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American Packaging Corporation401(k)

AMERICAN PACKAGING CORPORATION 401(K) PLAN · COLUMBUS, WI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.10%

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

American Packaging Corporation reported $161,713 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.10% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,475 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 0.11% to 0.10%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 157th-largest of 1,936 plans among Wisconsin employers on file, and the 1,307th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.37 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$169,580,799
Participants with balances1,527
Active participants1,322
Employer contributions$5,915,581
Employee contributions$8,096,171
Employer contribution per active participant$4,475
Average account balance$111,055
Benefits paid to participants$21,201,331
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$169.6M · 1,527 accts · $5.9M emplr
2023$154.6M · 1,435 accts · $5.3M emplr
2022$133.7M · 1,400 accts · $4.8M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$92,678
Investment management$56,015
Audit (IQPA)$13,020
Total administrative$161,713
The American Packaging Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,475
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$4,475 per active participant
2023$4,347 per active participant
2022$3,988 per active participant

American Packaging Corporation's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20245
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$30,900
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH · Investment advisory (plan)$25,115
CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP · Accounting / audit$13,020
QDRO CONSULTANTS CO LLC · Contract administrator$900

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$161,713 · 0.10%
2023$151,245 · 0.10%
2022$156,326 · 0.11%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 232209850 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.