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Hanwha Q Cells USA, Inc.401(k)

HANWHA Q CELLS USA, INC. 401(K) SAVING PLAN · DALTON, GA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.60%

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

Hanwha Q Cells USA, Inc. reported $63,663 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.60% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $560 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 2.71% to 1.60%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Georgia (1,610th of 2,160), and 11,146th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.59 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 678 to 1,499 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$5,098,067
Participants with balances499
Active participants1,499
Employer contributions$839,337
Employee contributions$1,336,421
Employer contribution per active participant$560
Average account balance$10,217
Benefits paid to participants$775,323
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCHERRYBEKAERT LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$5.1M · 499 accts · $839K emplr
2023$2.8M · 314 accts · $499K emplr
2022$1.5M · 291 accts · $314K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$63,663
Total administrative$63,663
The Hanwha Q Cells USA, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$560
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$560 per active participant
2023$459 per active participant
2022$463 per active participant

Hanwha Q Cells USA, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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.

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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$63,663 · 1.60%
2023$48,169 · 2.21%
2022$35,981 · 2.71%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 830576552 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.