Coca-Cola Bottlers Association Faces ERISA Lawsuit
Plaintiffs allege missteps by 401(k) plan fiduciaries cost participants millions of dollars in retirement savings.
The Coca-Cola Bottlers’ Association (CCBA) is being sued by participants in its multiemployer 401(k) retirement savings plan who claim the fiduciaries breached their Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) duties by offering “limited, imprudent investment options and excessive and improper fees.”
The CCBA’s 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan covers all 65 independent Coca-Cola bottlers in the US and serves approximately 19,000 participants. It had roughly $800 million in net assets as of the end of 2019, and is estimated to be in the top 0.1% of all 401(k) plans based on size of both plan assets and the number of participants.