Kirkland & Ellis 401(k) and pension plans

Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Chicago, IL. EIN 36-1326630. Annual reports 2009–2024.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP has 2 active retirement plans on file. The largest is the Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan, with 9,265 participants and $2.7 billion in assets in 2024. Vanguard has been its recordkeeper since 2010.

Active plans: 2
Participants: 10,048
Plan assets: $3.5 billion
401(k) recordkeeper: Vanguard
Plans on file: 4
Industry: Professional services

All 4 plans

Active plans first

Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings Plan

401(k)Active

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

Plan number: 003Employer EIN 36-1326630
Participants (2024): 9,265
Net assets (2024): $2.7 billion
Recordkeeper: Vanguard2010–2024
Plan administrator: Kirkland & Ellis LLP Benefits Committee
333 West Wolf Point Plaza
Chicago, IL 60654
(312) 862-2000As filed for 2024
In effect since: November 1, 1984

Plans merged into this one: Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution Retirement Plan (2011).

Earlier plan names: Kirkland & Ellis LLP 401K Savings Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	9,265	$2.7 billion	Vanguard
2023	8,561	$2.3 billion	Vanguard
2022	8,161	$1.9 billion	Vanguard
2021	7,366	$2.2 billion	Vanguard
2020	6,624	$1.9 billion	Vanguard
2019	6,360	$1.6 billion	Vanguard
2018	5,877	$1.3 billion	Vanguard
2017	5,260	$1.3 billion	Vanguard
2016	4,805	$1.1 billion	Vanguard
2015	4,465	$955 million	Vanguard
2014	4,196	$942 million	Vanguard
2013	4,137	$856 million	Vanguard
2012	4,030	$700 million	Vanguard
2011	4,011	$608 million	Vanguard
2010	3,623	$271 million	Vanguard
2009	3,659	$224 million	not listed

Kirkland & Ellis LLP 2011 Retirement Plan

Cash balance pensionActive

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

Plan number: 006Employer EIN 36-1326630
Participants (2024): 783
Net assets (2024): $784 million
Plan administrator: Benefits Committee of Kirkland & Ellis LLP
333 West Wolf Point Plaza
Chicago, IL 60654
(312) 862-2000As filed for 2024
In effect since: January 1, 2011

Year by year, 2011 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	783	$784 million	not listed
2023	740	$654 million	not listed
2022	728	$515 million	not listed
2021	612	$535 million	not listed
2020	461	$464 million	not listed
2019	423	$383 million	not listed
2018	378	$290 million	not listed
2017	338	$262 million	not listed
2016	343	$209 million	not listed
2015	347	$160 million	not listed
2014	336	$133 million	not listed
2013	324	$94.2 million	not listed
2012	303	$47.4 million	not listed
2011	292	$23.0 million	not listed

Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution Retirement Plan

Profit-sharing planMerged

Merged. In 2011 its assets moved to the Kirkland & Ellis LLP 401(k) Savings Plan, sponsored by Kirkland & Ellis LLP (EIN 36-1326630, plan 003). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.

Plan number: 004Employer EIN 36-1326630
Participants (2010): 2,144
Net assets (2010): $322 million
Recordkeeper: Vanguard2010–2011
Plan administrator: Kirkland & Ellis LLP Benefits Committee
300 North Lasalle Street
Chicago, IL 60654
(312) 862-2000As filed for 2011
In effect since: January 1, 1991

Year by year, 2009 to 2011

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2011	0	$0	Vanguard
2010	2,144	$322 million	Vanguard
2009	2,027	$271 million	not listed

Kirkland & Ellis LLP Share Partner Retirement Plan

Cash balance pensionClosed

Closed. The plan filed its final annual report for 2010, which means its assets were paid out or moved and it no longer exists.

Plan number: 005Employer EIN 36-1326630
Participants (2009): 291
Net assets (2009): $138 million
Plan administrator: Kirkland & Ellis LLP Benefits Committee
300 North Lasalle
Chicago, IL 60654
(312) 862-2000As filed for 2010
In effect since: January 1, 1998

Year by year, 2009 to 2010

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2010	0	$0	not listed
2009	291	$138 million	not listed

If you had money in one of these plans

Call Vanguard (investor.vanguard.com), which runs the Kirkland & Ellis LLP Defined Contribution 401(k) Savings 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 ((312) 862-2000). 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.
If your plan closed, unclaimed balances usually went to an IRA in your name, to the PBGC's missing participants program, or to state unclaimed property. Here is how to check each 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.