Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

First Berne Financial Corp401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)

FIRST BERNE EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP AND 401(K) PLAN · BERNE, IN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.14%

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

First Berne Financial Corp reported $36,726 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.14% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,348 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.136%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 438th-largest of 1,562 plans among Indiana employers on file, and 2,453rd of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.12 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$29,158,009
Participants with balances150
Active participants111
Employer contributions$482,628
Employee contributions$538,989
Employer contribution per active participant$4,348
Average account balance$194,387
Benefits paid to participants$1,637,937
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorPLANTE AND MORAN PLLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$29.2M · 150 accts · $483K emplr
2023$24.9M · 148 accts · $404K emplr
2022$23.9M · 148 accts · $279K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$36,726
Total administrative$36,726
The First Berne Financial Corp 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,348
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,348 per active participant
2023$3,603 per active participant
2022$2,364 per active participant

First Berne Financial Corp'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 · 20242
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator$36,726
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 history3
2024$36,726 · 0.14%
2023$36,342 · 0.15%
2022$35,256 · 0.14%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 351625680 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.