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Besse Forest Products, Inc.401(k)

BESSE FOREST PRODUCTS GROUP 401K RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · GLADSTONE, MI · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.06%

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

Besse Forest Products, Inc. reported $7,122 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.06% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $116 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.01% to 0.06%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Michigan (1,396th of 2,619), and 7,984th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $16.36 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$12,165,886
Participants with balances217
Active participants241
Employer contributions$27,897
Employee contributions$456,334
Employer contribution per active participant$116
Average account balance$56,064
Benefits paid to participants$385,371
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorANDERSON TACKMAN & CO
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$12.2M · 217 accts · $28K emplr
2022$10.1M · 190 accts · $42K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$7,122
Total administrative$7,122
The Besse Forest Products, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$116
Median for plans this size$2,440
2023$116 per active participant
2022$180 per active participant

Besse Forest Products, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $2,440 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20231
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$7,122

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

Administrative cost history2
2023$7,122 · 0.06%
2022$806 · 0.01%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 382852290 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.