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Nova Biomedical Corporation401(k)

NOVA EMPLOYEE SAVINGS TRUST (N.E.S.T.) · WALTHAM, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.15%

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

Nova Biomedical Corporation reported $245,081 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.15% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,716 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 0.17% 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 284th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 1,250th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.51 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$180,207,460
Participants with balances1,503
Active participants1,260
Employer contributions$3,422,625
Employee contributions$8,605,255
Employer contribution per active participant$2,716
Average account balance$119,899
Benefits paid to participants$13,666,242
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$180.2M · 1,503 accts · $3.4M emplr
2023$154.3M · 1,399 accts · $3.4M emplr
2022$129.5M · 1,379 accts · $3.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$145,408
Investment management$87,373
Audit (IQPA)$12,300
Total administrative$245,081
The Nova Biomedical Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,716
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,716 per active participant
2023$2,823 per active participant
2022$2,582 per active participant

Nova Biomedical Corporation's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 · 20244
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$44,226
MERCER INVESTMENTS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$43,147
CARON & BLETZER, PLLC · Accounting / audit$12,300
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processingindirect comp

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$245,081 · 0.15%
2023$231,193 · 0.16%
2022$240,271 · 0.17%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042592580 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.