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Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)

ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC. RETIREMENT AND STOCK OWNERSHIP PLAN · HILLIARD, OH · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.05%

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

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. reported $634,654 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.05% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,719 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 5 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.69% to 0.05%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,075 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 34th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 218th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $3.03 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 3,730 to 4,883 since 2019.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,546,196,673
Participants with balances5,745
Active participants4,883
Employer contributions$8,395,460
Employee contributions$25,398,957
Employer contribution per active participant$1,719
Average account balance$269,138
Benefits paid to participants$219,851,404
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$1.1B · 6,170 accts · $14.8M emplr
2023$1.5B · 5,745 accts · $8.4M emplr
2022$1.0B · 5,970 accts · $3.9M emplr
2019$92.1M · 5,374 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$592,054
Investment management$41,000
Total administrative$634,654
The Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$1,719
Median for plans this size$5,237
2024$2,823 per active participant
2023$1,719 per active participant
2022$797 per active participant

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $5,237 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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 · 20234
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator$598,757
BELLWETHER CONSULTING LLC · Consulting$36,000
GBQ PARTNERS LLC · Accounting / audit$5,000
QDRO COMPLIANCE SERVICES · Consulting · Legal$1,600

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

Administrative cost history4
2024$655,126 · 0.05%
2023$634,654 · 0.05%
2022$695,365 · 0.12%
2019$677,762 · 0.69%
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ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP PLANESOP
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 510105665 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.