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Cherokee Distributing Company, Inc.401(k)

CHEROKEE DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, INC. EMPLOYEES' PROFIT SHARING PLAN · KNOXVILLE, TN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.54%

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

Cherokee Distributing Company, Inc. reported $171,796 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.54% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $5,287 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 0.63% to 0.54%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is the 390th-largest of 1,496 plans among Tennessee employers on file, and the 1,261st of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, the employer put in $1.98 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has grown from 322 to 362 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$32,769,101
Participants with balances383
Active participants362
Employer contributions$1,914,054
Employee contributions$965,496
Employer contribution per active participant$5,287
Average account balance$85,559
Benefits paid to participants$4,237,188
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorPUGH CPA
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$32.8M · 383 accts · $1.9M emplr
2023$31.3M · 373 accts · $2.0M emplr
2022$26.2M · 373 accts · $1.8M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$73,837
Investment management$97,904
Total administrative$171,796
The Cherokee Distributing Company, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,287
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$5,287 per active participant
2023$5,958 per active participant
2022$5,612 per active participant

Cherokee Distributing Company, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 · 20244
TENNESSEE PENSION ADMINISTRATORS · Recordkeeping$9,845
MARTIN & COMPANY, LP · Investment advisory (plan)$97,904
MERRILL LYNCH · Trustee$63,992
PUGH & COMPANY, PC · Accounting / auditindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024TENNESSEE PENSION ADMINISTRATORS
2023TENNESSEE PENSION ADMINISTRATORS

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Administrative cost history3
2024$171,796 · 0.54%
2023$180,696 · 0.63%
2022$179,430 · 0.63%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 620921075 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.