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Blst Operating Company, LLC401(k)

BLUESTEM 401(K) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · EDEN PRAIRIE, MN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.09%

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

Blst Operating Company, LLC reported $176,889 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.09% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,715 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.087%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 162nd-largest of 1,918 plans among Minnesota employers on file, and the 213th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.51 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 1,326 to 1,063 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$204,303,855
Participants with balances1,777
Active participants1,063
Employer contributions$1,823,001
Employee contributions$4,569,445
Employer contribution per active participant$1,715
Average account balance$114,971
Benefits paid to participants$27,743,154
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorELLINGSON & ELLINGSON
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$204.3M · 1,777 accts · $1.8M emplr
2023$200.6M · 1,904 accts · $2.2M emplr
2022$195.0M · 2,153 accts · $3.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$96,089
Audit (IQPA)$10,800
Total administrative$176,889
The Blst Operating Company, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,715
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$1,715 per active participant
2023$2,415 per active participant
2022$2,294 per active participant

Blst Operating Company, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20243
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$96,089
MORGAN STANLEY · Investment advisory (plan)$70,000
ELLINGSON&ELLINGSON · Accounting / audit$10,800

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$176,889 · 0.09%
2023$150,884 · 0.08%
2022$202,509 · 0.09%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 851387944 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.