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Franklin Management, Inc.401(k)

DON FRANKLIN AUTO 401(K) PLAN · SOMERSET, KY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.68%

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

Franklin Management, Inc. reported $113,641 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.68% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $875 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 0.98% to 0.68%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 308th-largest of 871 plans among Kentucky employers on file, and the 1,571st of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.83 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 682 to 788 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$18,592,008
Participants with balances579
Active participants788
Employer contributions$689,714
Employee contributions$1,955,038
Employer contribution per active participant$875
Average account balance$32,111
Benefits paid to participants$1,908,681
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$18.6M · 579 accts · $690K emplr
2023$14.9M · 523 accts · $773K emplr
2022$11.4M · 456 accts · $747K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$113,641
Total administrative$113,641
The Franklin Management, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$875
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$875 per active participant
2023$1,056 per active participant
2022$1,095 per active participant

Franklin Management, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20243
TRANSAMERICA RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS, · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$51,800
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MERRILL LYNCH LIFE AGENCY INC · Investment advisory (plan)$2,854

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$113,641 · 0.68%
2023$132,361 · 1.00%
2022$114,069 · 0.98%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 460811690 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.