Retirement plan

FEDEX CORPORATION EMPLOYEES' PENSION PLAN

FEDEX CORPORATIONEIN 62-1721435Plan #002PY 2025
70 FEDEX PARKWAY, 2ND FLOOR VERTICAL - COLLIERVILLE, TN 38017901-291-3650
Prospect flagsLow returns

Filing contacts

From the Form 5500, federal record
Plan sponsor signer
(name not on filing)
(901) 291-3650
Plan administrator signer
CHRISTOPHER E. BRUCKS
Signed 03/10/2026

Summary metrics

Total assets (EOY)
$26858.6M
-9.5% from 2017
Total participants
213,710
+5.0% from 2017
Average account balance
$0
No prior year
Annual return
6.25%
-7.86 pp from 2017

Benchmarks

Peer group
Industryany (size+type match)
Plan typeDefined benefit
Participants>=10,000
Cohort24 peers
Snapshot2025
Participant deferral / active EE
$0
median $1,161
Employer contribution / active EE
$2,428
median $10,385
Participation rate
0.0%
median 0.0%
Avg account balance
$0
Admin fee / account holder
$0
Annual return
6.25%
median 8.52%
Overall peer rank
20th percentileavg across 6 metrics

Analytics

2016 - 2025
Total assets (EOY)
Plan-year ending balance
$26.86B
Average account balance
Total assets / participants with a balance (line 6g)
$126K
Participants with account balance
Stacked by status: active / separated vested / retired or beneficiary. Total = line 6g.
100,454
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
$275.00M
Contributions per participant
Average employer and participant contribution per enrolled participant
$2K
Asset flow
BOY + contributions + return - distributions = EOY
Year
Annual return
Diverging bars; negative years highlighted
+6.25%
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 by compensation
ProviderService typeCompensation
Service code 11 · EIN 82-1061233
Actuarial
$7,653,817
TOWERS WATSON10+ years
Service code 16 · EIN 06-1467923
Consulting
$1,367,476
Service code 11 · EIN 13-2834414
Actuarial
$663,762
FACTSET2 years
Service code 27 · EIN 13-2953224
Advisory (Plan)
$316,524
Service code 36 · EIN 22-3736227
Direct payment from the plan; Copying...
$138,947
Service code 16 · EIN 92-0460586
Consulting
$103,996
Service code 29 · EIN 62-1047356
Legal
$15,900
Service code 72 · EIN 58-2555670
Other investment fees and expenses
$9,806
PRUDENTIAL10+ years
Service code 28 · EIN 22-2550816
Investment Management
$6,032
METLIFE7 years
Service code 23 · EIN 13-5581829
Insurance services
$0

Enrolled actuary

1 attachment
SB

STACY R. FRANKLIN, ASA

MERCER
Enrollment #2307095
6410 POPLAR AVE.
SUITE 540
MEMPHIS, TN 38119
(901) 684-3100
Signed 2026-02-19

Plan features & details

Pension benefit codes1A1C3F3H3J
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).
  • 3F
    Leased employees
    Plan sponsor(s) received services of leased employees as defined in Code section 414(n) during the plan year.
  • 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

1 tripped
  • OpportunityLow returns

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

Expense breakdown

Schedule H Part II
Admin total
$34.5M
$305 / participant
  • Investment mgmt$7K0.0%
  • Legal$16K0.0%
  • Actuarial$8M24.0%
  • Contract admin$215K0.6%
  • Other / not subdivided$26M75.3%
% of EOY assets
0.129%
all-in expense ratio
Categories reported
4 / 9
subdivided buckets used

Audit opinion

Schedule H Part III
Unqualified opinion

Auditor signed off without reservation - the cleanest possible opinion.

Auditor firm
ERNST & YOUNG, LLP
Auditor EIN
346565596
Audit fees
(not subdivided)
Opinion code
Unqualified