How big is MARS, Incorporated's plan?

MARS, Incorporated's plan reported $598.4M in assets and 590 participants for 2024.

Original filing (PDF)20251002083936NAL0000746866001

MARS, Incorporated

Name: MARS, Incorporated — MARS Deferred Compensation Plan, Form 5500 (2024)
Creator: MARS, Incorporated
License: https://www.usa.gov/government-works

Form 5500

FILING_RECEIVED

MARS Deferred Compensation Plan

401(k) retirement plan · MARS, Incorporated's MARS Deferred Compensation Plan held $598.4M in plan assets for 590 participants in 2024.

Signals · 3

Late participant contributionsHigh average account balanceNo recordkeeper disclosed

Active participants

590

Accounts w/ balance

1,750

Plan assets (EOY)

$598.4M

Net assets (EOY)

$598.4M

People on this filing

Diana Lanese signed MARS, Incorporated's 2024 Form 5500 as plan administrator.

Diana Lanese — Plan Administrator — Form 5500 signer
April Setlik — Employer / Plan Sponsor — Form 5500 signer

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Plan identifiers

MARS, Incorporated's EIN is 22-1594774.

EIN 22-1594774

Plan number 003

Plan year 2024

ACK ID 20251002083936NAL0000746866001

Official Form 5500 document

Download the official 2024 Form 5500 (PDF) for MARS, Incorporated from the U.S. Department of Labor's EFAST2 system.

Download the official 2024 Form 5500 (PDF)

Plan features

MARS, Incorporated's plan includes profit-sharing, ERISA 404(c) participant direction, a 401(k) feature, a self-directed brokerage window, automatic enrollment, a default investment (QDIA).

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How this plan invests

This plan

1 collective trust

Schedule D

Individual securities

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Plan health score

Top-tier plan health

Directional indicator from public Form 5500 data — compliance & integrity, total plan cost, participant health and vendor stack, benchmarked against same-size peers. Not a fiduciary tool.

Compliance & integrity

Total plan cost

Plan health

Vendor & structure

100

Knocking points off

Delinquent participant contributions reported (Schedule H 4a) — 31K (1% of contributions).
Bottom-decile employer contributions per participant (2nd percentile).

Helping the score

High average account balance (93rd percentile).
High account-holder ratio — balance-holders per active participant in the top 15% of peers (98th percentile).

Plan sponsor

Name

MARS, INCORPORATED

EIN

all filings

Address

800 HIGH STREET · HACKETTSTOWN, NJ · 07840

Phone

(703) 821-4900

Industry

Manufacturing

Plan administrator

Name

U.S. BENEFIT PLANS COMMITTEE

EIN

22-1594774

City

HACKETTSTOWN, NJ

Phone

(703) 821-4900

Plan characteristics

Plan number

003

Plan year

2024

Plan year begin

2024-01-01

Tax period

2024-12-31

Filed

2025-10-02

Pension benefit codes

2E · Profit-sharing

2F · ERISA section 404(c)

2G · Total participant-directed accounts

2J · 401(k) feature

2R · Participant-directed brokerage (SDBA)

2S · Automatic enrollment

2T · Default investment account (QDIA)

3F · Sponsor used leased employees

Service providers (Schedule C)

3 rows

Advisor / Consultant

Name	EIN	Location	Relation	Direct comp	Indirect comp
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC.	04-2654524	—	ADVISOR	$191K	—
WILLIS TOWERS WATSON US LLC	—	ARLINGTON, VA	CONSULTANT	$10K	—
LCG ASSOCIATES INC.	75-1680350	—	INVESTMENT ADVISOR	$6K	—

Investments

1 pooled fund· $596.1M(100% of reported assets)

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