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Sandhills Global, Inc.401(k)

SANDHILLS 401(K) PLAN · LINCOLN, NE · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.22%

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

Sandhills Global, Inc. reported $159,428 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.22% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $0 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 rose from 0.19% to 0.22%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 88th-largest of 565 plans among Nebraska employers on file, and the 373rd of 2,199 in information & media.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$78,012,254
Participants with balances556
Active participants942
Employer contributions$0
Employee contributions$4,471,900
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Average account balance$140,310
Benefits paid to participants$6,521,836
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$78.0M · 556 accts
2023$69.6M · 549 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$68,849
Investment management$90,579
Total administrative$159,428
The Sandhills Global, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Median for plans this size$3,635

Sandhills Global, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 median for plans its size, in the bottom quarter of its peers. 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 · 20243
RBC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$74,586
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$15,993

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

Administrative cost history2
2024$159,428 · 0.22%
2023$120,553 · 0.19%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 421097211 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.