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Ab Specialty Silicones, LLC401(k)

AB SPECIALTY SILICONES SAFE HARBOR 401(K) PROFIT S · WAUKEGAN, IL · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.40%

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

Ab Specialty Silicones, LLC reported $34,079 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.40% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,070 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.25% to 0.40%. 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 Illinois (2,510th of 3,702), and 9,343rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $1.78 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,725,281
Participants with balances130
Active participants97
Employer contributions$297,768
Employee contributions$528,971
Employer contribution per active participant$3,070
Average account balance$67,118
Benefits paid to participants$1,886,165
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$8.7M · 130 accts · $298K emplr
2022$8.4M · 156 accts · $619K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$34,079
Total administrative$34,079
The Ab Specialty Silicones, LLC 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$3,070
Median for plans this size$1,308
2023$3,070 per active participant
2022$5,428 per active participant

Ab Specialty Silicones, LLC's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $1,308 median for plans its size, placing it in the top quarter of its peers. 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 · 20232
NATIONWIDE · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$77,557
WOODBURY FINANCIAL SERVICES · Investment advisory (participants) · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

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

Administrative cost history2
2023$34,079 · 0.40%
2022$21,951 · 0.25%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 454048038 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.