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High Company LLC401(k)

HIGH COMPANY LLC RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · LANCASTER, PA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.11%

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

High Company LLC reported $304,299 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.11% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,493 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 fell from 0.13% to 0.11%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 214th-largest of 3,651 plans among Pennsylvania employers on file, and the 864th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.50 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$292,243,576
Participants with balances2,305
Active participants1,944
Employer contributions$4,845,679
Employee contributions$12,122,408
Employer contribution per active participant$2,493
Average account balance$126,787
Benefits paid to participants$28,840,072
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$292.2M · 2,305 accts · $4.8M emplr
2023$271.3M · 2,331 accts · $4.7M emplr
2022$241.2M · 2,352 accts · $4.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$254,586
Investment management$48,729
Total administrative$304,299
The High Company LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,493
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$2,493 per active participant
2023$2,495 per active participant
2022$2,397 per active participant

High Company LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 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 · 20242
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$254,586
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH · Pension consulting · Investment advisory (plan)$49,723

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$304,299 · 0.11%
2023$325,636 · 0.13%
2022$348,452 · 0.13%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 231480548 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.