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Patten Seed Company401(k)

PATTEN SEED COMPANY 401(K) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · CHARLESTON, SC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.33%

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

Patten Seed Company reported $39,091 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.33% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,638 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 rose from 0.27% to 0.33%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other agriculture, forestry & fishing employers. By assets it is the 376th-largest of 807 plans among South Carolina employers on file, and the 385th of 945 in agriculture, forestry & fishing. In 2024, employees put in $2.02 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 308 to 358 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$12,747,647
Participants with balances229
Active participants358
Employer contributions$586,255
Employee contributions$1,183,465
Employer contribution per active participant$1,638
Average account balance$55,667
Benefits paid to participants$1,225,669
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCLEMENTS PURVIS & STEWART P.C.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$12.7M · 229 accts · $586K emplr
2023$10.6M · 231 accts · $536K emplr
2022$8.5M · 206 accts · $496K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$7,019
Investment management$32,072
Total administrative$39,091
The Patten Seed Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,638
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,638 per active participant
2023$1,634 per active participant
2022$1,611 per active participant

Patten Seed Company's 2024 employer contribution ran below 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.

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 · 20242
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL INVESTMENT SERV · Recordkeeping · Trustee$27,834
ADP, INC. · Recordkeeping$11,256

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ADP, NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL INVESTMENT SERV
2023ADP, NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL INVESTMENT SERV

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Administrative cost history3
2024$39,091 · 0.33%
2023$27,138 · 0.28%
2022$24,220 · 0.27%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 580646971 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.