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Letter Systems, Inc.401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)

LETTER SYSTEMS, INC. EMPLOYEE STOCK OWNERSHIP 401(K) PLAN · AUGUSTA, ME · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.43%

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

Letter Systems, Inc. reported $112,417 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.43% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,496 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 fell from 0.57% to 0.43%. 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 the 116th-largest of 354 plans among Maine employers on file, and the 4,878th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $4.49 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 149 to 105 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$26,898,998
Participants with balances161
Active participants105
Employer contributions$157,113
Employee contributions$705,361
Employer contribution per active participant$1,496
Average account balance$167,075
Benefits paid to participants$3,394,223
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWIPFLI LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$26.9M · 161 accts · $157K emplr
2023$25.2M · 197 accts · $159K emplr
2022$19.2M · 220 accts · $175K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$73,972
Investment management$38,445
Total administrative$112,417
The Letter Systems, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,496
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,496 per active participant
2023$1,264 per active participant
2022$1,175 per active participant

Letter Systems, Inc.'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 · 20245
WIPFLI LLP · Accounting / audit$43,400
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH · Investment advisory (plan)$38,445
THE ANGELL PENSION GROUP, INC. · Contract administrator$8,645

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$112,417 · 0.43%
2023$93,819 · 0.42%
2022$116,095 · 0.57%
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Nichols Portland, LLC ME$40.6M · 0.45%
Somic America, Inc. ME$25.9M · 0.37%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 010263845 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.