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Bega North America, Inc.401(k)

BEGA NORTH AMERICA, INC. SALARY SAVINGS PLAN · CARPINTERIA, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

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

Bega North America, Inc. reported $7,063 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $5,700 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 0.28% to 0.03%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 2,888th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 4,829th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.32 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$27,247,999
Participants with balances240
Active participants162
Employer contributions$923,359
Employee contributions$1,215,371
Employer contribution per active participant$5,700
Average account balance$113,533
Benefits paid to participants$4,778,958
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$27.2M · 240 accts · $923K emplr
2023$26.4M · 244 accts · $911K emplr
2022$21.9M · 226 accts · $813K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$7,038
Total administrative$7,063
The Bega North America, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,700
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$5,700 per active participant
2023$5,457 per active participant
2022$5,148 per active participant

Bega North America, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 · 20241
EMPOWER ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Recordkeeping$7,038

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Empower
2023Prudential

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Bega North America, Inc. before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$7,063 · 0.03%
2023$68,271 · 0.28%
2022$66,129 · 0.28%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 770079386 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.