There is no waiting period. You can enroll in the Plan at any time.

Enroll online at any time, or by calling the Fidelity Retirement Benefits Line at 1-800-343-0860.

Your enrollment is effective as soon as administratively possible. To confirm your account is active, go online or call 1-800-343-0860.

Through automatic payroll deduction, you can contribute from 1% to the majority of your eligible contributions.

Contribution elections are based on your gross pay, so please consider other deductions when determining the maximum percentage you can contribute. If you choose a percentage higher than can be deducted due to other deductions, no retirement plan deferral will take place.

A Roth contribution to your retirement savings plan allows you to make after-tax contributions and take any associated earnings completely tax free at retirement - as long as the distribution is a qualified one. A qualified distribution, in this case, is one that is taken at least five tax years after your first Roth 457(b) contribution and after you have attained age 59½, or become disabled or die. Starting in 2026, if your FICA wages from the prior calendar year with your current employer exceeded $150,000, any age 50 catch-up contributions to the Plan must be made as Roth contributions. If your FICA wages were $150,000 or less, you can designate your catch-up contribution to be pretax or Roth.

Find more information online within the "Plan & Learn" drop down and "Learn" section of NetBenefits^®.

If you have reached age 50 or will reach 50 during the calendar year January 1 – December 31 and are making the maximum plan or IRS contribution, you may make an additional catch-up contribution each pay period. The maximum annual catch-up contribution is $8,000. Going forward, catch-up contribution limits will be subject to cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) in $500 increments.

Starting in 2026, if your FICA wages from the prior calendar year with your current employer exceeded $150,000, any age 50 catch-up contributions to the Plan must be made as Roth contributions. If your FICA wages were $150,000 or less, you can designate your catch-up contribution to be pretax or Roth.

Starting in 2025, the SECURE 2.0 Act increases the limit for you if you have attained age 60, 61, 62, or 63 in a given calendar year. The limit for 2026 is $11,250.

The IRS contribution limit for 2026 is $24,500.

You are always 100% vested in your own contributions to the UM 457(b) Plan, as well as any earnings on them.

To help you meet your investment goals, the Plan offers you a range of options. You can select a mix of investment options that best suits your goals, time horizon, and risk tolerance. The various investment options available through the Plan include conservative, moderately conservative, and aggressive funds. A complete description of the Plan’s investment options and their performance, as well as planning tools to help you choose an appropriate mix, are available online.

We encourage you to take an active role in the UM 457(b) Plan and choose investment options that best suit your goals, time horizon, and risk tolerance. If you do not select specific investment options in the Plan, your contributions will be invested in the Fidelity Freedom^® Blend Fund Class K6 with the target retirement date closest to the year you might retire, based on your current age and assuming a retirement age of 65, at the direction of the University of Missouri System.

If no date of birth or an invalid date of birth is on file at Fidelity, your contributions may be invested in the Fidelity Freedom^® Blend Retirement Fund Class K6. More information about the Fidelity Freedom^® Blend Fund Class K6 options can be found online.

Target Date Funds are an asset mix of stocks, bonds and other investments that automatically becomes more conservative as the fund approaches its target retirement date and beyond. Principal invested is not guaranteed.

Withdrawals from your account are typically allowed at age 59½ or severance from employment. For details, please review the Summary Plan Description at umurl.us/spd.

You are permitted to roll over eligible pretax and Roth contributions from another 401(k) plan, 401(a) plan, 403(b) plan or a governmental 457(b) retirement plan account or eligible pretax contributions from another conduit individual retirement accounts (IRAs). A conduit IRA is one that contains only money rolled over from an employer-sponsored retirement plan that has not been mixed with regular IRA contributions.

Contact your Fidelity Representative for details.

You should consult your tax adviser and carefully consider the impact of making a rollover contribution to your employer's plan because it could affect your eligibility for future special tax treatments.

Be sure to consider all your available options and the applicable fees and features of each before moving your retirement assets.

If you have not already selected your beneficiaries, or if you have experienced a life-changing event such as a marriage, divorce, birth of a child, or a death in the family, it’s time to consider your beneficiary designations. Fidelity’s Online Beneficiaries Service, offers a straightforward, convenient process that takes just minutes. To make your elections, click on the “Profile & Settings” icon in the upper right-hand corner, then select “Beneficiaries” and follow the online instructions.

Find information about your account and learn about exchanges, withdrawals, and more online. In particular, you can access a withdrawal modeling tool, which shows the amount of federal income taxes and early withdrawal penalties you might pay, along with the amount of earnings you could potentially lose by taking a withdrawal. Additional information can be obtained by calling the Fidelity Retirement Benefits Line at 1-800-343-0860.