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Howden USA401(k)

HOWDEN USA 401(K) SAVINGS PLUS PLAN · DEPEW, NY · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.12%

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

Howden USA reported $112,850 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.12% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,785 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 0.14% to 0.12%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 9,317 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 794th-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 1,895th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $1.50 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$100,970,112
Participants with balances934
Active participants857
Employer contributions$4,100,880
Employee contributions$6,156,687
Employer contribution per active participant$4,785
Average account balance$108,105
Benefits paid to participants$14,287,682
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$0
2023$101.0M · 934 accts · $4.1M emplr
2022$88.0M · 923 accts · $3.7M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$77,412
Investment management$35,438
Total administrative$112,850
The Howden USA 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$4,785
Median for plans this size$3,659
2023$4,785 per active participant
2022$4,307 per active participant

Howden USA's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $3,659 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
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$77,412
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$35,438

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

Administrative cost history3
2024Not separately reported
2023$112,850 · 0.12%
2022$116,987 · 0.14%
Similar plansManufacturing · New York
Institutional Investor, LLC NY$104.1M · 0.09%
Sugar Foods Corp. NY$100.3M · 0.05%
Graham Corporation NY$97.7M · 0.21%
Protective Industries, Inc. NY$97.6M · 0.17%
Nissha USA, Inc. NY$97.0M · 0.04%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 310780524 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.