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Novanta Corporation401(k)

NOVANTA CORPORATION 401(K) PLAN · BEDFORD, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.06%

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

Novanta Corporation reported $103,622 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.06% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $5,160 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 0.08% to 0.06%. 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 271st-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 1,213th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.87 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 945 to 1,050 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$186,911,210
Participants with balances1,775
Active participants1,050
Employer contributions$5,417,856
Employee contributions$10,109,816
Employer contribution per active participant$5,160
Average account balance$105,302
Benefits paid to participants$24,061,180
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$186.9M · 1,775 accts · $5.4M emplr
2023$161.8M · 1,662 accts · $4.8M emplr
2022$139.1M · 1,660 accts · $4.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$103,622
Total administrative$103,622
The Novanta Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,160
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$5,160 per active participant
2023$5,106 per active participant
2022$4,780 per active participant

Novanta Corporation's 2024 employer contribution ran above 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.

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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 · 20241
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$103,622

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$103,622 · 0.06%
2023$91,661 · 0.06%
2022$117,005 · 0.08%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 381859358 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.