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Hastings Manufacturing Company401(k)

HASTINGS MANUFACTURING COMPANY HOURLY 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · HASTINGS, MI · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.12%

Peer grade: B+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Hastings Manufacturing Company reported $4,988 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.12% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $956 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.13% to 0.31%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Michigan (2,084th of 2,619), and 11,546th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $2.70 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 146 to 119 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,347,860
Participants with balances127
Active participants119
Employer contributions$113,759
Employee contributions$307,622
Employer contribution per active participant$956
Average account balance$34,235
Benefits paid to participants$609,507
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorNOVOTNY CPA GROUP, PLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$3.7M · 129 accts · $161K emplr
2023$4.3M · 127 accts · $114K emplr
2022$4.0M · 145 accts · $145K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Investment management$7,889
Total administrative$4,988
The Hastings Manufacturing Company 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$956
Median for plans this size$1,308
2024$1,403 per active participant
2023$956 per active participant
2022$995 per active participant

Hastings Manufacturing Company's 2023 employer contribution ran below the $1,308 median for plans its size. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20233
WESTGATE · Investment advisory (plan)$7,879
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$10

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history3
2024$12,475 · 0.31%
2023$4,988 · 0.12%
2022$5,234 · 0.13%
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Hazekamp Meats MI$4.3M · 0.56%
Lafata Management, Inc. MI$4.3M · 0.49%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 462667925 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.