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Merritt Hospitality LLC401(k)

HEI HOTELS AND RESORTS 401(K) PLAN · NORWALK, CT · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.28%

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

Merritt Hospitality LLC reported $515,822 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.28% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $827 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 0.33% to 0.28%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other accommodation & food services employers. By assets it is the 106th-largest of 1,106 plans among Connecticut employers on file, and the 50th of 2,240 in accommodation & food services. In 2024, employees put in $2.15 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 9,086 to 10,066 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$198,174,407
Participants with balances4,655
Active participants10,066
Employer contributions$8,321,009
Employee contributions$17,881,193
Employer contribution per active participant$827
Average account balance$42,572
Benefits paid to participants$20,347,029
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$198.2M · 4,655 accts · $8.3M emplr
2023$165.5M · 4,491 accts · $7.4M emplr
2022$130.9M · 3,987 accts · $5.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$419,872
Investment management$55,000
Audit (IQPA)$40,950
Total administrative$515,822
The Merritt Hospitality LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$827
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$827 per active participant
2023$705 per active participant
2022$597 per active participant

Merritt Hospitality LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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$419,872
MAYFLOWER FINANCIAL ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$55,000
COHNREZNICK LLP · Accounting / audit$40,950

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$515,822 · 0.28%
2023$445,404 · 0.30%
2022$442,972 · 0.33%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 522353526 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.