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Hercules Forwarding, Inc.401(k)

HERCULES FORWARDING, INC. RETIREMENT PLAN · HICKORY HILLS, IL · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.03%

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

Hercules Forwarding, Inc. reported $3,326 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $888 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 0.02% to 0.06%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other transportation & warehousing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Illinois (2,056th of 3,702), and the 941st of 2,677 in transportation & warehousing. In 2023, employees put in $2.18 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 317 to 387 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$14,124,683
Participants with balances170
Active participants387
Employer contributions$343,676
Employee contributions$747,781
Employer contribution per active participant$888
Average account balance$83,086
Benefits paid to participants$766,884
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorSASSETTI LLC
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$0
2024$14.1M · 177 accts · $376K emplr
2023$14.1M · 170 accts · $344K emplr
2022$12.4M · 167 accts · $330K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$3,326
Total administrative$3,326
The Hercules Forwarding, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$888
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$1,194 per active participant
2023$888 per active participant
2022$1,041 per active participant

Hercules Forwarding, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $2,440 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20231
LINCOLN NATIONAL CORPORATION · Contract administrator$3,326

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

Administrative cost history4
2025Not separately reported
2024$7,890 · 0.06%
2023$3,326 · 0.03%
2022$3,019 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 954285131 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.