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Apex Tool Group, LLC401(k)

APEX TOOL GROUP, LLC 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · SPARKS, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.11%

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

Apex Tool Group, LLC reported $298,402 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.11% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,927 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 0.10% to 0.11%. 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 63rd-largest of 1,671 plans among Maryland employers on file, and the 911th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.50 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 1,396 to 1,196 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$276,252,350
Participants with balances1,677
Active participants1,196
Employer contributions$5,892,971
Employee contributions$8,835,016
Employer contribution per active participant$4,927
Average account balance$164,730
Benefits paid to participants$48,459,863
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorRKL LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$276.3M · 1,677 accts · $5.9M emplr
2023$269.9M · 1,859 accts · $5.7M emplr
2022$252.1M · 2,078 accts · $6.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$87,212
Investment management$131,669
Audit (IQPA)$7,488
Total administrative$298,402
The Apex Tool Group, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,927
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$4,927 per active participant
2023$4,866 per active participant
2022$4,571 per active participant

Apex Tool Group, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 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 · 20244
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$131,669
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$87,212
CALLAN ASSOCIATES INC · Consulting$72,033
RKL LLP · Accounting / audit$7,488

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$298,402 · 0.11%
2023$342,879 · 0.13%
2022$285,486 · 0.10%
All plans at this employer2
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 271996059 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.