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Nisource Inc401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)

NISOURCE INC RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · MERRILLVILLE, IN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.00%

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

Nisource Inc reported $54,836 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.00% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $7,192 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.01% to 0.00%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other utilities employers. By assets it is the 8th-largest of 1,562 plans among Indiana employers on file, and the 28th of 412 in utilities. In 2024, employees put in $1.41 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,032,972,811
Participants with balances9,913
Active participants7,982
Employer contributions$57,403,718
Employee contributions$81,177,060
Employer contribution per active participant$7,192
Average account balance$205,081
Benefits paid to participants$177,319,824
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$2.0B · 9,913 accts · $57.4M emplr
2023$1.7B · 9,661 accts · $48.7M emplr
2022$1.5B · 9,681 accts · $41.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$54,720
Total administrative$54,836
The Nisource Inc 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$7,192
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$7,192 per active participant
2023$6,396 per active participant
2022$5,534 per active participant

Nisource Inc's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $5,259 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.

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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 · 20241
FID INVEST INST OPS CO · Loan processing$54,720

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$54,836 · 0.00%
2023$116,827 · 0.01%
2022Not separately reported
Same employer
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Wec Energy Group, Inc. WI$2.2B · 0.04%
Pacificorp OR$1.8B · 0.15%
Evergy, Inc. MO$1.7B · 0.08%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 352108964 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.