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Hi-Lex401(k)

HI-LEX EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · LITCHFIELD, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.24%

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

Hi-Lex reported $164,986 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.24% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,386 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 fell from 0.42% to 0.24%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 395th-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 2,479th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.17 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$69,542,705
Participants with balances1,254
Active participants1,085
Employer contributions$1,504,082
Employee contributions$4,770,523
Employer contribution per active participant$1,386
Average account balance$55,457
Benefits paid to participants$10,992,978
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$69.5M · 1,254 accts · $1.5M emplr
2023$66.0M · 1,339 accts · $1.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$117,057
Investment management$47,929
Total administrative$164,986
The Hi-Lex 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,386
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$1,386 per active participant
2023$1,130 per active participant

Hi-Lex's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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.

Service providers · 20243
EMPOWER ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY · Investment advisory (plan)$44,856
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$3,073

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$164,986 · 0.24%
2023$273,965 · 0.42%
Similar plansManufacturing · Michigan
Fisher & Company, Inc MI$71.9M · 0.24%
Stahls' Inc. MI$71.8M · 0.33%
Belting Holdings Inc. MI$71.2M · 0.34%
Odl, Incorporated MI$66.6M · 0.19%
Cascade Engineering, Inc. MI$66.4M · 0.24%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 382072086 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.