Principal Ease 401(k) Plan

• Compliance

  Failed to transmit contributions

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

  Schedule H, line 4a
• Compliance

  Corrective distributions

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

  Schedule H, line 2g
• Opportunity

  Low participation

  Participation rate is below 70% (account-balance holders / active employees) - enrollment or auto-enroll opportunity.

  Lines 6a and 6g
• Opportunity

  Low participant contribution

  Participant contribution per participant is in the bottom quintile of the peer cohort.

  Schedule H, line 2a(1)(B)
• Opportunity

  Low employer contribution

  Employer contribution per participant is in the bottom quintile of the peer cohort.

  Schedule H, line 2a(1)(A)
• Opportunity

  Low assets / participant

  Assets per participant are in the bottom quintile of the peer cohort - savings-rate / match opportunity.

  Schedule H, line 1l and line 6g

Industry

52 - Finance and Insurance

Plan type

Defined contribution

Participants

>=10,000

Cohort

92 peers

Snapshot

2024

Target-date series: Principal LifeTime, collective trust, 74% of fund dollars

Covers 71,410 large plans that list their funds in their annual filing. Updated Nov 6, 2026. Shares describe these plans, not the whole market.

• 2A
  Age/service weighted or new comparability plan

  Age/service weighted plan where allocations are based on age service or age and service; or new comparability or similar plan where allocations are based on participant classifications consisting entirely or predominantly of highly compensated employees or the plan provides an additional allocation rate on compensation above a specified threshold that exceeds the permitted disparity limits of Code section 401(l).
• 2E
  Profit-sharing

  Profit-sharing plan.
• 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.
• 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.
• 3D
  Pre-approved pension plan

  A master prototype or volume submitter plan that is the subject of a favorable opinion or advisory letter from the IRS.