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Packaging Specialties, Inc.401(k)

PACKAGING SPECIALTIES 401K EMPLOYEE SAVINGS & PROTECTION PLAN · FAYETTEVILLE, AR · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.50%

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

Packaging Specialties, Inc. reported $148,933 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.50% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,338 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 0.55% to 0.50%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 106th-largest of 456 plans among Arkansas employers on file, and the 4,348th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.33 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$31,339,189
Participants with balances366
Active participants366
Employer contributions$1,221,655
Employee contributions$1,625,126
Employer contribution per active participant$3,338
Average account balance$85,626
Benefits paid to participants$2,725,439
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$31.3M · 366 accts · $1.2M emplr
2023$27.9M · 419 accts · $1.1M emplr
2022$23.2M · 418 accts · $1.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$148,933
Total administrative$148,933
The Packaging Specialties, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,338
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,338 per active participant
2023$3,553 per active participant
2022$3,193 per active participant

Packaging Specialties, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20241
EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE CO. · Recordkeeping · Trustee (directed)$149,103

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE CO.
2023EQUITABLE LIFE INSURANCE CO.

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Administrative cost history3
2024$148,933 · 0.50%
2023$146,642 · 0.57%
2022$131,643 · 0.55%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 710457846 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.