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Hermes Abrasives, LTD.401(k)

HERMES ABRASIVES, LTD. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.07%

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

Hermes Abrasives, LTD. reported $9,730 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.07% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,262 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.061%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Virginia (1,282nd of 2,266), and 7,687th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $2.16 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$13,099,300
Participants with balances139
Active participants100
Employer contributions$226,173
Employee contributions$489,212
Employer contribution per active participant$2,262
Average account balance$94,240
Benefits paid to participants$2,724,929
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$12.7M · 128 accts · $220K emplr
2023$13.1M · 139 accts · $226K emplr
2022$12.9M · 143 accts · $250K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,650
Investment management$8,080
Total administrative$9,730
The Hermes Abrasives, LTD. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$2,262
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$2,134 per active participant
2023$2,262 per active participant
2022$2,551 per active participant

Hermes Abrasives, LTD.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $2,440 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 · 20232
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$8,080
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$1,650

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$7,909 · 0.06%
2023$9,730 · 0.07%
2022$9,326 · 0.06%
Same employer
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Arban & Carosi, Inc. VA$13.7M · 0.51%
Keltech, Inc. VA$13.4M · 0.01%
Bowman Andros Products, LLC VA$13.0M · 1.03%
Rowe Fine Furniture, Inc. VA$13.0M · 0.38%
Main Industries, Inc. VA$13.0M · 0.14%
Accutec Blades, Inc. VA$12.9M · 0.74%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 541121825 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.