401(k) Savings and Profit Sharing Plan for Employees of NIKE, Inc.
Notes to Financial Statements
May 31, 2021 and 2020
4. | Party-in-Interest and Related Party Transactions |
The Plan’s investments represent funds invested in, or maintained by, Northern Trust and Fidelity. Northern Trust is the trustee of the Plan assets and Fidelity is the custodian of selected assets and, therefore, these investments represent exempt party-in-interest transactions. Notes receivable from participants also qualify as party-in-interest transactions. Certain investments of the Plan are managed by Blackrock, which provides investment management services to the Plan.
A portion of the Plan’s assets are invested in shares of Company common stock. For the year ended May 31, 2021, the Plan purchased 139,690 shares of NIKE, Inc. Class B common stock at a cost of $17,270,500, and the Plan sold 655,974 shares of NIKE, Inc. Class B common stock with proceeds of $82,807,649. At May 31, 2021 and 2020, the Plan held $1,141,505,093 (8,365,126 shares) and $941,746,274 (9,553,117 shares), respectively, of NIKE, Inc. Class B common stock.
Blackrock is an owner of NIKE common stock. As of May 31, 2020, the Plan did not own any Blackrock funds. Refer to the Supplemental Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) herein for the value of Blackrock funds held in the Plan as of May 31, 2021.
For the years ended May 31, 2021 and 2020, the Plan received a service credit of $100,000 allocated based upon assets in the plan, to offset the cost of Recordkeeper-provided services only. The amount is non-transferable and cannot be allocated to participant accounts.
The United States Internal Revenue Service has determined and informed the Plan by letter dated December 16, 2013 that the Plan is designed in accordance with applicable sections of the IRC. Although the Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter, the Plan administrator believes 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.
U.S. GAAP requires 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 Internal Revenue Service. The Plan is subject to routine audits by taxing jurisdictions; however, there are currently no audits for any tax periods in progress.
6. | Nonparticipant-directed Investments |
Information about the net assets at May 31 and the significant components of the changes in net assets for the years ended May 31 relating to the nonparticipant-directed investments is as follows:
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| | 2021 | | | 2020 | |
Net assets | | | | | | | | |
Collective trust funds | | $ | — | | | $ | 747,659,935 | |
Registered investment companies | | | — | | | | 78,632,544 | |
Accrued interest and dividends | | | — | | | | 1,237 | |
Common stock | | | — | | | | 1,447 | |
Accrued expenses | | | — | | | | (30,691 | ) |
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Total net assets | | $ | — | | | $ | 826,264,472 | |
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