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Novavax, Inc.401(k)

NOVAVAX, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · GAITHERSBURG, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.24%

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

Novavax, Inc. reported $248,013 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.24% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $7,155 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 0.26% to 0.24%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is the 152nd-largest of 1,671 plans among Maryland employers on file, and the 1,001st of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2024, employees put in $2.38 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 1,278 to 767 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$113,194,803
Participants with balances1,320
Active participants767
Employer contributions$5,488,065
Employee contributions$13,079,403
Employer contribution per active participant$7,155
Average account balance$85,754
Benefits paid to participants$18,671,901
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorAPRIO LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$113.2M · 1,320 accts · $5.5M emplr
2023$97.0M · 1,538 accts · $7.0M emplr
2022$65.7M · 1,508 accts · $6.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$183,481
Investment management$64,532
Total administrative$248,013
The Novavax, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$7,155
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$7,155 per active participant
2023$6,777 per active participant
2022$4,678 per active participant

Novavax, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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.

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 SRVCS · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$209,450
SAGEVIEW ADVISORY GROUP · Investment advisory (plan)$38,563

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$248,013 · 0.24%
2023$227,018 · 0.28%
2022$154,249 · 0.26%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 222816046 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.