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North American Stainless401(k)

NORTH AMERICAN STAINLESS SAVINGS PLAN · GHENT, KY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

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

North American Stainless reported $97,193 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,964 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.031%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 23rd-largest of 871 plans among Kentucky employers on file, and the 789th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.97 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$334,820,209
Participants with balances1,905
Active participants1,651
Employer contributions$8,196,233
Employee contributions$16,177,379
Employer contribution per active participant$4,964
Average account balance$175,759
Benefits paid to participants$15,827,800
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBARNES DENNIG AND COMPANY LTD
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$334.8M · 1,905 accts · $8.2M emplr
2023$286.2M · 1,841 accts · $7.7M emplr
2022$236.7M · 1,771 accts · $6.8M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$49,102
Investment management$48,091
Total administrative$97,193
The North American Stainless 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,964
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$4,964 per active participant
2023$4,874 per active participant
2022$4,538 per active participant

North American Stainless's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 median for plans its size. 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
JOHN HANCOCK RETIREMENT PLAN SVCS · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$82,694
BARNES, DENNIG & CO., LTD · Accounting / audit$14,500

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024John Hancock
2023John Hancock

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Administrative cost history3
2024$97,193 · 0.03%
2023$75,465 · 0.03%
2022$82,139 · 0.03%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 611283966 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.