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Maples Industries, Inc.401(k)

MAPLES INDUSTRIES, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · SCOTTSBORO, AL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.48%

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

Maples Industries, Inc. reported $85,037 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.48% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $0 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 0.46% to 0.48%. 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 323rd-largest of 902 plans among Alabama employers on file, and the 6,316th of 13,661 in manufacturing. active participation has shrunk from 906 to 567 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$18,090,367
Participants with balances360
Active participants567
Employer contributions$0
Employee contributions$409,990
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Average account balance$50,251
Benefits paid to participants$2,289,208
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorGANT, CROFT AND ASSOCIATES, P.C.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$18.1M · 360 accts
2023$17.2M · 464 accts
2022$17.3M · 533 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$46,006
Investment management$39,031
Total administrative$85,037
The Maples Industries, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Median for plans this size$2,416

Maples Industries, Inc.'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
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH · Investment advisory (plan)$34,564
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$4,467

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$85,037 · 0.48%
2023$87,159 · 0.51%
2022$90,194 · 0.46%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 630512309 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.