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Cortec Corporation401(k)

CORTEC CORPORATION 401(K) PLAN · WHITE BEAR LAKE, MN · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.03%

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

Cortec Corporation reported $4,522 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,406 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 0.03%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,620 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Minnesota (975th of 1,918), and the 6,425th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2025, employees put in $2.16 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$17,661,240
Participants with balances187
Active participants153
Employer contributions$368,105
Employee contributions$796,139
Employer contribution per active participant$2,406
Average account balance$94,445
Benefits paid to participants$1,704,981
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$17.7M · 187 accts · $368K emplr
2024$15.7M · 185 accts · $380K emplr
2023$13.5M · 197 accts · $362K emplr
2022$11.1M · 193 accts · $339K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$4,522
Total administrative$4,522
The Cortec Corporation 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$2,406
Median for plans this size$2,666
2025$2,406 per active participant
2024$2,636 per active participant
2023$2,350 per active participant
2022$2,247 per active participant

Cortec Corporation's 2025 employer contribution ran below the $2,666 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20251
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$4,522

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$4,522 · 0.03%
2024$6,916 · 0.05%
2023$4,899 · 0.04%
2022$28,975 · 0.24%
Same employer
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Dalsin Industries, Inc. MN$17.8M · 0.48%
Brenk Brothers, Inc MN$17.7M · 0.23%
Paca, Inc. MN$16.7M · 0.11%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 411526115 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.