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<p style="margin:0in"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Annual Annuitant COLA for UCRP and UC-PERS Plus 5 Plan Members</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For the following Retirement or Disability Dates, the July 1, 2025 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for UCRP and UC-PERS Plus 5 Plan annuitants or benefit recipients
will be:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">UCRP COLA</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">UC-PERS Plus 5 COLA</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">2.00%<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Adjustment to HAPC for Inactive UCRP Members (“Inactive COLA”)</span></u></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For the following separation dates for faculty and staff, the July 1, 2026 Inactive COLA on the HAPC for UCRP Inactive members with 1976 Tier service credit, Safety
or Tier Two members will be:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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The memo below includes more information on how the COLAs were derived.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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