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Modern Forge Services, LLC401(k)

MODERN FORGE COMPANIES EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLAN · BLUE ISLAND, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.15%

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

Modern Forge Services, LLC reported $105,145 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.15% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,959 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 0.14% to 0.15%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 718th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 2,455th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.18 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 565 to 419 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$70,397,902
Participants with balances639
Active participants419
Employer contributions$820,693
Employee contributions$1,789,542
Employer contribution per active participant$1,959
Average account balance$110,169
Benefits paid to participants$8,449,066
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$70.4M · 639 accts · $821K emplr
2023$69.1M · 720 accts · $876K emplr
2022$65.9M · 799 accts · $815K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$104,975
Total administrative$105,145
The Modern Forge Services, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,959
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$1,959 per active participant
2023$1,806 per active participant
2022$1,442 per active participant

Modern Forge Services, 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
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$104,975
EMPOWER FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. · Securities brokerage$160

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$105,145 · 0.15%
2023$92,597 · 0.14%
2022$91,421 · 0.14%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 364773498 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.