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Owen Electric Cooperative, Inc.401(k)

OWEN ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE EMPLOYEE SAVINGS AND PROTECTION PLAN · OWENTON, KY · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.26%

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

Owen Electric Cooperative, Inc. reported $101,929 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.26% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,093 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 fell from 0.30% to 0.26%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,620 comparable plans and shown alongside other utilities employers. By assets it is the 168th-largest of 871 plans among Kentucky employers on file, and the 196th of 412 in utilities. In 2025, employees put in $2.13 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$41,380,149
Participants with balances132
Active participants117
Employer contributions$478,825
Employee contributions$1,019,309
Employer contribution per active participant$4,093
Average account balance$313,486
Benefits paid to participants$2,123,465
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$41.4M · 132 accts · $479K emplr
2024$36.3M · 138 accts · $483K emplr
2023$31.3M · 139 accts · $452K emplr
2022$26.1M · 142 accts · $448K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$101,929
Total administrative$101,929
The Owen Electric Cooperative, Inc. 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$4,093
Median for plans this size$2,666
2025$4,093 per active participant
2024$3,959 per active participant
2023$3,706 per active participant
2022$3,638 per active participant

Owen Electric Cooperative, Inc.'s 2025 employer contribution ran above the $2,666 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.

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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 · 20251
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER AND S · Recordkeeping$101,929

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

Recordkeeper by year3
2025Bank of America / Merrill
2024Bank of America / Merrill
2023Bank of America / Merrill

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Administrative cost history4
2025$101,929 · 0.26%
2024$96,142 · 0.28%
2023$85,792 · 0.30%
2022$87,218 · 0.30%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 610299615 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.