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Belden Inc.401(k)

BELDEN INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · ST. LOUIS, MO · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.11%

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

Belden Inc. reported $399,756 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.11% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,310 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 0.112% to 0.106%. 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 74th-largest of 1,393 plans among Missouri employers on file, and the 689th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.86 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,837 to 2,283 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$392,030,110
Participants with balances3,002
Active participants2,283
Employer contributions$7,556,581
Employee contributions$14,079,930
Employer contribution per active participant$3,310
Average account balance$130,590
Benefits paid to participants$50,375,309
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorAMRMANINO LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$392.0M · 3,002 accts · $7.6M emplr
2023$361.1M · 3,061 accts · $7.8M emplr
2022$327.4M · 2,943 accts · $6.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$75,463
Investment management$162,808
Total administrative$399,756
The Belden Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,310
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$3,310 per active participant
2023$3,976 per active participant
2022$3,734 per active participant

Belden Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below 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.

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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 · 20243
WILLIS TOWERS WATSON US LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$162,808
TOWERS WATSON INVESTMENT SERVICES Iindirect comp

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$399,756 · 0.11%
2023$538,839 · 0.16%
2022$383,826 · 0.11%
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Esco Technologies Inc. MO$508.1M · 0.04%
Hussmann Corporation MO$410.5M · 0.13%
Mitek USA, Inc. MO$348.8M · 0.03%
True Mfg. Co., Inc. MO$227.0M · 0.22%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 363601505 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.