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Novares US LLC401(k)

NOVARES US LLC 401(K) PLAN · LIVONIA, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.33%

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

Novares US LLC reported $90,159 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.33% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $923 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 0.13% to 0.33%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 813th-largest of 2,619 plans among Michigan employers on file, and the 4,625th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $4.20 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 386 to 310 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$28,783,155
Participants with balances493
Active participants310
Employer contributions$286,172
Employee contributions$1,200,779
Employer contribution per active participant$923
Average account balance$58,384
Benefits paid to participants$2,947,414
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$28.8M · 493 accts · $286K emplr
2023$25.9M · 556 accts · $298K emplr
2022$24.5M · 583 accts · $327K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$13,264
Investment management$5,269
Audit (IQPA)$26,070
Trustee / custodial$1,785
Total administrative$90,159
The Novares US LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$923
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$923 per active participant
2023$825 per active participant
2022$846 per active participant

Novares US LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 · 20245
GREGORY J. SCHWARTZ & CO., INC. · Consulting$43,319
MAZARS · Accounting / audit$18,720
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Trustee (directed) · Loan processing$15,050
FORVIS MAZARS LLP · Accounting / audit$7,350
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$5,269

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$90,159 · 0.33%
2023$116,367 · 0.46%
2022$37,719 · 0.13%
Same employer
Similar plansManufacturing · Michigan
Opus Packaging Group, Inc. MI$29.5M · 0.59%
Kamax Inc. MI$29.3M · 0.15%
Industrial Magnetics, Inc. MI$28.6M · 0.42%
Kiekert USA, Inc. MI$28.5M · 0.43%
The Mill Steel Co. MI$28.3M · 0.22%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 351997449 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.