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Novipax Buyer, LLC401(k)

NOVIPAX ABSORBENTS 401(K) PLAN · OAK BROOK, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.84%

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

Novipax Buyer, LLC reported $81,881 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.84% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,632 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 1.12% to 0.84%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Illinois (2,383rd of 3,702), and 8,739th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.38 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$10,091,611
Participants with balances642
Active participants455
Employer contributions$742,351
Employee contributions$1,026,386
Employer contribution per active participant$1,632
Average account balance$15,719
Benefits paid to participants$2,303,780
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorPLANTE AND MORAN, PLLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$10.1M · 642 accts · $742K emplr
2023$9.4M · 649 accts · $803K emplr
2022$8.9M · 401 accts · $703K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$72,362
Total administrative$81,881
The Novipax Buyer, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,632
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,632 per active participant
2023$1,756 per active participant
2022$1,661 per active participant

Novipax Buyer, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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 · 20241
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER AND S · Recordkeeping$72,362

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Bank of America / Merrill
2023Bank of America / Merrill

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Administrative cost history3
2024$81,881 · 0.84%
2023$113,677 · 1.24%
2022$106,530 · 1.12%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 853705674 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.