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Cheniere Energy Inc.401(k)

CHENIERE RETIREMENT PLAN · HOUSTON, TX · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.05%

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

Cheniere Energy Inc. reported $179,095 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.05% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $9,695 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 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.08% to 0.05%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other utilities employers. By assets it is the 238th-largest of 5,688 plans among Texas employers on file, and the 76th of 412 in utilities. In 2024, employees put in $1.69 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,436 to 1,623 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$394,044,159
Participants with balances1,922
Active participants1,623
Employer contributions$15,734,790
Employee contributions$26,521,080
Employer contribution per active participant$9,695
Average account balance$205,018
Benefits paid to participants$32,551,380
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$394.0M · 1,922 accts · $15.7M emplr
2023$332.1M · 1,833 accts · $16.8M emplr
2022$259.2M · 1,736 accts · $15.7M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$122,097
Total administrative$179,095
The Cheniere Energy Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$9,695
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$9,695 per active participant
2023$11,282 per active participant
2022$10,917 per active participant

Cheniere Energy Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 median for plans its size, placing it in the top quarter of its peers. 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.

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Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20242
VANGUARD GROUP INC. · Recordkeeping · Consulting$47,078

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Vanguard
2023Vanguard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$179,095 · 0.05%
2023$187,008 · 0.06%
2022$212,229 · 0.08%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 954352386 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.