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Laclede Chain Manufacturing Company, LLC401(k)

LACLEDE CHAIN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LLC 401(K) PLAN · FENTON, MO · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.32%

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

Laclede Chain Manufacturing Company, LLC reported $44,664 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.32% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,463 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 0.04% to 0.32%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Missouri (730th of 1,393), and 7,445th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.64 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 194 to 144 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$13,823,563
Participants with balances173
Active participants144
Employer contributions$210,647
Employee contributions$555,846
Employer contribution per active participant$1,463
Average account balance$79,905
Benefits paid to participants$2,762,211
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorUHY LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$13.8M · 173 accts · $211K emplr
2023$13.7M · 214 accts · $232K emplr
2022$11.9M · 196 accts · $207K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$10,641
Investment management$34,023
Total administrative$44,664
The Laclede Chain Manufacturing Company, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,463
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,463 per active participant
2023$1,133 per active participant
2022$1,069 per active participant

Laclede Chain Manufacturing Company, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below 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 · 20241
FIFTH THIRD BANK · Investment advisory (plan)$34,023

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$44,664 · 0.32%
2023$50,062 · 0.39%
2022$5,514 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 431946627 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.