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Merichem Technologies, LLC401(k)

MERICHEM TECHNOLOGIES 401(K) PLAN · HOUSTON, TX · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.13%

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

Merichem Technologies, LLC reported $14,736 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.13% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $6,364 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.

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 Texas (2,904th of 5,688), and 8,289th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.22 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$11,204,717
Participants with balances103
Active participants107
Employer contributions$680,989
Employee contributions$829,123
Employer contribution per active participant$6,364
Average account balance$108,784
Benefits paid to participants$355,999
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$6,558
Investment management$8,178
Total administrative$14,736
The Merichem Technologies, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$6,364
Median for plans this size$2,416

Merichem Technologies, LLC'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.

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Service providers · 20242
CREATIVE PLANNING HOLDCO LLC DBA CR · Investment advisory (plan)$8,178

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

Administrative cost history1
2024$14,736 · 0.13%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 934422106 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.