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Nova Chemicals, Inc.401(k)

NOVA CHEMICALS INC. SAVINGS PLAN FOR U.S. EMPLOYEES · MOON TOWNSHIP, PA · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.01%

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

Nova Chemicals, Inc. reported $18,274 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $15,032 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 rose from 0.00% to 0.01%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 605 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 307th-largest of 3,651 plans among Pennsylvania employers on file, and the 1,248th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2025, employees put in $1.09 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$180,409,949
Participants with balances453
Active participants274
Employer contributions$4,118,666
Employee contributions$4,503,111
Employer contribution per active participant$15,032
Average account balance$398,256
Benefits paid to participants$14,719,747
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$180.4M · 453 accts · $4.1M emplr
2024$161.3M · 474 accts · $4.0M emplr
2023$143.7M · 486 accts · $3.8M emplr
2022$128.9M · 521 accts · $3.8M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$18,274
Total administrative$18,274
The Nova Chemicals, Inc. 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$15,032
Median for plans this size$4,093
2025$15,032 per active participant
2024$14,867 per active participant
2023$13,575 per active participant
2022$13,599 per active participant

Nova Chemicals, Inc.'s 2025 employer contribution ran above the $4,093 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.

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Annual cost at the plan's reported 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20251
SCHWAB RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES,INC · Recordkeeping$18,274

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

Recordkeeper by year3
2025Charles Schwab
2024Charles Schwab
2023Charles Schwab

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Administrative cost history4
2025$18,274 · 0.01%
2024$20,075 · 0.01%
2023$11,157 · 0.01%
2022$925 · 0.00%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 363203832 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.