”). The Plan also covers employees of each wholly owned domestic subsidiary that has entered into an agreement to adopt the Plan. The Plan is administered by an administrative committee (the “Plan administrator”), which has overall responsibility for interpreting the provisions of the Plan and providing the trustee with any information required in the discharge of its duties. Fidelity Management Trust Company (“FMTC”) serves as the trustee of the Plan. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”).
During 2021, due to an acquisition by the Company, the Plan was amended for the merger of the Horizon Discovery 401(k) Plan into the Plan. As a result, assets of $13,863,083 that included $97,798 in loan rollovers were transferred from the Horizon Discovery 401(k) Plan to the PerkinElmer, Inc. Savings Plan in 2021.
The amendment also provides for Dharmacon, Inc. and Sage Labs, LLC to become Adopting Employers, effective January 1, 2022.
Contributions
Participation in the Plan is voluntary. As defined in the Plan, eligibility commences the date the employee completes an hour of service for the Company. Participants may elect to make voluntary before-tax or Roth 401(k) contributions of up to 90% of their eligible compensation, subject to statutory limits, and after-tax contributions up to statutory or other limits defined by the Plan. In order to maintain the Plan’s status as nondiscriminatory, the contribution amounts for highly compensated employees may be limited. Participants age 50 or over may be eligible to make additional contributions, subject to certain Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) limitations. Participants may also contribute amounts distributed to them by other qualified benefit plans.
All eligible participants receive matching contributions on a per-pay-period basis of 100% of the first 5% of eligible compensation up to the applicable Code limits.
As defined in the Plan, the Company may make supplemental contributions at its discretion. There were no supplemental contributions made during 2021 or 2020.
Participant Accounts
Individual accounts are maintained for each Plan participant. Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contribution, the Company’s matching contribution, supplemental contributions, allocations of Plan earnings, and are charged with an allocation of Plan losses and administrative expenses. Allocations are based on participant earnings, deferrals or account balances, as defined in the Plan. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account.
Vesting and Forfeitures
Participants are vested immediately in their voluntary contributions plus actual earnings thereon. All active participants are vested immediately in the Company’s contribution portion of participants’ accounts. Also, if a participant terminated employment due to death, disability or retirement, as defined in the Plan, his or her account balance remains 100% vested.
At December 31, 2021 and 2020, forfeited accounts totaled $39,307 and $6,296, respectively. These forfeitures arose from contributions that were subject to former vesting schedules in place prior to February 1, 2011 and any adjustments and uncashed checks. Forfeited balances are used to reduce future Company contributions or to pay reasonable administrative expenses of the Plan. The Company’s contribution was reduced by forfeitures of $3,693 and $62,313 for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
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