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Novo Nordisk Inc.401(k)

NOVO NORDISK INC. 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · PLAINSBORO, NJ · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.04%

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

Novo Nordisk Inc. reported $1,151,538 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.04% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,862 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 0.038% to 0.043%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 141 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 24th-largest of 2,419 plans among New Jersey employers on file, and the 117th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2025, employees put in $2.82 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 6,805 to 9,852 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,880,099,529
Participants with balances13,797
Active participants9,852
Employer contributions$57,750,877
Employee contributions$162,835,029
Employer contribution per active participant$5,862
Average account balance$208,748
Benefits paid to participants$201,971,380
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$2.9B · 13,797 accts · $57.8M emplr
2024$2.5B · 11,252 accts · $38.6M emplr
2023$2.3B · 10,201 accts · $31.9M emplr
2022$1.8B · 9,147 accts · $23.8M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$596,166
Investment management$555,372
Total administrative$1,151,538
The Novo Nordisk Inc. 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$5,862
Median for plans this size$5,084
2025$5,862 per active participant
2024$4,392 per active participant
2023$4,062 per active participant
2022$3,500 per active participant

Novo Nordisk Inc.'s 2025 employer contribution ran above the $5,084 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20254
SCHWAB RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES,INC · Recordkeeping · Investment advisory (participants)$1,024,454
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY · Investment management$79,228
FIDUCIENT ADVISORS LLC · Investment management$47,523
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC. · Securities brokerage$47,411

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$1,151,538 · 0.04%
2024$903,358 · 0.04%
2023$815,842 · 0.04%
2022$710,500 · 0.04%
All plans at this employer2
NOVO NORDISK INC. 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN401(k)
NOVO NORDISK INC. MONEY PURCHASE PLANMoney purchase plan
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 061061602 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.