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Ball Corporation401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)

BALL CORPORATION 401(K) AND EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN · WESTMINSTER, CO · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.05%

Peer grade: B+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Ball Corporation reported $1,253,277 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.05% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $6,280 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.047% to 0.052%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,075 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 2nd-largest of 1,461 plans among Colorado employers on file, and the 119th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $1.69 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,806,549,522
Participants with balances14,130
Active participants9,935
Employer contributions$62,390,294
Employee contributions$105,558,876
Employer contribution per active participant$6,280
Average account balance$198,623
Benefits paid to participants$300,362,703
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$2.3B · 10,218 accts · $22.5M emplr
2024$2.3B · 11,156 accts · $28.0M emplr
2023$2.8B · 14,130 accts · $62.4M emplr
2022$2.5B · 15,020 accts · $56.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$431,083
Investment management$804,058
Total administrative$1,253,277
The Ball Corporation 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$6,280
Median for plans this size$5,237
2025$4,725 per active participant
2024$6,063 per active participant
2023$6,280 per active participant
2022$5,414 per active participant

Ball Corporation's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $5,237 median for plans its size. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20232
VOYA INSTITUTIONAL PLAN SERVICES · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$449,219
VOYA RETIREMENT ADVISORS · Investment advisory (participants)$804,058

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year3
2025Voya
2024Voya
2023Voya

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Administrative cost history4
2025$1,195,852 · 0.05%
2024$1,185,480 · 0.05%
2023$1,253,277 · 0.05%
2022$1,418,400 · 0.05%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 350160610 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.