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Emergent Biosolutions, Inc.401(k)

EMERGENT BIOSOLUTIONS, INC. EMPLOYEE DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN · GAITHERSBURG, MD · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.14%

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

Emergent Biosolutions, Inc. reported $269,680 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.14% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,632 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 0.13% to 0.12%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 9,317 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 81st-largest of 1,671 plans among Maryland employers on file, and the 1,122nd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $2.95 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 1,902 to 1,228 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$210,828,103
Participants with balances2,099
Active participants1,228
Employer contributions$6,916,315
Employee contributions$20,376,568
Employer contribution per active participant$5,632
Average account balance$100,442
Benefits paid to participants$38,765,580
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$204.5M · 1,566 accts · $4.7M emplr
2023$210.8M · 2,099 accts · $6.9M emplr
2022$183.7M · 2,415 accts · $7.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$269,680
Total administrative$269,680
The Emergent Biosolutions, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$5,632
Median for plans this size$3,659
2024$8,808 per active participant
2023$5,632 per active participant
2022$3,985 per active participant

Emergent Biosolutions, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran above the $3,659 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20231
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$269,007

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$239,750 · 0.12%
2023$269,680 · 0.14%
2022$261,216 · 0.13%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 141902018 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.