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Ds Containers, Inc.401(k)

DS CONTAINERS, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · BATAVIA, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.43%

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

Ds Containers, Inc. reported $107,431 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.43% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,429 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 0.60% to 0.43%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 1,405th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 4,810th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.73 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 419 to 365 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$27,389,185
Participants with balances337
Active participants365
Employer contributions$1,251,677
Employee contributions$2,167,841
Employer contribution per active participant$3,429
Average account balance$81,274
Benefits paid to participants$1,935,507
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorRSM US LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$27.4M · 337 accts · $1.3M emplr
2023$22.2M · 315 accts · $1.1M emplr
2022$17.7M · 320 accts · $1.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$107,431
Total administrative$107,431
The Ds Containers, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,429
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,429 per active participant
2023$3,098 per active participant
2022$2,798 per active participant

Ds Containers, Inc.'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.

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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 · 20242
LPL FINANCIAL LLC - RPCP · Investment advisory (participants)$30,000

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024John Hancock
2023John Hancock

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Administrative cost history3
2024$107,431 · 0.43%
2023$112,264 · 0.56%
2022$112,652 · 0.60%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 562377522 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.