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Lowery Corporation401(k)

APPLIED IMAGING SYSTEMS INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · GRAND RAPIDS, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.45%

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

Lowery Corporation reported $128,153 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.45% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,635 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 0.41% to 0.45%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 774th-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 1,008th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $3.01 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 443 to 490 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$30,686,753
Participants with balances618
Active participants490
Employer contributions$801,052
Employee contributions$2,413,833
Employer contribution per active participant$1,635
Average account balance$49,655
Benefits paid to participants$2,924,055
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMONROE SWEERIS & TROMP PLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$30.7M · 618 accts · $801K emplr
2023$26.6M · 583 accts · $974K emplr
2022$21.0M · 532 accts · $800K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$50,178
Investment management$74,975
Audit (IQPA)$3,000
Total administrative$128,153
The Lowery Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,635
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,635 per active participant
2023$2,096 per active participant
2022$1,806 per active participant

Lowery Corporation'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 · 20243
CAPITAL GROUP RETIREMENT PLAN SERV. · Accounting / audit · Recordkeeping$21,095
ROBERT W BAIRD & CO INCORPORATED · Investment advisory (plan)$74,975
DOEREN MAYHEW GRAND RAPIDS PLLC · Contract administrator$29,082

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024CAPITAL GROUP RETIREMENT PLAN SERV.
2023CAPITAL GROUP RETIREMENT PLAN SERV.

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Administrative cost history3
2024$128,153 · 0.45%
2023$96,713 · 0.41%
2022$91,501 · 0.41%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 382722889 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.