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Albemarle Corporation401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)

ALBEMARLE CORPORATION RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · CHARLOTTE, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.05%

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

Albemarle Corporation reported $426,794 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.05% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $17,922 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 fell from 0.06% to 0.05%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 45th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 352nd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.17 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$956,922,383
Participants with balances3,779
Active participants2,139
Employer contributions$38,336,129
Employee contributions$44,727,942
Employer contribution per active participant$17,922
Average account balance$253,221
Benefits paid to participants$99,220,700
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$956.9M · 3,779 accts · $38.3M emplr
2023$898.2M · 3,916 accts · $40.8M emplr
2022$852.2M · 3,529 accts · $27.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$275,445
Investment management$118,314
Total administrative$426,794
The Albemarle Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$17,922
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$17,922 per active participant
2023$16,102 per active participant
2022$13,346 per active participant

Albemarle Corporation's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20243
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER AND S · Recordkeeping$275,445
ROCATON INVESTMENT ADVISOR, LLC$110,927
KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP$7,387

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Bank of America / Merrill
2023Bank of America / Merrill

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Administrative cost history3
2024$426,794 · 0.05%
2023$475,427 · 0.05%
2022$532,090 · 0.06%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 541692118 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.