Goldman Sachs Group 401(k) match, vesting and fees

Participants are immediately fully vested in their own 401(k) contributions. Employees are subject to a two-year vesting requirement for the Matching Contributions and Fixed Contributions. Additionally, upon the earliest to occur of: (i) attainment of age 65 while employed by the firm or its affiliates, (ii) disability retirement, (iii) death while employed by the firm or on military duty or (iv) Plan termination, each participant or beneficiary will be 100% vested and may receive a lump-sum amount equal to the value of the funds or a portion thereof allocated to the participant’s account or may receive periodic distributions from the Plan.

The Plan is a defined contribution plan to which participants may elect to make pre-tax, and “Roth” after-tax, contributions each year from their 401(k) Compensation (as determined under the Plan), and to which they can roll over amounts from certain other qualified retirement arrangements. Effective January 1, 2023, participants may elect to make “non-Roth” after-tax contributions from their 401(k) Compensation up to the Plan specified amount. Eligible participants have the option to convert existing eligible non-Roth Plan balances to a Roth 401(k) account in the Plan.

A participant in the Plan is permitted to borrow between $1,000 and $50,000, reduced by (i) the highest outstanding balance of loans to such participant from the Plan during the one-year period ending on the day before the date on which such new loan is made, less (ii) the outstanding balance of loans to such participant from the Plan on the date of such new loan, subject to an overall cap of the lesser of (a) one-half of the participant’s total vested account balance (including Firm Contributions) or (b) the balance in the participant’s 401(k) and rollover contribution accounts. A participant may not borrow any amounts attributable to the Firm Contributions. Interest on loans is fixed at the U.S. prime rate plus one percent for the life of the respective loan. Loans generally must be repaid within five years, or in some cases, ten years. Loans are repaid (principal and interest) and added back to participants’ account balances generally through regular after-tax payroll deductions.