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Ascend Leasing, LLC401(k)

ASCEND RETIREMENT SAVINGS 401(K) PLAN · JACKSON, TN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.43%

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

Ascend Leasing, LLC reported $198,942 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.43% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $639 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 0.53% to 1.43%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other transportation & warehousing employers. By assets it is the 694th-largest of 1,496 plans among Tennessee employers on file, and the 929th of 2,677 in transportation & warehousing. In 2024, employees put in $4.89 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 1,159 to 710 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$14,365,347
Participants with balances897
Active participants710
Employer contributions$453,859
Employee contributions$2,221,020
Employer contribution per active participant$639
Average account balance$16,015
Benefits paid to participants$3,595,989
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorATA, PC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$14.4M · 897 accts · $454K emplr
2023$13.5M · 992 accts · $680K emplr
2022$11.7M · 857 accts · $755K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$148,942
Investment management$50,000
Total administrative$198,942
The Ascend Leasing, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$639
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$639 per active participant
2023$799 per active participant
2022$652 per active participant

Ascend Leasing, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20242
JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Recordkeeping · Investment management$76,627
PENSION CONSULTANTS INC · Investment advisory (plan)$50,000

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024John Hancock
2023John Hancock

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Administrative cost history3
2024$198,942 · 1.43%
2023$140,675 · 1.12%
2022$57,937 · 0.53%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 621148454 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.