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Merisant US, Inc.401(k)

THE MERISANT US, INC. EMPLOYEES' SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT PLAN · CHICAGO, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.10%

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

Merisant US, Inc. reported $18,887 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.10% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $14,841 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 0.11% to 0.10%. 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 1,733rd-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 6,097th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.09 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 200 to 53 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$19,116,421
Participants with balances126
Active participants53
Employer contributions$786,568
Employee contributions$860,891
Employer contribution per active participant$14,841
Average account balance$151,718
Benefits paid to participants$3,502,057
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMORISON COGEN LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$19.1M · 126 accts · $787K emplr
2023$17.3M · 139 accts · $432K emplr
2022$14.2M · 173 accts · $506K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$688
Investment management$18,199
Total administrative$18,887
The Merisant US, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$14,841
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$14,841 per active participant
2023$7,447 per active participant
2022$2,531 per active participant

Merisant US, Inc.'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.

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 · 20242
ROTHSCHILD INVESTMENT CORP · Investment advisory (plan)$18,199
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$688

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$18,887 · 0.10%
2023$16,314 · 0.10%
2022$17,812 · 0.11%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 510397233 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.