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Kennametal Inc.401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)

KENNAMETAL THRIFT PLUS PLAN · FT. MILL, SC · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.09%

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

Kennametal Inc. reported $554,886 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.09% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,981 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 fell from 0.11% to 0.09%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 230 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 18th-largest of 807 plans among South Carolina employers on file, and the 481st of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2025, employees put in $1.63 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$629,417,931
Participants with balances4,168
Active participants2,536
Employer contributions$12,632,895
Employee contributions$20,568,481
Employer contribution per active participant$4,981
Average account balance$151,012
Benefits paid to participants$85,767,654
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$629.4M · 4,168 accts · $12.6M emplr
2024$594.5M · 4,413 accts · $12.7M emplr
2023$572.1M · 4,607 accts · $13.0M emplr
2022$523.4M · 4,745 accts · $12.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$239,036
Investment management$174,826
Audit (IQPA)$7,700
Total administrative$554,886
The Kennametal Inc. 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$4,981
Median for plans this size$4,295
2025$4,981 per active participant
2024$4,684 per active participant
2023$4,950 per active participant
2022$4,371 per active participant

Kennametal Inc.'s 2025 employer contribution ran above the $4,295 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20256
FIDELITY INV. INST. OPS. CO. · Loan processing$241,083
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$174,826
MORGAN STANLEY FIDUCIARY CONSULTING · Consulting$61,021
COOK STREET CONSULTING, INC. · Consulting$59,992
CBIZ RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES · Consulting$12,315
SCHNEIDER DOWNS & CO, INC. · Accounting / audit$7,700

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$554,886 · 0.09%
2024$596,812 · 0.10%
2023$598,830 · 0.11%
2022$621,273 · 0.11%
All plans at this employer2
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KENNAMETAL SAVINGS PLAN401(k)
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 250900168 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.