Gores Group 401(k) and retirement plans

The Gores Group, LLC, Beverly Hills, CA. EIN 33-1066785. Annual reports 2009–2024. Also filed as Big Strike, LLC.

The Gores Group, LLC has one active retirement plan on file, the The Gores Group, LLC - 401K Plan, with 5,264 participants and $361 million in assets in 2024. Empower has been its recordkeeper since 2015. No traditional pension plan appears in Gores Group's filings since 2009.

Active plans: 1
Participants: 5,264
Plan assets: $361 million
401(k) recordkeeper: Empower
Plans on file: 3
Industry: Holding companies

All 3 plans

Active plans first

The Gores Group, LLC - 401K Plan

401(k)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number: 001Employer EIN 33-1066785
Participants (2024): 5,264
Net assets (2024): $361 million
Recordkeeper: EmpowerEarlier: Putnam Investor Services (2013–2014), Putnam Investments (2011–2012), Mercer (2009–2010)
Plan administrator: The Gores Group, LLC
9800 Wilshire BLVD
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
(303) 531-1000As filed for 2024
In effect since: November 1, 2003

Plans merged into this one: The Gores Group, LLC - 401(k) Plan II (2016); U.S. Farathane Corporation 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan (2017); Enterasys Networks, Inc. 401K Plan (2010); Sage Automotive Interiors, Inc. Retirement Plan (2011).

Earlier plan names: The Gores Group, LLC 401(k) Plan; The Gores Group, LLC 401(k) Savings Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	5,264	$361 million	Empower
2023	5,442	$362 million	Empower
2022	8,570	$424 million	Empower
2021	7,364	$553 million	Empower
2020	6,640	$539 million	Empower
2019	8,314	$513 million	Empower
2018	7,945	$461 million	Empower
2017	8,337	$541 million	Empower
2016	8,986	$492 million	Empower
2015	7,794	$547 million	Empower
2014	5,938	$592 million	Putnam Investor Services
2013	7,812	$624 million	Putnam Investor Services
2012	9,327	$539 million	Putnam Investments
2011	8,738	$488 million	Putnam Investments
2010	8,577	$522 million	Mercer
2009	5,273	$432 million	Mercer

The Gores Group, LLC - 401(k) Plan II

401(k)Merged

Merged. In 2016 its assets moved to the The Gores Group, LLC 401K Plan, sponsored by The Gores Group, LLC (EIN 33-1066785, plan 001). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.

Plan number: 002Employer EIN 33-1066785
Participants (2015): 1,556
Net assets (2015): $24.3 million
Recordkeeper: EmpowerEarlier: Putnam Investor Services (2014)
Plan administrator: The Gores Group, LLC
9800 Wilshire BLVD
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
(303) 531-3100As filed for 2016
In effect since: September 1, 2011

Year by year, 2011 to 2016

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2016	0	$0	Empower
2015	1,556	$24.3 million	Empower
2014	1,345	$14.4 million	Putnam Investor Services
2013	1,495	$11.5 million	not listed
2012	1,715	$18.2 million	not listed
2011	275	$3.2 million	not listed

The Gores Group, LLC-401(k) Plan Ia

401(k)Merged

Merged. In 2015 its assets moved to the GSG Fasteners, LLC 401K Plan (EIN 45-2459488, plan 001). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.

Plan number: 004Employer EIN 33-1066785
Participants (2014): 458
Net assets (2014): $12.4 million
Recordkeeper: EmpowerEarlier: Putnam Investor Services (2014), Putnam Investments (2012)
Plan administrator: The Gores Group, LLC
9800 Wilshire Boulevard
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
(310) 824-6117As filed for 2015
In effect since: August 15, 2011

Earlier sponsor: Big Strike, LLC (2011–2012).

Earlier plan names: Big Strike, LLC 401(k) Plan.

Year by year, 2011 to 2015

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2015	0	$0	Empower
2014	458	$12.4 million	Putnam Investor Services
2013	573	$14.6 million	not listed
2012	167	$811,076	Putnam Investments
2011	161	$79,744	not listed

If you had money in one of these plans

Call Empower (empower.com), which runs the The Gores Group, LLC - 401K Plan. With your Social Security number and the plan name, it can tell you whether you still have a balance and, if not, where it went.
Or call the plan administrator listed on the plan below ((303) 531-1000). That number was filed for 2024; ask for the benefits or retirement plan office.
If your plan was merged, your account moved with it. Follow the link on the plan to the plan it went into, and contact that one.
Still stuck? The Department of Labor's benefits advisers help for free: askebsa.dol.gov or 1-866-444-3272. Never pay anyone to find your own money.

What these numbers are

They come from the Form 5500 annual reports each plan files with the Department of Labor, as the plan filed them. A plan year is usually a calendar year.
Participants counts everyone in the plan at year end: current employees, former employees who still have a balance or a pension coming, and retirees or beneficiaries being paid.
The recordkeeper is the service provider whose Schedule C entry says it keeps the plan's records. Small plans do not file Schedule C, so some plans show none.
We cannot see anyone's account. Only the plan or its recordkeeper can tell you your balance.

Sources: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 datasets and PBGC trusteed plans. How we read them.