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Cotton Incorporated401(k)

TAX DEFERRED INVESTMENT PROGRAM FOR EMPLOYEES OF COTTON INCORPORATED · CARY, NC · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.20%

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

Cotton Incorporated reported $85,901 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.20% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,240 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 rose from 0.13% to 0.20%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,620 comparable plans and shown alongside other other services employers. By assets it is the 405th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 474th of 3,341 in other services. In 2025, employees put in $2.74 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$45,141,639
Participants with balances171
Active participants131
Employer contributions$555,475
Employee contributions$1,521,091
Employer contribution per active participant$4,240
Average account balance$263,986
Benefits paid to participants$6,189,027
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$45.1M · 171 accts · $555K emplr
2024$41.6M · 173 accts · $583K emplr
2023$36.4M · 174 accts · $554K emplr
2022$29.6M · 169 accts · $522K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$43,692
Investment management$42,209
Total administrative$85,901
The Cotton Incorporated 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$4,240
Median for plans this size$2,666
2025$4,240 per active participant
2024$4,483 per active participant
2023$4,132 per active participant
2022$4,047 per active participant

Cotton Incorporated's 2025 employer contribution ran above 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 · 20252
JOHN HANCOCK USA · Recordkeeping · Investment advisory (participants)$60,223
MMA SECURITIES · Investment advisory (plan) · 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
2025John Hancock
2024John Hancock
2023John Hancock

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Administrative cost history4
2025$85,901 · 0.20%
2024$81,150 · 0.21%
2023$42,034 · 0.13%
2022$41,488 · 0.13%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 620786018 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.