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Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC401(k)

DENDREON 401(K) PLAN · SEAL BEACH, CA · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.10%

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

Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC reported $58,885 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.10% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,196 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 0.15% to 0.10%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 605 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 1,444th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 2,644th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2025, employees put in $2.29 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 498 to 391 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$63,901,715
Participants with balances586
Active participants391
Employer contributions$2,031,492
Employee contributions$4,654,567
Employer contribution per active participant$5,196
Average account balance$109,047
Benefits paid to participants$7,230,511
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHOLTHOUSE, CARLIN & VANTRIGT LLP
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$63.9M · 586 accts · $2.0M emplr
2024$54.1M · 603 accts · $2.1M emplr
2023$46.3M · 596 accts · $2.3M emplr
2022$35.8M · 621 accts · $2.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$58,885
Total administrative$58,885
The Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$5,196
Median for plans this size$4,093
2025$5,196 per active participant
2024$4,997 per active participant
2023$5,047 per active participant
2022$4,967 per active participant

Dendreon Pharmaceuticals LLC's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $4,093 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.

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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
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$58,885

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$58,885 · 0.10%
2024$67,287 · 0.13%
2023$73,825 · 0.18%
2022$54,740 · 0.15%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 223203193 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.