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Lapham-Hickey Steel Corp.401(k)

THE SALARY THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF LAPHAM-HICKEY STEEL CORP · BEDFORD PARK, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.33%

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

Lapham-Hickey Steel Corp. reported $165,027 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.33% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,800 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 0.29% to 0.33%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is the 868th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 769th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $1.95 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$53,344,693
Participants with balances545
Active participants674
Employer contributions$1,213,393
Employee contributions$2,369,682
Employer contribution per active participant$1,800
Average account balance$97,880
Benefits paid to participants$4,856,292
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$53.3M · 545 accts · $1.2M emplr
2023$48.1M · 567 accts · $1.3M emplr
2022$43.4M · 633 accts · $1.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$87,320
Investment management$6,879
Audit (IQPA)$18,300
Total administrative$165,027
The Lapham-Hickey Steel Corp. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,800
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$1,800 per active participant
2023$1,828 per active participant
2022$1,739 per active participant

Lapham-Hickey Steel Corp.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 · 20244
CLIFTON LARSON ALLEN LLP · Accounting / audit$18,300
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$6,879

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$165,027 · 0.33%
2023$138,236 · 0.30%
2022$140,260 · 0.29%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 362338813 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.