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Hardinge Inc.401(k)

HARDINGE INC. RETIREMENT PLAN · ELMIRA, NY · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.05%

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

Hardinge Inc. reported $26,869 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.05% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,319 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 0.04% to 0.05%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 9,317 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 1,209th-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 2,787th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $1.70 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$59,380,455
Participants with balances808
Active participants488
Employer contributions$1,619,745
Employee contributions$2,754,661
Employer contribution per active participant$3,319
Average account balance$73,491
Benefits paid to participants$8,783,295
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBONADIO & CO ., LLP
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$59.4M · 808 accts · $1.6M emplr
2022$55.1M · 833 accts · $1.7M emplr
The Hardinge Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$3,319
Median for plans this size$3,659
2023$3,319 per active participant
2022$3,083 per active participant

Hardinge Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $3,659 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20231
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Recordkeeping · Trustee (directed)$30,519

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history2
2023$26,869 · 0.05%
2022$23,259 · 0.04%
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Muller Martini Corp. NY$57.2M · 0.08%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 160470200 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.