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Fram Group Operations LLC401(k)

FRAM GROUP EMPLOYEE 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · CLEVELAND, OH · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.44%

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

Fram Group Operations LLC reported $161,829 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.44% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $708 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 0.31% to 0.44%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 825th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 3,873rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $2.62 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 895 to 628 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$37,238,161
Participants with balances875
Active participants628
Employer contributions$444,733
Employee contributions$1,163,317
Employer contribution per active participant$708
Average account balance$42,558
Benefits paid to participants$7,393,289
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$0 · $202K emplr
2023$37.2M · 875 accts · $445K emplr
2022$36.6M · 758 accts · $251K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$138,829
Audit (IQPA)$23,000
Total administrative$161,829
The Fram Group Operations LLC 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$708
Median for plans this size$2,440
2023$708 per active participant
2022$281 per active participant

Fram Group Operations LLC's 2023 employer contribution ran below the $2,440 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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 · 20234
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$139,129
BOBER MARKEY FEDOROVICH · Accounting / audit$23,000
CBIZ INVESTMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, · Investment advisory (plan)indirect 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 history3
2024Not separately reported
2023$161,829 · 0.44%
2022$133,062 · 0.31%
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Lion Group, Inc. OH$37.3M · 0.21%
Mack Industries, Inc. OH$36.8M · 0.39%
Baxters North America, Inc. OH$36.6M · 0.54%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 800697545 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.