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Telesis Bio, Inc401(k)

TELESIS BIO 401K RETIREMENT PLAN · SAN DIEGO, CA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
1.36%

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

Telesis Bio, Inc reported $58,271 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 1.36% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $21 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 1.43% to 1.24%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in California (7,192nd of 9,483), and 11,481st of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $489.48 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 236 to 146 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,480,314
Participants with balances206
Active participants146
Employer contributions$3,095
Employee contributions$1,514,950
Employer contribution per active participant$21
Average account balance$21,749
Benefits paid to participants$1,941,994
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorJGD & ASSOCIATES
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$3.9M · 138 accts · $36 emplr
2023$4.5M · 206 accts · $3K emplr
2022$4.1M · 251 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$35,055
Investment management$23,216
Total administrative$58,271
The Telesis Bio, Inc 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$21
Median for plans this size$1,308
2024$1 per active participant
2023$21 per active participant

Telesis Bio, Inc's 2023 employer contribution ran below the $1,308 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20232
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$37,537
RESOURCES INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC. · Recordkeeping · Trustee$20,733

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ADP, RESOURCES INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC.
2023ADP, RESOURCES INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC.

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Administrative cost history3
2024$51,811 · 1.24%
2023$58,271 · 1.36%
2022$51,267 · 1.43%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 451216839 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.