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Green Plains Inc.401(k)

GREEN PLAINS INC. 401(K) PLAN · OMAHA, NE · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.36%

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

Green Plains Inc. reported $293,702 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.36% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $5,357 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 rose from 0.29% to 0.36%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 75th-largest of 565 plans among Nebraska employers on file, and the 2,081st of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.29 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$88,399,757
Participants with balances976
Active participants911
Employer contributions$4,880,057
Employee contributions$6,293,899
Employer contribution per active participant$5,357
Average account balance$90,574
Benefits paid to participants$9,015,789
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$88.4M · 976 accts · $4.9M emplr
2023$76.1M · 1,036 accts · $4.7M emplr
2022$63.8M · 1,022 accts · $4.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$71,164
Investment management$222,538
Total administrative$293,702
The Green Plains Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,357
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$5,357 per active participant
2023$5,120 per active participant
2022$4,892 per active participant

Green Plains Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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
MERCER INVESTMENTS LLC · Consulting · Insurance services$188,731
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$33,014
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC. · Securities brokerage$793

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$293,702 · 0.36%
2023$243,851 · 0.35%
2022$189,260 · 0.29%
Same employer
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Chief Industries, Inc. NE$129.5M · 0.17%
Nebco, Inc. NE$105.2M · 0.09%
Lindsay Corporation NE$95.3M · 0.21%
Airlite Plastics Co. NE$80.8M · 0.32%
Behlen Mfg. Co. NE$79.3M · 0.20%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 841652107 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.