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Novolex Holdings, LLC401(k)

NOVOLEX HOLDINGS, LLC 401(K) PLAN · HARTSVILLE, SC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.20%

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

Novolex Holdings, LLC reported $738,138 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.20% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,376 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 0.22% to 0.20%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 23rd-largest of 807 plans among South Carolina employers on file, and the 699th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.76 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$385,286,070
Participants with balances8,040
Active participants6,230
Employer contributions$14,803,030
Employee contributions$26,092,299
Employer contribution per active participant$2,376
Average account balance$47,921
Benefits paid to participants$52,766,278
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$385.3M · 8,040 accts · $14.8M emplr
2023$347.7M · 7,421 accts · $14.1M emplr
2022$300.1M · 7,269 accts · $12.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$568,293
Investment management$150,000
Audit (IQPA)$19,845
Total administrative$738,138
The Novolex Holdings, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,376
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$2,376 per active participant
2023$2,295 per active participant
2022$2,070 per active participant

Novolex Holdings, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 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 · 20244
TRANSAMERICA RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$568,293
RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES · Accounting / audit · Consulting$150,000
BAKER TILLY US, LLP · Accounting / audit$19,845
NATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES · Securities brokerageindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Transamerica
2023Transamerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$738,138 · 0.20%
2023$712,443 · 0.22%
2022$733,163 · 0.22%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 271455725 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.