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Buckeye Corrugated, Inc.401(k)

BUCKEYE CORRUGATED, INC. 401(K) PLAN AND TRUST · FAIRLAWN, OH · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.21%

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

Buckeye Corrugated, Inc. reported $124,337 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.21% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,982 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 fell from 0.24% to 0.21%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 605 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 530th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 2,660th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2025, employees put in $2.60 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 774 to 853 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$63,423,410
Participants with balances953
Active participants853
Employer contributions$1,690,460
Employee contributions$4,403,317
Employer contribution per active participant$1,982
Average account balance$66,551
Benefits paid to participants$6,433,389
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$63.4M · 953 accts · $1.7M emplr
2024$54.6M · 947 accts · $1.6M emplr
2023$48.9M · 973 accts · $2.2M emplr
2022$40.5M · 907 accts · $2.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$84,337
Investment management$40,000
Total administrative$124,337
The Buckeye Corrugated, Inc. 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$1,982
Median for plans this size$4,093
2025$1,982 per active participant
2024$1,824 per active participant
2023$2,681 per active participant
2022$2,566 per active participant

Buckeye Corrugated, Inc.'s 2025 employer contribution ran below the $4,093 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20252
SCHWAB RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES,INC · Recordkeeping$84,118
MERRILL LYNCH CONSULTING SERVI · Investment management$40,000

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

Recordkeeper by year3
2025Charles Schwab
2024Charles Schwab
2023Charles Schwab

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Administrative cost history4
2025$124,337 · 0.21%
2024$114,380 · 0.22%
2023$104,430 · 0.23%
2022$106,169 · 0.24%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 340831886 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.