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Biomerieux, Inc.401(k)

BIOMERIEUX, INC. EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN · DURHAM, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.08%

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

Biomerieux, Inc. reported $799,626 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.08% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $8,861 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 0.09% to 0.08%. 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 44th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 317th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, the employer put in $1.03 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 5,532 to 6,473 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,051,071,605
Participants with balances7,887
Active participants6,473
Employer contributions$57,356,318
Employee contributions$55,867,979
Employer contribution per active participant$8,861
Average account balance$133,266
Benefits paid to participants$106,561,933
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$1.1B · 7,887 accts · $57.4M emplr
2023$897.9M · 7,717 accts · $55.6M emplr
2022$714.8M · 7,112 accts · $47.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$500,875
Investment management$298,751
Total administrative$799,626
The Biomerieux, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$8,861
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$8,861 per active participant
2023$9,306 per active participant
2022$8,663 per active participant

Biomerieux, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 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 · 20242
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$501,913
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$298,751

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$799,626 · 0.08%
2023$744,154 · 0.09%
2022$719,869 · 0.09%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 431109770 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.