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Ask Chemicals, LP401(k)

ASK CHEMICALS, LP 401(K) PLAN · DUBLIN, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.06%

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

Ask Chemicals, LP reported $34,167 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.06% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $5,890 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 0.05% to 0.06%. 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 578th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 2,795th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.22 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$59,068,801
Participants with balances278
Active participants219
Employer contributions$1,289,889
Employee contributions$1,568,662
Employer contribution per active participant$5,890
Average account balance$212,478
Benefits paid to participants$5,220,768
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorFREED MAXICK CPAS P.C.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$59.1M · 278 accts · $1.3M emplr
2023$54.7M · 324 accts · $1.4M emplr
2022$47.7M · 325 accts · $1.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Audit (IQPA)$34,167
Total administrative$34,167
The Ask Chemicals, LP 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,890
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$5,890 per active participant
2023$5,991 per active participant
2022$5,155 per active participant

Ask Chemicals, LP'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 · 20242
PRIVATE ADVISOR GROUP LLC · Recordkeeping · Trustee$13,706
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$1,445

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$34,167 · 0.06%
2023$31,224 · 0.06%
2022$27,173 · 0.05%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 331218779 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.