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Linde401(k)

NUCO2 MANAGEMENT LLC 401(K) SAVINGS & RETIREMENT PLAN · STUART, FL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.17%

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

Linde reported $73,856 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.17% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $885 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 0.22% to 0.17%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other transportation & warehousing employers. By assets it is the 554th-largest of 3,644 plans among Florida employers on file, and the 396th of 2,677 in transportation & warehousing. In 2024, employees put in $4.05 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,065 to 1,491 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$47,261,754
Participants with balances1,282
Active participants1,491
Employer contributions$1,319,001
Employee contributions$5,335,544
Employer contribution per active participant$885
Average account balance$36,866
Benefits paid to participants$5,980,567
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$47.3M · 1,282 accts · $1.3M emplr
2023$40.9M · 1,290 accts · $1.3M emplr
2022$33.4M · 1,183 accts · $1.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$43,665
Audit (IQPA)$23,865
Total administrative$73,856
The Linde 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$885
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$885 per active participant
2023$1,104 per active participant
2022$1,061 per active participant

Linde's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 · 20243
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$43,665
COHNREZNICK LLP · Accounting / audit$23,865
GROOM LAW GROUP, CHARTERED · Legal$5,604

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$73,856 · 0.17%
2023$71,280 · 0.19%
2022$76,572 · 0.22%
Same employer
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Osg Bulk Ships, Inc. FL$64.1M · 0.08%
Pegasus Technologies, Inc. FL$58.1M · 0.03%
Pritchett Trucking, Inc. FL$52.3M · 0.06%
Quality Carriers, Inc. FL$52.2M · 0.62%
Agi-Cfi Holdings, Inc. FL$34.3M · 0.52%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 262040986 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.