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First Solar, Inc.401(k)

FIRST SOLAR, INC. 401(K) PLAN · PERRYSBURG, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.07%

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

First Solar, Inc. reported $230,704 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.07% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,676 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 0.09% to 0.07%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 133rd-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 734th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.95 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 2,490 to 3,960 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$361,455,968
Participants with balances4,880
Active participants3,960
Employer contributions$10,597,208
Employee contributions$20,647,747
Employer contribution per active participant$2,676
Average account balance$74,069
Benefits paid to participants$29,430,487
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$361.5M · 4,880 accts · $10.6M emplr
2023$308.8M · 3,820 accts · $8.1M emplr
2022$255.1M · 3,174 accts · $5.8M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$124,854
Audit (IQPA)$15,750
Total administrative$230,704
The First Solar, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,676
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$2,676 per active participant
2023$2,889 per active participant
2022$2,318 per active participant

First Solar, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 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.

Service providers · 20244
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$124,854
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$75,000
GBQ PARTNERS LLC · Accounting / audit$15,750
IGRAD LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$15,100

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$230,704 · 0.07%
2023$251,710 · 0.09%
2022$240,669 · 0.09%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 204623678 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.