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VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED

VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED 401(K) PLAN · For the plan year ended Dec 31, 2024

Public filing 2024 · received Oct 13, 2025Verified current terms Not available

Plan at a glance

How good does the filing look?

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out of 100

The filing signals stronger employer support and/or lower plan-paid administrative costs than many comparable plans. This is a filing comparison, not a complete benefits score.

$Employer support

$7,943

Reported employer contributions per active participant.

Higher than about 89% of comparable plans

#People in the filing

5,091

Active participants reported for 2024.

The filing does not say how many employees are currently contributing.

¢Visible plan-paid fees

$10 / participant

Reported administrative expense—not every fee an employee may pay.

Lower cost than about 95% of comparable plans

↗Investment performance

Not available

Plan assets changed 21.2%, but that includes contributions, withdrawals, and market movement.

Asset change is not investment performance.

What we still need to judge the benefit

Current match formula, vesting, eligibility, investment choices, fund expense ratios, and employee-level fees.

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Filing comparison · 202491out of 100 among similar-size plans in the same industry when enough peers exist

How this filing compares

Reported employer contributions89th percentileTypical peer $2,810 · based on 439 comparable plans

Lower reported administrative expense95th percentileTypical peer $65 · based on 448 comparable plans

This comparison uses historical filing figures. It does not compare current match formulas, vesting, investments, or employee fees.

The short version

What the latest filing tells us

For the plan year ended Dec 31, 2024, VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED reported $40,435,954 in employer contributions across the plan and 5,091 active participants. That works out to $7,943 per active participant. It is useful context, but it is not the current match formula and it does not show what any one employee received.

Participation proxy76%

Active participants divided by all end-of-year plan participants. This is not the company participation rate because the filing does not report every eligible employee.

Employer money trendUp 12.7%

Change in reported employer contribution per active participant across the filing history shown.

Expense trendDown 87.3%

Change in reported administrative expense per participant. Investment expenses may not be included.

Peer context91/100

A filing comparison among similar-size plans in the same industry when enough peers exist.

Where the public filing stops

Current match, vesting, eligibility, employee fees, and investment choices require a dated plan document. Until we have one, those details stay blank.

Latest financial record

Contributions, assets, and expenses

These figures are reported totals for the plan—not individual account balances or promises to any employee.

Employer contributions: $40,435,954
Participant contributions: $80,746,088
Other contributions: $30,846,936
Employer share of reported contributions: 33.4%
Beginning assets: $1,082,606,137
Ending assets: $1,311,864,359
Ending net assets: $1,311,864,359
Ending liabilities: $0
Total income: $303,180,157
Total expenses: $85,220,298
Administrative expenses: $57,201
Participant loans: $4,910,531

Three-year filing history

How the reported figures changed

Each chart uses its own scale and starts at zero. When the filing has no value, the chart says so rather than turning it into a zero.

Employer contributions reported per active participant

2022

$7,050

2023

$7,706

2024

$7,943

Plan-paid administrative expenses per participant

2022

$75

2023

$37

2024

$10

Active participants

2022

3,789

2023

4,388

2024

5,091

Detailed filing history
Plan year	Per active participant	Active participants	Plan assets	Filing ID
2024	$7,943	5,091	1.3B	20251013115037NAL0000564915001
2023	$7,706	4,388	1.1B	20241009201539NAL0019910465001
2022	$7,050	3,789	827.9M	20231012080721NAL0020926531001

Changes in plan assets are not the same as investment performance. Each row uses the selected public filing for that year.

Plan operations

Details worth knowing

Participant loans as a share of plan assets: 0.4%
Independent accountant’s opinion: Unqualified opinion Code 1
Late participant contributions reported: Not stated in the filing
Public plan identifier: 043039129-001

Reported plan details

Identity and filing status

Plan type: Retirement plan
Employer arrangement: Single-employer plan
Plan effective date: Feb 1, 1990
Industry: Professional, scientific, and technical services
Amended filing: No
Final filing for this plan: No
Short plan year: No
401(k) feature reported: Yes
Show DOL characteristic codes
2F2G2J2K2T3F3H3I3D

Reported service providers

Organizations named in the latest filing

The public dataset does not always identify a provider’s exact role. Compensation stays blank when it was not separately reported.

Provider	Plan year	Direct compensation	Indirect compensation
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL	2024	Not reported	unknown

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