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Schwans Shared Services, LLC401(k)

SCHWAN'S COMPANY RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · BLOOMINGTON, MN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.18%

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

Schwans Shared Services, LLC reported $1,085,272 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.18% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,524 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 0.25% to 0.18%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 71st-largest of 1,918 plans among Minnesota employers on file, and the 479th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.06 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 5,753 to 9,135 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$631,925,899
Participants with balances8,237
Active participants9,135
Employer contributions$13,921,905
Employee contributions$28,620,506
Employer contribution per active participant$1,524
Average account balance$76,718
Benefits paid to participants$63,897,029
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$631.9M · 8,237 accts · $13.9M emplr
2023$570.4M · 8,445 accts · $12.9M emplr
2022$489.1M · 6,473 accts · $7.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$446,833
Audit (IQPA)$39,691
Total administrative$1,085,272
The Schwans Shared Services, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,524
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$1,524 per active participant
2023$1,484 per active participant
2022$1,302 per active participant

Schwans Shared Services, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 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 · 20247
FIDELITY TRUST COMPANY · Investment management · Loan processing$645,006
TOWERS WATSON INVESTMENTS SERVICES · Investment advisory (plan) · Pension consulting$154,204
MERCER INVESTMENTS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$71,585
ARROWMARK PARTNERS · Investment management$67,763
SNYDER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT · Investment management$61,850
SANDERS CAPITAL, LLC · Investment management$46,586
CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP · Accounting / audit$39,691

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$1,085,272 · 0.18%
2023$1,384,518 · 0.26%
2022$1,388,907 · 0.25%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 810572771 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.