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Gdm Seeds, Inc.401(k)

GDM SEEDS, INC. EMPLOYEE SAVINGS TRUST · GIBSON CITY, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.55%

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

Gdm Seeds, Inc. reported $41,663 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.55% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,228 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 0.79% to 0.55%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other agriculture, forestry & fishing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Illinois (2,443rd of 3,702), and the 463rd of 945 in agriculture, forestry & fishing. In 2024, employees put in $1.61 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 114 to 175 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$9,391,099
Participants with balances207
Active participants175
Employer contributions$564,948
Employee contributions$910,407
Employer contribution per active participant$3,228
Average account balance$45,368
Benefits paid to participants$1,133,021
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMARTIN HOOD LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$9.4M · 207 accts · $565K emplr
2023$5.7M · 144 accts · $404K emplr
2022$3.8M · 106 accts · $329K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$41,663
Total administrative$41,663
The Gdm Seeds, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,228
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$3,228 per active participant
2023$3,451 per active participant
2022$2,882 per active participant

Gdm Seeds, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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 · 20244
LPL FINANCIAL LLC-RPCP · Investment advisory (participants) · Investment advisory (plan)$35,415
NATIONWIDE · Contract administrator$25,470
DEFINITI LLC · Accounting / audit · Plan administrator$4,050
IRON FIDUCIARY · Other services$1,698

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$41,663 · 0.55%
2023$26,161 · 0.55%
2022$31,193 · 0.79%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 208942851 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.