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Element Biosciences, Inc.401(k)

ELEMENT BIOSCIENCES 401(K) PLAN · SAN DIEGO, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.50%

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

Element Biosciences, Inc. reported $110,687 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.50% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $5,135 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 0.38% to 0.50%. 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 2,870th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 4,801st of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.34 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$27,481,189
Participants with balances401
Active participants347
Employer contributions$1,781,906
Employee contributions$4,161,357
Employer contribution per active participant$5,135
Average account balance$68,532
Benefits paid to participants$1,597,112
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$27.5M · 401 accts · $1.8M emplr
2023$17.2M · 350 accts · $1.6M emplr
2022$10.0M · 325 accts · $1.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$92,987
Investment management$11,551
Total administrative$110,687
The Element Biosciences, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,135
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$5,135 per active participant
2023$5,436 per active participant
2022$4,170 per active participant

Element Biosciences, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 · 20247
CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT GROUP · Investment advisory (plan)$23,192
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INST · Loan processing$20,317
JPMORGAN SECURITIES LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$11,544
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$8,885
PREMIER PLAN CONSULTANTS, INC. · Contract administrator$2,100
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC · Investment advisory (plan)$7

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$110,687 · 0.50%
2023$71,689 · 0.53%
2022$31,093 · 0.38%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 822593536 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.