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Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC401(k)

PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, LLC RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · WILMINGTON, NC · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.06%

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

Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC reported $834,847 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.06% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,172 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.08% to 0.06%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,075 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 31st-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 217th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $1.63 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,548,016,663
Participants with balances16,899
Active participants14,922
Employer contributions$77,180,153
Employee contributions$126,088,001
Employer contribution per active participant$5,172
Average account balance$91,604
Benefits paid to participants$119,241,773
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$0
2023$1.5B · 16,899 accts · $77.2M emplr
2022$1.2B · 16,539 accts · $36.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$497,314
Investment management$196,434
Audit (IQPA)$42,398
Total administrative$834,847
The Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$5,172
Median for plans this size$5,237
2023$5,172 per active participant
2022$2,321 per active participant

Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC's 2023 employer contribution ran below the $5,237 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20237
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$497,314
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$196,434
NEPC, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$64,647
PBMARES LLP · Accounting / audit$42,398
TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP · Legal$17,952
CAPFINANCIAL PARTNERS, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$8,988
BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP · Legal$7,113

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

Administrative cost history3
2024Not separately reported
2023$834,847 · 0.06%
2022$973,094 · 0.08%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 561640186 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.