Retirement plan

IBM PERSONAL PENSION PLAN

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONEIN 13-0871985Plan #001PY 2023
ONE NEW ORCHARD ROAD, MD 261 - ARMONK, NY 10504800-796-9876
Prospect flagsHigh retiree %Low returnsWind-down / frozen

Filing contacts

From the Form 5500, federal record
Plan sponsor signer
(name not on filing)
(800) 796-9876
Plan administrator signer
ALISON YARA
Signed 10/01/2024

Summary metrics

Total assets (EOY)
$24955.8M
-0.5% from 2016
Total participants
140,566
+2.1% from 2016
Average account balance
$0
No prior year
Annual return
4.53%
-8.05 pp from 2016

Benchmarks

Peer group
Industryany (size+type match)
Plan typeDefined benefit
Participants>=10,000
Cohort191 peers
Snapshot2023
Participant deferral / active EE
$0
median $12
Employer contribution / active EE
$0
median $5,926
Participation rate
0.0%
median 0.0%
Avg account balance
$0
Admin fee / account holder
$0
Annual return
4.53%
median 8.27%
Overall peer rank
18th percentileavg across 6 metrics

Analytics

2015 - 2024
Total assets (EOY)
Plan-year ending balance
$17.92B
Average account balance
Total assets / participants with a balance (line 6g)
$124K
Participants with account balance
Stacked by status: active / separated vested / retired or beneficiary. Total = line 6g.
101,614
Eligible Participants and Participation
Bars: eligible actives (line 6a). Line: derived rate = active employees with a balance / 6a.
0.0%
Contributions (total)
Employer and participant dollars contributed each year
Not enough data
0 years with contributions on file
Contributions per participant
Average employer and participant contribution per enrolled participant
Not enough data
0 years with per-participant contribution data
Asset flow
BOY + contributions + return - distributions = EOY
Year
Annual return
Diverging bars; negative years highlighted
+2.47%
Admin fee / account holder
Total admin expenses / participants with a balance (line 6g)
$0
Asset composition
Cash / stocks / bonds / mutual funds / real estate / loans over time
  • Mutual / pooled
  • Stocks
  • Bonds
  • Cash
  • Real estate
  • Loans

Service providers

Top 10 of 50 by compensation
ProviderService typeCompensation
Service code 37 · EIN 04-2647786
Loan Processing
$9,502,473
Service code 11 · EIN 53-0181291
Actuarial
$5,052,555
Service code 51 · EIN 48-1140940
Investment Mgmt Fees
$4,952,318
IBM9+ years
Service code 15 · EIN 13-0871985
Recordkeeping
$3,641,657
Service code 51 · EIN 04-3200030
Investment Mgmt Fees
$3,007,671
Service code 27 · EIN 13-3200244
Advisory (Plan)
$2,789,786
Service code 28
114 WEST 47TH STREET · NEW YORK, NY 10036
Investment Management
$2,786,151
Service code 51 · EIN 82-2405817
Investment Mgmt Fees
$2,192,771
Service code 28 · EIN 95-3692822
Investment Management
$2,106,703
Service code 13 · EIN 02-0488491
Contract Administrator
$1,978,796

Enrolled actuary

1 attachment
SB

ALYSON J SCHWARTZ

WILLIS TOWERS WATSON US LLC
Enrollment #2308379
200 LIBERTY STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10281
(212) 309-3400
Signed 2024-09-17

Reportable transactions (Schedule G)

12 rows

Counterparties on defaulted loans (Part 1), defaulted leases (Part 2), and non-exempt prohibited transactions (Part 3). Presence of any row warrants fiduciary review.

CategoryCounterpartyRelationship / TermsAddressAmount
Part 1
Loan in default
LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC
1271 6TH AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10018
Part 1
Loan in default
LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC
1271 6TH AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10018
Part 1
Loan in default
LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC
1271 6TH AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10018
Part 1
Loan in default
LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC
1271 6TH AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10018
Part 1
Loan in default
LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC
1271 6TH AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10018
Part 1
Loan in default
INTANDEM FILMS PLC
Part 1
Loan in default
SIGMA FINANCE INC
4261 PARK ROAD
ANN ARBOR, MI 48103
Part 1
Loan in default
LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC
1271 6TH AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10018
Part 1
Loan in default
HOLLINGER
Part 1
Loan in default
KAISA GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
Part 1
Loan in default
SVB FINANCIAL GROUP
3003 TASMAN DRIVE
SANTA CLARA, CA 95054
Part 1
Loan in default
VOYAGER AVIATION HOLDINGS LLC
263 TRESSER BLVD
1 STAMFORD PLAZA
STAMFORD, CT 06901

Plan features & details

Pension benefit codes1A1C1I3H3J
Plan features
  • 1A
    Benefits are primarily pay related
    Benefits under the plan are primarily determined with reference to a participant's pay (e.g. final-average-pay formula).
  • 1C
    Cash balance or similar plan
    A cash balance formula in a defined benefit plan that expresses the accrued benefit in terms more common to a defined contribution plan such as a hypothetical account balance or single sum amount (includes personal account plan pension equity plan life cycle plan and cash account plan).
  • 1I
    Frozen plan
    As of the last day of the plan year the plan provides that no participant will get any new benefit accrual whether because of service or compensation.
  • 3H
    Controlled group member
    Plan sponsor(s) is (are) a member(s) of a controlled group (Code sections 414(b) (c) or (m)).
  • 3J
    U.S.-based Puerto Rico dual-qualified plan
    U.S.-based plan that covers residents of Puerto Rico and is qualified under both Code section 401 and section 1165 of the Internal Revenue Code of Puerto Rico.

Opportunity flags

3 tripped
  • OpportunityLow returns

    Annual investment return is in the bottom quintile of the peer cohort.

  • InformationalHigh retiree %

    Retirees and beneficiaries make up 25% or more of total participants - indicates an ageing workforce or a frozen plan.

  • InformationalWind-down / frozen

    Plan appears closed to new enrollment or frozen - balance-holders far exceed active participants, or the plan reports active distributions with no inflows. Exclude from peer benchmarks.

Expense breakdown

Schedule H Part II
Admin total
$77.4M
$5783 / participant
  • Recordkeeping$10M12.6%
  • Trustee / custodial$286K0.4%
  • Investment mgmt$39M50.9%
  • Legal$745K1.0%
  • Actuarial$5M6.7%
  • Salaries / allowances$4M4.7%
  • Contract admin$47K0.1%
  • Other / not subdivided$18M23.8%
% of EOY assets
0.310%
all-in expense ratio
Categories reported
7 / 9
subdivided buckets used

Audit opinion

Schedule H Part III
Unqualified opinion

Auditor signed off without reservation - the cleanest possible opinion.

Auditor firm
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
Auditor EIN
134008324
Audit fees
$774,870
Opinion code
Unqualified