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Colors & Effects USA LLC401(k)

COLORS & EFFECTS USA LLC 401(K) PLAN · PARSIPPANY, NJ · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.05%

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

Colors & Effects USA LLC reported $14,644 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.05% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $9,401 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.13% to 0.05%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 784th-largest of 2,419 plans among New Jersey employers on file, and the 4,216th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $1.37 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 362 to 305 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$32,707,834
Participants with balances400
Active participants305
Employer contributions$2,867,383
Employee contributions$3,920,154
Employer contribution per active participant$9,401
Average account balance$81,770
Benefits paid to participants$6,727,352
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$0 · $1.7M emplr
2023$32.7M · 400 accts · $2.9M emplr
2022$27.0M · 406 accts · $4.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$9,926
Investment management$4,718
Total administrative$14,644
The Colors & Effects USA LLC 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$9,401
Median for plans this size$2,440
2023$9,401 per active participant
2022$11,806 per active participant

Colors & Effects USA LLC's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $2,440 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20231
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$9,926

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

Administrative cost history3
2024Not separately reported
2023$14,644 · 0.05%
2022$32,271 · 0.13%
All plans at this employer2
COLORS & EFFECTS USA LLC 401(K) PLAN401(k)
COLORS & EFFECTS USA LLC 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN401(k)
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 811945988 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.