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3M Voluntary Investment Plan And Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Plan #333 · ST. Paul, MN

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$10.6Bnet assets (end of plan year)
40,357participants with balances
21,780active participants
2024-12-31plan year end

Suggested simple Boglehead mix

The public data doesn't show enough index funds from this plan to suggest a full mix. A typical Boglehead approach: look in your menu for a US total market or S&P 500 index fund, an international index fund, and a US bond index fund, all with expense ratios under about 0.10%. Or use one low-cost target-date index fund. How the 3-fund portfolio works.

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Pooled funds named in the filing (Schedule D)

These are collective trusts and similar pooled funds the plan reported holding. Names that look like index funds are tagged index by keyword, so check them yourself. Mutual funds are not listed by name in the free data.

FundManagerTypePlan's holding
3M Voluntary Investment Plan And EM3M CompanyMaster trust$9.8B
Collective Trust Govt Short Term INThe Bank Of NY MellonCommon/collective trust$3.3M

How plan assets are invested

Category (Schedule H)AmountShare
Common/collective trusts$3.3M0.0%
Master trusts$9.8B93.0%
Participant loans$98.0M0.9%
Other investments$628.8M5.9%

Fees paid from plan assets

Contract administrator fees$257,814
Investment advisory & management fees$0
Other administrative fees$254,046
Total administrative expenses$4.2M

Reported administrative expenses were about 0.037% of average plan assets, or about $105 per participant with a balance. This usually excludes fund expense ratios netted inside mutual funds and trusts.

Source: DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 & Schedules H/D, filing ID 20251015112126NAL0009307266001. EIN 410417775.

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