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Discovery Life Sciences401(k)

DISCOVERY LIFE SCIENCES 401(K) PLAN · HUNTSVILLE, AL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.26%

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

Discovery Life Sciences reported $96,589 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.26% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,299 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 fell from 0.33% to 0.26%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 186th-largest of 902 plans among Alabama employers on file, and the 1,981st of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $2.30 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$39,637,213
Participants with balances565
Active participants471
Employer contributions$1,554,038
Employee contributions$3,567,598
Employer contribution per active participant$3,299
Average account balance$70,154
Benefits paid to participants$4,852,583
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$39.6M · 565 accts · $1.6M emplr
2023$33.9M · 546 accts · $1.7M emplr
2022$16.0M · 378 accts · $1.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$88,362
Investment management$8,227
Total administrative$96,589
The Discovery Life Sciences 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,299
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,299 per active participant
2023$3,462 per active participant
2022$2,468 per active participant

Discovery Life Sciences's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20242
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$89,749
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$8,227

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$96,589 · 0.26%
2023$84,108 · 0.34%
2022$47,179 · 0.33%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 824872603 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.