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Gentherm Automotive, LLC401(k)

ALFMEIER, FRIEDRICHS & RATH LLC 401K PLAN · GREENVILLE, SC · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.58%

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

Gentherm Automotive, LLC reported $73,323 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.58% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,344 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 0.56% to 0.84%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 364th-largest of 807 plans among South Carolina employers on file, and 7,608th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $1.60 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 193 to 147 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$13,318,394
Participants with balances212
Active participants147
Employer contributions$344,542
Employee contributions$551,457
Employer contribution per active participant$2,344
Average account balance$62,823
Benefits paid to participants$1,123,295
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorRODL LANGFORD DE KOCK LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$4.0M · 95 accts · $180K emplr
2023$13.3M · 212 accts · $345K emplr
2022$11.9M · 267 accts · $376K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$73,323
Total administrative$73,323
The Gentherm Automotive, LLC 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$2,344
Median for plans this size$2,440
2023$2,344 per active participant
2022$1,949 per active participant

Gentherm Automotive, LLC's 2023 employer contribution ran below the $2,440 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 · 20235
LPL FINANCIAL · Investment advisory (plan)$37,500
TRINITY PENSION GROUP, LLC · Contract administrator$9,273
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$1,853
TD AMERITRADE · Securities brokerageindirect comp

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$72,699 · 0.84%
2023$73,323 · 0.58%
2022$72,428 · 0.56%
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Agru America, Inc. SC$14.3M · 0.64%
Greenfield Industries, Inc. SC$14.2M · 0.46%
Ventek Solutions LLC SC$13.6M · 0.09%
Brown Packing Co., Inc. SC$12.6M · 0.64%
U.S. Engine Valve Company SC$12.5M · 0.05%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 272856135 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.