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Jim Beam Brands Co.401(k)

JIM BEAM BRANDS COMPANY UNION 401(K) PLAN · CHICAGO, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

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

Jim Beam Brands Co. reported $13,642 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,912 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 0.10% to 0.03%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 824th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 2,848th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.65 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$57,499,656
Participants with balances676
Active participants649
Employer contributions$1,889,926
Employee contributions$3,117,939
Employer contribution per active participant$2,912
Average account balance$85,059
Benefits paid to participants$3,759,259
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$57.5M · 676 accts · $1.9M emplr
2023$49.2M · 706 accts · $1.9M emplr
2022$41.4M · 718 accts · $1.8M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Audit (IQPA)$13,642
Total administrative$13,642
The Jim Beam Brands Co. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,912
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,912 per active participant
2023$2,694 per active participant
2022$2,569 per active participant

Jim Beam Brands Co.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20243
GRANT THORNTON LLP · Accounting / audit$25,410
DELOITTE TAX LLP · Accounting / audit$5,428
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processingindirect comp

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$13,642 · 0.03%
2023$19,885 · 0.04%
2022$43,480 · 0.10%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 132581196 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.