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Hardwood Products Company, LLC401(k)

HARDWOOD PRODUCTS CO., LLC 401(K) PLAN · GUILFORD, ME · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.96%

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

Hardwood Products Company, LLC reported $75,437 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.96% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,132 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 0.82% to 0.96%. 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 Maine (241st of 354), and 9,665th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.48 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,029,489
Participants with balances123
Active participants126
Employer contributions$142,660
Employee contributions$354,448
Employer contribution per active participant$1,132
Average account balance$65,280
Benefits paid to participants$1,041,059
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$8.0M · 123 accts · $143K emplr
2023$7.7M · 155 accts · $166K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$75,437
Total administrative$75,437
The Hardwood Products Company, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,132
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,132 per active participant
2023$846 per active participant

Hardwood Products Company, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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 · 20243
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$75,436
S B H U LIFE AGENCY INC · Other servicesindirect comp
WILSHIRE ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

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

Administrative cost history2
2024$75,437 · 0.96%
2023$63,497 · 0.82%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 882681819 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.