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Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.401(k)

KOWA PHARMACEUTICALS AMERICA, INC. 401(K) PLAN · MONTGOMERY, AL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.15%

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

Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. reported $55,632 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.15% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,332 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 rose from 0.03% to 0.15%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 195th-largest of 902 plans among Alabama employers on file, and the 3,483rd of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.77 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 316 to 215 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$37,528,273
Participants with balances364
Active participants215
Employer contributions$716,461
Employee contributions$1,987,197
Employer contribution per active participant$3,332
Average account balance$103,100
Benefits paid to participants$5,197,288
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$37.5M · 364 accts · $716K emplr
2023$35.6M · 447 accts · $878K emplr
2022$32.0M · 454 accts · $773K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$18,857
Audit (IQPA)$36,775
Total administrative$55,632
The Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,332
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,332 per active participant
2023$3,444 per active participant
2022$2,446 per active participant

Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above 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
WARREN AVERETT, LLC$36,775
MURFEE MEADOWS, INC. · Other servicesindirect comp

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$55,632 · 0.15%
2023$14,330 · 0.04%
2022$12,224 · 0.03%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 201414357 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.