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Dfa Dairy Brands Corporate, LLC401(k)

DFA DAIRY BRANDS SMARTCHOICE SAVINGS PLAN · KANSAS CITY, KS · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.06%

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

Dfa Dairy Brands Corporate, LLC reported $320,527 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.06% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,796 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 0.05% to 0.06%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 11th-largest of 828 plans among Kansas employers on file, and the 495th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.02 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 6,848 to 7,572 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$603,198,646
Participants with balances5,205
Active participants7,572
Employer contributions$13,601,713
Employee contributions$27,542,176
Employer contribution per active participant$1,796
Average account balance$115,888
Benefits paid to participants$66,438,690
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$603.2M · 5,205 accts · $13.6M emplr
2023$552.3M · 5,154 accts · $13.1M emplr
2022$493.9M · 5,146 accts · $12.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$304,927
Audit (IQPA)$15,600
Total administrative$320,527
The Dfa Dairy Brands Corporate, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,796
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$1,796 per active participant
2023$1,811 per active participant
2022$1,776 per active participant

Dfa Dairy Brands Corporate, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 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.

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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 · 20241
PICKETT, CHANEY & MCMULLEN LLP · Accounting / audit$15,600

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$320,527 · 0.06%
2023$298,832 · 0.06%
2022$291,269 · 0.05%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 850489626 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.