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The Aes Corporation401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)

THE AES CORPORATION RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · ARLINGTON, VA · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.05%

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

The Aes Corporation reported $364,667 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.05% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $15,179 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 0.04% to 0.05%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 230 comparable plans and shown alongside other utilities employers. By assets it is the 52nd-largest of 2,266 plans among Virginia employers on file, and the 49th of 412 in utilities. In 2025, the employer put in $1.09 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 2,197 to 2,599 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$854,645,279
Participants with balances3,762
Active participants2,599
Employer contributions$39,448,976
Employee contributions$36,171,307
Employer contribution per active participant$15,179
Average account balance$227,178
Benefits paid to participants$90,112,559
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$854.6M · 3,762 accts · $39.4M emplr
2024$728.2M · 3,717 accts · $39.4M emplr
2023$627.2M · 3,506 accts · $31.4M emplr
2022$524.1M · 2,978 accts · $24.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$226,464
Investment management$11,250
Total administrative$364,667
The The Aes Corporation 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$15,179
Median for plans this size$4,295
2025$15,179 per active participant
2024$13,277 per active participant
2023$12,027 per active participant
2022$11,336 per active participant

The Aes Corporation's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $4,295 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20255
T ROWE PRICE RPS INC · Recordkeeping · Trustee$226,464
MERCER · Consulting$101,771
MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP · Legal$23,533
CAPITAL CITIES, LLC · Consulting · Investment advisory (plan)$11,250
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC. · Securities brokerage$5,840

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

Recordkeeper by year3
2025T. Rowe Price
2024T. Rowe Price
2023T. Rowe Price

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Administrative cost history4
2025$364,667 · 0.05%
2024$249,906 · 0.04%
2023$230,382 · 0.04%
2022$234,194 · 0.04%
Similar plansUtilities · Virginia
Dominion Energy, Inc. VA$4.9B · 0.06%
Rgc Resources, Inc. VA$23.0M · 0.15%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 541163725 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.