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Darling's401(k)

DARLING'S ET AL 401(K) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · BREWER, ME · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

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

Darling's reported $12,334 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $843 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 0.027% to 0.029%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 72nd-largest of 354 plans among Maine employers on file, and the 716th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $4.88 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$44,595,229
Participants with balances573
Active participants525
Employer contributions$442,360
Employee contributions$2,158,681
Employer contribution per active participant$843
Average account balance$77,828
Benefits paid to participants$2,796,877
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$44.6M · 573 accts · $442K emplr
2023$39.0M · 535 accts · $447K emplr
2022$33.5M · 536 accts · $795K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$9,325
Investment management$1,559
Total administrative$12,334
The Darling's 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$843
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$843 per active participant
2023$882 per active participant
2022$1,655 per active participant

Darling's's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS LLCindirect comp
THE ANGELL PENSION GROUP, INC. · Other servicesindirect comp
MORNINGSTAR · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp
VOYA RETIREMENT INS & ANNUITY CO · Investment advisory (participants)indirect comp

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$12,334 · 0.03%
2023$14,038 · 0.04%
2022$9,777 · 0.03%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 010054865 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.