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Chr. Hansen, Inc.401(k)

CHR. HANSEN INVESTMENT AND RETIREMENT PLAN · MILWAUKEE, WI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.21%

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

Chr. Hansen, Inc. reported $224,415 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.21% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,965 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 0.17% to 0.21%. 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 213th-largest of 1,936 plans among Wisconsin employers on file, and the 1,722nd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.33 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$114,954,449
Participants with balances977
Active participants725
Employer contributions$4,324,309
Employee contributions$5,730,900
Employer contribution per active participant$5,965
Average account balance$117,661
Benefits paid to participants$9,589,631
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWIPFLI LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$115.0M · 977 accts · $4.3M emplr
2023$99.1M · 1,023 accts · $4.3M emplr
2022$80.8M · 1,045 accts · $3.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$103,828
Investment management$120,587
Total administrative$224,415
The Chr. Hansen, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,965
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$5,965 per active participant
2023$11,277 per active participant
2022$5,494 per active participant

Chr. Hansen, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above 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 · 20244
TRANSAMERICA RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$103,828
ROBERT W BAIRD & CO. INC. · Consulting$111,808
ASSET HEALTH, INC · Investment advisory (participants)$8,779
NATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES · Securities brokerageindirect 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
2024Transamerica
2023Transamerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$224,415 · 0.21%
2023$179,698 · 0.20%
2022$149,688 · 0.17%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 131918913 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.