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401(k) Enrollment Confirmation

The confirmation of your 401(k) enrollment — contribution rate, investment choice, and beneficiary — that locks in the employer match.

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The full enrollment-confirmation screen as the fictional participant Maya Chen sees it inside her retirement-plan portal: a top navigation bar, a completed four-step enrollment progress trail, the confirmation banner, her participant details, her contribution election (4% pre-tax capturing the full match, highlighted), her investment election (an index target-date fund at 0.08%, highlighted), her beneficiary and vesting block, and action buttons. Two fields are marked as the ones that matter.

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Confirmation #NP-2026-0218-44170 · Northpoint Systems Inc. 401(k) Plan · Plan #54122
PARTICIPANT
NameMaya L. Chen
SSN•••-••-4417
Date of birth03/14/2002
Address1820 Dexter Ave N, Apt 305, Seattle, WA 98109
Hire / eligibility02/18/2026 · immediate
Annual eligible pay$145,000.00
CONTRIBUTION ELECTIONthe field that matters most
Your deferral rate4% of pay (pre-tax)
Match formula100% of the first 4%
Per paycheck (26/yr)$223.08 yours + $223.08 employer
Projected annual$5,800 you + $5,800 match = $11,600/yr
Match status Full match captured — 4% meets the 4% threshold
INVESTMENT ELECTIONthe field people forget
Fund selectedMeridian Target Retirement 2065 Index
Allocation100% of contributions
Expense ratio0.08% ($0.80 per $1,000/yr)
TypeIndex target-date fund (plan default — actively chosen)
BENEFICIARY & ADMINISTRATION
Primary beneficiaryDaniel Chen (parent) — 100%
Auto-escalationOn — +1%/yr to 10% cap
Vesting — your contributions100% immediate
Vesting — employer matchGraded — 20%/yr over 5 years
ConfirmedFeb 20, 2026 · 9:42 AM PT
Fictional specimen for educational use. Names, numbers, employer, and plan are invented and refer to no real person or account. Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal.