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Farmers-Merchants Bank & Trust Company401(k)

FARMERS-MERCHANTS BANK & TRUST COMPANY PROFIT SHARING PLAN · BREAUX BRIDGE, LA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.55%

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

Farmers-Merchants Bank & Trust Company reported $52,365 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.55% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,537 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 has held roughly steady near 0.55%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 433rd-largest of 884 plans among Louisiana employers on file, and 3,991st of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2023, employees put in $1.26 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$9,945,794
Participants with balances96
Active participants77
Employer contributions$272,319
Employee contributions$343,253
Employer contribution per active participant$3,537
Average account balance$103,602
Benefits paid to participants$1,091,065
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorRICHARD CPAS, LLC
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$9.9M · 96 accts · $272K emplr
2022$9.0M · 109 accts · $255K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$52,365
Total administrative$52,365
The Farmers-Merchants Bank & Trust Company 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$3,537
Median for plans this size$1,308
2023$3,537 per active participant
2022$3,268 per active participant

Farmers-Merchants Bank & Trust Company's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $1,308 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20233
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$52,365
FNBB CAPITAL MARKETS · Other servicesindirect comp
MORNINGSTAR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT L · Investment advisory (participants)indirect comp

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

Administrative cost history2
2023$52,365 · 0.55%
2022$52,617 · 0.53%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 720182460 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.