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UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION THRIFT PLAN

UNION PACIFIC CORPORATIONEIN 13-2626465Plan #004PY 2024
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1400 DOUGLAS STREET STOP 1620 - OMAHA, NE 68179402-544-5000LinkedIn10001+ employeestransportation/trucking/railroad
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1 filing
#001Retirement-$4.05B assets
Prospect flagsLow returnsHigh assets / participantFailed to transmit contributionsCorrective distributions

Filing contacts

From the Form 5500, federal record
Plan sponsor signer
(name not on filing)
(402) 544-5000
Plan administrator signer
JOSHUA PERKES
Signed 10/10/2025
Plan administrator entity
JOSHUA K PERKES
EIN 994556045
1400 DOUGLAS STREET STOP 320 · OMAHA, NE 68179
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Summary metrics

Total assets (EOY)
$2304.4M
-8.2% from 2016
Total participants
8,460
-0.3% from 2016
Average account balance
$275,222
-9.2% from 2016
Annual return
9.74%
-20.10 pp from 2016

Benchmarks

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Peer group
Industry48 - Transportation and Warehousing
Plan typeDefined contribution
Participants5,000-9,999
Cohort51 peers
Snapshot2024
Participant deferral / active EE
$9,900
median $3,678
Employer contribution / active EE
$5,239
median $1,510
Participation rate
98.3%
median 83.9%
Avg account balance
$275,222
median $56,635
Admin fee / account holder
$119
median $81
Annual return
9.74%
median 14.46%
Overall peer rank
60th percentileavg across 6 metrics

Analytics

2015 - 2024
Total assets (EOY)
Plan-year ending balance
$2.30B
Average account balance
Total assets / participants with a balance (line 6g)
$275K
Participants with account balance
Stacked by status: active / separated vested / retired or beneficiary. Total = line 6g.
8,373
Eligible Participants and Participation
Bars: eligible actives (line 6a). Line: derived rate = active employees with a balance / 6a.
98.3%
Contributions (total)
Employer and participant dollars contributed each year
$78.48M
Contributions per participant
Average employer and participant contribution per enrolled participant
$15K
Asset flow
BOY + contributions + return - distributions = EOY
Year
Annual return
Diverging bars; negative years highlighted
+9.74%
Admin fee / account holder
Total admin expenses / participants with a balance (line 6g)
$119
Asset composition
Cash / stocks / bonds / mutual funds / real estate / loans over time
  • Mutual / pooled
  • Stocks
  • Bonds
  • Cash
  • Real estate
  • Loans

Service providers

Top 2 by compensation
ProviderService typeCompensation
VANGUARD ADVISERS INC4 years
Service code 26 · EIN 23-2811930
Advisory (Participants)
$775,348
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC10+ years
Service code 15 · EIN 23-1945930
Recordkeeping
$234,140

Top hat statement on fileNQDC

Filed December 5, 2000 (most recent of 8 filings on file)

This is a legacy paper filing. Plan administrator and contact details are recorded in the original filing, which has not been digitised into structured fields.

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Plan features & details

Pension benefit codes2E2F2G2J2K2O2S2T3H
Plan features
  • 2E
    Profit-sharing
    Profit-sharing plan.
  • 2F
    ERISA section 404(c) plan
    This plan or any part of it is intended to meet the conditions of 29 CFR 2550.404c-1 (shifting investment responsibility to participants).
  • 2G
    Total participant-directed account plan
    Participants have the opportunity to direct the investment of all of the assets allocated to their individual accounts regardless of whether 29 CFR 2550.404c-1 is intended to be met.
  • 2J
    Code section 401(k) feature
    Cash or deferred arrangement described in Code section 401(k) that is part of a qualified defined contribution plan under which employees may elect to defer part of their compensation or receive these amounts in cash.
  • 2K
    Code section 401(m) arrangement
    Employee contributions are allocated to separate accounts under the plan or employer contributions are based in whole or in part on employee deferrals or contributions to the plan. Not applicable to 401(k) plans with only QNECs and/or QMACs or to 403(b)(1) 403(b)(7) or 408 arrangements.
  • 2O
    ESOP other than a leveraged ESOP
    Employee stock ownership plan that is not leveraged.
  • 2S
    Automatic enrollment
    Plan provides for automatic enrollment in plan that has elective contributions deducted from payroll.
  • 2T
    Default investment account
    Total or partial participant-directed account plan where plan uses a default investment account for participants who fail to direct assets in their account.
  • 3H
    Controlled group member
    Plan sponsor(s) is (are) a member(s) of a controlled group (Code sections 414(b) (c) or (m)).

Opportunity flags

4 tripped
  • OpportunityLow returns

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

  • ComplianceFailed to transmit contributions

    Form 5500 reported a failure to timely transmit participant contributions (Schedule H line 4a).

  • ComplianceCorrective distributions

    Plan reported corrective distributions (failed ADP/ACP testing).

  • InformationalHigh assets / participant

    Assets per participant exceed $250,000 - top-decile high-value plan.

Expense breakdown

Schedule H Part II
Admin total
$994K
$192 / participant
  • Trustee / custodial$219K22.0%
  • Investment mgmt$775K78.0%
% of EOY assets
0.043%
all-in expense ratio
Categories reported
2 / 9
subdivided buckets used

Audit opinion

Schedule H Part III
Unqualified opinion

Auditor signed off without reservation - the cleanest possible opinion.

Auditor firm
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Auditor EIN
133891517
Audit fees
(not subdivided)
Opinion code
Unqualified