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Superior Essex Inc.401(k)

SUPERIOR ESSEX 401(K) PLAN · ATLANTA, GA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.16%

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

Superior Essex Inc. reported $293,449 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.16% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,050 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.163%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 182nd-largest of 2,160 plans among Georgia employers on file, and the 1,207th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.84 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$188,080,763
Participants with balances1,568
Active participants1,286
Employer contributions$3,922,187
Employee contributions$7,217,837
Employer contribution per active participant$3,050
Average account balance$119,949
Benefits paid to participants$19,855,810
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorSEJONG LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$188.1M · 1,568 accts · $3.9M emplr
2023$171.6M · 1,615 accts · $3.5M emplr
2022$151.1M · 1,647 accts · $3.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$241,736
Investment management$24,951
Audit (IQPA)$16,782
Total administrative$293,449
The Superior Essex Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,050
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$3,050 per active participant
2023$2,591 per active participant
2022$2,609 per active participant

Superior Essex Inc.'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 · 20243
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$241,736
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH · Pension consulting · Investment advisory (plan)$34,922
SEJONG LLP · Accounting / audit$16,791

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$293,449 · 0.16%
2023$261,313 · 0.16%
2022$265,469 · 0.16%
All plans at this employer2
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 200282396 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.