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L Brands Service Company LLC401(k)

BATH & BODY WORKS, INC. 401(K) SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT PLAN · COLUMBUS, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.12%

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

L Brands Service Company LLC reported $1,444,320 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.12% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,071 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 0.11% to 0.12%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 48th-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 50th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $1.65 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 16,420 to 18,826 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,215,974,766
Participants with balances22,668
Active participants18,826
Employer contributions$20,163,476
Employee contributions$33,252,419
Employer contribution per active participant$1,071
Average account balance$53,643
Benefits paid to participants$139,169,990
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCLARK SCHAEFER & HACKETT
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$1.2B · 22,668 accts · $20.2M emplr
2023$1.1B · 22,573 accts · $39.7M emplr
2022$1.0B · 21,781 accts · $35.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,332,395
Trustee / custodial$111,925
Total administrative$1,444,320
The L Brands Service Company LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,071
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$1,071 per active participant
2023$2,272 per active participant
2022$2,130 per active participant

L Brands Service Company LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $5,259 median for plans its size, in the bottom quarter of its peers. 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
ALIGHT SOLUTIONS LLC · Contract administrator · Recordkeeping$1,332,395
MATRIX TRUST COMPANY · Recordkeeping · Trustee (directed)$111,925

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Alight, MATRIX TRUST COMPANY
2023Alight, MATRIX TRUST COMPANY

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Administrative cost history3
2024$1,444,320 · 0.12%
2023$1,323,176 · 0.12%
2022$1,288,699 · 0.11%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 311048997 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.