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Howard Ternes Packaging Company401(k)

HOWARD TERNES PACKAGING COMPANY PROFIT SHARING AND 401(K) PLAN · LIVONIA, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.14%

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

Howard Ternes Packaging Company reported $24,470 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.14% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,117 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 0.20% to 0.14%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other transportation & warehousing employers. By assets it is the 1,097th-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 787th of 2,677 in transportation & warehousing. In 2024, employees put in $2.47 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 129 to 116 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$18,474,995
Participants with balances160
Active participants116
Employer contributions$245,629
Employee contributions$607,422
Employer contribution per active participant$2,117
Average account balance$115,469
Benefits paid to participants$1,453,176
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$18.5M · 160 accts · $246K emplr
2023$17.2M · 181 accts · $237K emplr
2022$15.0M · $216K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$24,470
Total administrative$24,470
The Howard Ternes Packaging Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,117
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,117 per active participant
2023$1,255 per active participant
2022$1,678 per active participant

Howard Ternes Packaging Company's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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
EMPOWER ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY O · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$16,452
SENTINEL BENEFITS GROUP, LLC · Recordkeeping$8,018

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Empower, Sentinel Group
2023Empower

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Howard Ternes Packaging Company before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$24,470 · 0.14%
2023$19,058 · 0.12%
2022$30,524 · 0.20%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 592736671 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.