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Premier Financial Corp401(k)

PREMIER FINANCIAL CORP. 401(K) EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN · DEFIANCE, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.17%

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

Premier Financial Corp reported $169,315 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.17% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,450 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 0.28% to 0.17%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 372nd-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 1,003rd of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $2.19 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 1,181 to 978 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$100,025,074
Participants with balances1,037
Active participants978
Employer contributions$2,395,899
Employee contributions$5,255,913
Employer contribution per active participant$2,450
Average account balance$96,456
Benefits paid to participants$13,932,435
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCROWE LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$100.0M · 1,037 accts · $2.4M emplr
2023$94.1M · 1,097 accts · $2.6M emplr
2022$84.4M · 1,200 accts · $2.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$71,634
Investment management$57,782
Audit (IQPA)$22,900
Total administrative$169,315
The Premier Financial Corp 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,450
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$2,450 per active participant
2023$2,444 per active participant
2022$2,225 per active participant

Premier Financial Corp's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 · 20245
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$71,631
GLOBAL RETIRMENT PARTNERS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$46,063
CROWE LLP · Accounting / audit$22,900
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$6,617
WELLTH ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$5,102

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$169,315 · 0.17%
2023$125,185 · 0.14%
2022$265,143 · 0.28%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 341803915 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.