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Krones, Inc.401(k)

KRONES, INC. 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · FRANKLIN, WI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.04%

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

Krones, Inc. reported $90,784 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,489 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 0.04%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 118th-largest of 1,936 plans among Wisconsin employers on file, and the 1,015th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.31 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 963 to 1,356 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$242,742,787
Participants with balances1,593
Active participants1,356
Employer contributions$4,731,059
Employee contributions$10,930,697
Employer contribution per active participant$3,489
Average account balance$152,381
Benefits paid to participants$30,039,465
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$242.7M · 1,593 accts · $4.7M emplr
2023$201.9M · 1,216 accts · $4.2M emplr
2022$174.2M · 1,145 accts · $3.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$80,994
Total administrative$90,784
The Krones, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,489
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$3,489 per active participant
2023$4,100 per active participant
2022$3,552 per active participant

Krones, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 · 20244
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$80,994
FIDUCIENT ADVISORS · Consulting$64,000
VRAKAS · Consulting$10,000
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processingindirect 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$90,784 · 0.04%
2023$51,476 · 0.03%
2022$60,096 · 0.03%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 391082240 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.