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Supplying Demand Inc. dba Liquid Death401(k)

LIQUID DEATH 401(K) PLAN · LOS ANGELES, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.45%

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

Supplying Demand Inc. dba Liquid Death reported $70,120 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.45% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,552 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.

The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in California (6,648th of 9,483), and 10,654th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.01 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$6,045,806
Participants with balances184
Active participants170
Employer contributions$773,914
Employee contributions$1,552,023
Employer contribution per active participant$4,552
Average account balance$32,858
Benefits paid to participants$2,780,714
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorPENSION ASSURANCE
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$70,120
Total administrative$70,120
The Supplying Demand Inc. dba Liquid Death 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,552
Median for plans this size$1,313

Supplying Demand Inc. dba Liquid Death's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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
MMA SECURITIES LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$24,904
COMPASS360 · Contract administrator$17,066
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$5,710

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

Administrative cost history1
2024$70,120 · 1.45%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 832918150 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.