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EBP, Employer Contribution Vesting Percentage

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EBP, Employer Contribution Vesting Service Period

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EBP, Involuntary Cash-out Limit

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EBP, Participant Contribution, Maximum Contribution On Existing Accounts

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EBP, Participant Loan, Basis Spread On Variable Rate

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EBP, Retirement Age

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- Definition

Amount of increase in net asset available for benefit from contribution transferred from another qualified plan or from individual retirement account of participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)). Excludes contribution for participant transmitted by employer of participant in EBP.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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- Definition

Percentage of employer matching contribution on eligible participant contribution to employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Percentage of participant compensation eligible for employer matching contribution for participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Amount of plan asset, in forfeited nonvested account, no longer allocated to participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Amount of decrease in forfeited nonvested account of employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) from employer contribution.

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Amount of maximum account balance that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) can borrow.

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Percentage of maximum account balance that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) can borrow to total participant account balance.

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Amount of minimum account balance that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)) can borrow.

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Percentage of eligible compensation contributed for participant automatically enrolled in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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Percentage of maximum pretax annual compensation that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)), is permitted to contribute to total pretax annual compensation.

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- Definition

Interest rate on participant loan in schedule of asset held for investment of employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)).

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-Name Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
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Background and Plan Description (Details) - EBP 002	12 Months Ended
Background and Plan Description (Details) - EBP 002	Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($) year	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Nov. 01, 2011	Oct. 31, 2011
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
EBP, participant contribution, automatic, deferral rate	3.00%
EBP, participant contribution, pretax, maximum annual compensation to total compensation, percentage	50.00%
EBP, employer contribution, matching percentage	50.00%
EBP, employer contribution, participant compensation matched, percentage	6.00%
EBP, change in net asset available for benefit, increase from participant contribution, rollover	$ 31,000,000
EBP, participant contribution, maximum contribution on existing accounts			10.00%	25.00%
EBP, involuntary cash-out limit	$ 1,000
EBP, retirement age \| year	59.5
EBP, note receivable from participant, account, minimum borrowing, amount	$ 500
EBP, note receivable from participant, account, maximum borrowing, to total account, percentage	50.00%
EBP, note receivable from participant, account, maximum borrowing, amount	$ 50,000
EBP, participant loan, basis spread on variable rate	2.00%
EBP, employer contribution vesting service period	3 years
EBP, employer contribution vesting percentage	100.00%
EBP, employer contribution maximum vesting age \| year	65
EBP, forfeited nonvested account, decrease from employer contribution	$ 5,000,000
Forfeited nonvested account	$ 700,000	$ 400,000
Minimum
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Participant loan, interest rate	4.25%	4.25%
Maximum
EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items]
Participant loan, interest rate	10.50%	10.50%