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Vital Energy, Inc.401(k)

LAREDO PETROLEUM INC. 401(K) PLAN · TULSA, OK · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.05%

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

Vital Energy, Inc. reported $26,630 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.05% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $7,436 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 0.05%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other mining, oil & gas extraction employers. By assets it is the 84th-largest of 724 plans among Oklahoma employers on file, and the 151st of 612 in mining, oil & gas extraction. In 2024, employees put in $1.39 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 290 to 402 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$64,331,190
Participants with balances465
Active participants402
Employer contributions$2,989,081
Employee contributions$4,157,405
Employer contribution per active participant$7,436
Average account balance$138,347
Benefits paid to participants$6,487,251
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHOGAN TAYLOR
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$64.3M · 465 accts · $3.0M emplr
2023$54.0M · 391 accts · $2.7M emplr
2022$41.8M · 368 accts · $2.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$7,343
Trustee / custodial$19,287
Total administrative$26,630
The Vital Energy, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$7,436
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$7,436 per active participant
2023$8,195 per active participant
2022$7,206 per active participant

Vital Energy, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 · 20243
MILLIMAN, INC. · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$7,334
CHARLES SCHWAB TRUST BANK · Custodial (securities) · Trustee (directed)$19,287
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC. · Custodial (securities)indirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Milliman
2023Milliman

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Administrative cost history3
2024$26,630 · 0.05%
2023$19,540 · 0.04%
2022$19,451 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 453007926 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.