Retirement plan

NG ES UNION REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES PENSION PLAN

NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATIONEIN 80-0640649Plan #045PY 2016
2980 FAIRVIEW PARK DRIVE - FALLS CHURCH, VA 220424511703-280-2900northropgrumman.comLinkedIn10001+ employeesdefense & space
Prospect flagsHigh retiree %Low participant contribution

Filing contacts

From the Form 5500, federal record
Plan sponsor signer
(name not on filing)
(703) 280-2900
Plan administrator signer
JEFF SCHMIDT-CORP VP COMP&BEN
Signed 10/11/2017
Plan administrator entity
NG BENEFIT PLANS ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE
EIN 953058633
(800) 894-4194

Summary metrics

Total assets (EOY)
$523M
-2.7% from 2016
Total participants
3,156
+0.3% from 2016
Average account balance
$0
No prior year
Annual return
7.20%
-7.81 pp from 2016

Benchmarks

Peer group
Industry33 - Manufacturing
Plan typeDefined benefit
Participants1,000-4,999
Cohort182 peers
Snapshot2016
Participant deferral / active EE
$1,674
median $293
Employer contribution / active EE
$0
median $6,793
Participation rate
0.0%
median 0.0%
Avg account balance
$0
median $381,942,733
Admin fee / account holder
$0
median $2,655,710
Annual return
7.20%
median 6.73%
Overall peer rank
31st percentileavg across 6 metrics

Analytics

2015 - 2024
Total assets (EOY)
Plan-year ending balance
$631.88M
Average account balance
Total assets / participants with a balance (line 6g)
$221K
Participants with account balance
Stacked by status: active / separated vested / retired or beneficiary. Total = line 6g.
2,054
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
$1.38M
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
+5.55%
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 8 by compensation
ProviderService typeCompensation
Service code 15 · EIN 36-2235791
Recordkeeping
$346,944
Service code 11 · EIN 53-0181291
Actuarial
$210,809
Service code 29 · EIN 36-2152202
Legal
$129,195
Service code 10 · EIN 13-3891517
Accounting
$80,850
Service code 25 · EIN 04-1867445
Directed Trustee
$80,494
Service code 13 · EIN 39-1341435
Contract Administrator
$12,336
Service code 49
10230 HUMBOLDT AVE SOUTH · BLOOMINGTON, MN 55431
Other Services
$10,008
Service code 34 · EIN 94-2192581
Valuation (appraisals, etc.); Direct ...
$8,981

Enrolled actuary

1 attachment
SB

THOMAS R. SUPPLE

TOWERS WATSON DELAWARE INC.
Enrollment #1705740
300 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, STE 2000
LOS ANGELES, CA 90071
(213) 337-6000

Plan features & details

Pension benefit codes1A1C1I
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.

Opportunity flags

2 tripped
  • OpportunityLow participant contribution

    Participant contribution per participant 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.

Expense breakdown

Schedule H Part II
Admin total
$2.7M
$1847 / participant
  • Other / not subdivided$3M100.0%
% of EOY assets
0.523%
all-in expense ratio
Categories reported
0 / 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