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Bic Corporation401(k)

BIC CORPORATION SALARIED 401(K) SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN · SHELTON, CT · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.02%

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

Bic Corporation reported $44,558 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,298 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 0.020% to 0.022%. 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 103rd-largest of 1,106 plans among Connecticut employers on file, and the 1,101st of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.26 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$216,618,403
Participants with balances1,362
Active participants590
Employer contributions$1,945,934
Employee contributions$6,353,268
Employer contribution per active participant$3,298
Average account balance$159,044
Benefits paid to participants$26,814,681
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWALSH&DICKINSON
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$216.6M · 1,362 accts · $1.9M emplr
2023$197.5M · 1,457 accts · $2.9M emplr
2022$159.6M · 1,471 accts · $1.7M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$12,591
Investment management$16,967
Audit (IQPA)$15,000
Total administrative$44,558
The Bic Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,298
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$3,298 per active participant
2023$4,543 per active participant
2022$2,623 per active participant

Bic Corporation's 2024 employer contribution ran below 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 · 20243
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$16,967
WALSH AND DICKINSON · Accounting / audit$15,000
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processingindirect 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$44,558 · 0.02%
2023$57,275 · 0.03%
2022$38,139 · 0.02%
All plans at this employer2
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 060735597 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.