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Farmers & Merchants Bank, Inc.401(k)

THE FARMERS & MERCHANTS BANK 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · HAMPSTEAD, MD · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.24%

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

Farmers & Merchants Bank, Inc. reported $28,063 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.24% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,186 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.24% to 0.25%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Maryland (931st of 1,671), and 3,853rd of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2023, employees put in $2.04 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$11,372,536
Participants with balances139
Active participants82
Employer contributions$261,212
Employee contributions$533,793
Employer contribution per active participant$3,186
Average account balance$81,817
Benefits paid to participants$3,250,824
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$11.1M · 109 accts · $277K emplr
2023$11.4M · 139 accts · $261K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$11,868
Investment management$16,195
Total administrative$28,063
The Farmers & Merchants Bank, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$3,186
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$3,075 per active participant
2023$3,186 per active participant

Farmers & Merchants Bank, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran above the $2,440 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 · 20233
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$15,000
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$1,195

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

Administrative cost history2
2024$28,396 · 0.25%
2023$28,063 · 0.24%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 520309630 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.