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Saudi Aramco Rowan Offshore Drilling Company (a Ksa Joint Venture)401(k)

ARO DRILLING 401(K) PLAN · HOUSTON, TX · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.15%

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

Saudi Aramco Rowan Offshore Drilling Company (a Ksa Joint Venture) reported $100,848 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.15% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $9,771 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 0.24% to 0.15%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other mining, oil & gas extraction employers. By assets it is the 880th-largest of 5,688 plans among Texas employers on file, and the 150th of 612 in mining, oil & gas extraction. In 2024, employees put in $1.62 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 205 to 171 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$65,720,077
Participants with balances203
Active participants171
Employer contributions$1,670,872
Employee contributions$2,698,917
Employer contribution per active participant$9,771
Average account balance$323,744
Benefits paid to participants$13,740,837
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$65.7M · 203 accts · $1.7M emplr
2023$65.7M · 212 accts · $1.6M emplr
2022$53.9M · 286 accts · $1.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$19,145
Audit (IQPA)$12,146
Total administrative$100,848
The Saudi Aramco Rowan Offshore Drilling Company (a Ksa Joint Venture) 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$9,771
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$9,771 per active participant
2023$8,648 per active participant
2022$7,162 per active participant

Saudi Aramco Rowan Offshore Drilling Company (a Ksa Joint Venture)'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 · 20244
MERCER INVESTMENTS LLC · Consulting$63,906
MELTON & MELTON LLP · Accounting / audit$12,146
ALAN ROBIN LAW PLLC · Legal$5,651

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$100,848 · 0.15%
2023$100,846 · 0.17%
2022$142,620 · 0.24%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 981500138 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.