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Kirkland & Ellis LLP401(k)

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP DEFINED CONTRIBUTION 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · CHICAGO, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

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

Kirkland & Ellis LLP reported $804,508 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $12,707 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 has held roughly steady near 0.032%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 33rd-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 56th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $1.29 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 5,122 to 5,880 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,671,449,178
Participants with balances9,178
Active participants5,880
Employer contributions$74,717,882
Employee contributions$96,754,973
Employer contribution per active participant$12,707
Average account balance$291,071
Benefits paid to participants$137,454,465
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$2.7B · 9,178 accts · $74.7M emplr
2023$2.3B · 8,475 accts · $63.8M emplr
2022$1.9B · 8,082 accts · $59.2M emplr
The Kirkland & Ellis LLP 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$12,707
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$12,707 per active participant
2023$12,009 per active participant
2022$11,566 per active participant

Kirkland & Ellis LLP's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $5,259 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.

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
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Recordkeeping · Consulting$445,388
VANGUARD ADVISERS INC. · Investment advisory (participants)$379,900
CERITY PARTNERS LLC$7,841

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$804,508 · 0.03%
2023$698,486 · 0.03%
2022$675,277 · 0.03%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 361326630 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.