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Lawter, Inc.401(k)

LAWTER, INC. 401(K) PLAN · ELGIN, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.02%

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

Lawter, Inc. reported $3,306 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $6,449 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.020%. 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 Illinois (1,872nd of 3,702), and the 6,590th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.16 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$16,934,354
Participants with balances109
Active participants103
Employer contributions$664,211
Employee contributions$773,201
Employer contribution per active participant$6,449
Average account balance$155,361
Benefits paid to participants$2,551,053
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMILLER COOPER & CO., LTD.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$16.9M · 109 accts · $664K emplr
2023$15.7M · 108 accts · $670K emplr
2022$13.4M · 107 accts · $685K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$3,076
Investment management$230
Total administrative$3,306
The Lawter, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$6,449
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$6,449 per active participant
2023$6,696 per active participant
2022$7,064 per active participant

Lawter, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 · 20241
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$3,076

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$3,306 · 0.02%
2023$3,326 · 0.02%
2022$3,046 · 0.02%
Similar plansManufacturing · Illinois
Eakas Corporation IL$17.2M · 0.13%
Dudek & Bock Spring Mfg IL$17.1M · 0.10%
The Suter Company, Inc. IL$17.0M · 0.30%
Bag Makers, Inc. IL$16.7M · 0.54%
Budnick Converting, Inc. IL$16.6M · 0.50%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 274124241 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.