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Fastening Solutions, Inc.401(k)

FASTENING SOLUTIONS, INC. EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT PLAN · MONTGOMERY, AL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.33%

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

Fastening Solutions, Inc. reported $82,495 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.33% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,064 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 0.38% to 0.33%. 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 254th-largest of 902 plans among Alabama employers on file, and the 5,096th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.89 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$25,165,466
Participants with balances176
Active participants149
Employer contributions$307,517
Employee contributions$581,681
Employer contribution per active participant$2,064
Average account balance$142,986
Benefits paid to participants$3,002,630
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorJACKSON THORNTON
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$25.2M · 176 accts · $308K emplr
2023$24.2M · 135 accts · $375K emplr
2022$21.7M · 240 accts · $319K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$82,495
Total administrative$82,495
The Fastening Solutions, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,064
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,064 per active participant
2023$2,549 per active participant
2022$2,203 per active participant

Fastening Solutions, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below 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.

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.

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ERISA SERVICES INC · Contract administrator$2,842

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$82,495 · 0.33%
2023$78,328 · 0.34%
2022$93,483 · 0.38%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 630400499 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.