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The Eastern Company401(k)

THE EASTERN COMPANY SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PLAN · SHELTON, CT · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.19%

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

The Eastern Company reported $102,357 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.19% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,016 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 rose from 0.17% to 0.19%. 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 294th-largest of 1,106 plans among Connecticut employers on file, and the 2,953rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.72 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 160 to 526 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$54,632,491
Participants with balances770
Active participants526
Employer contributions$1,586,319
Employee contributions$2,728,385
Employer contribution per active participant$3,016
Average account balance$70,951
Benefits paid to participants$7,299,767
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorFIONDELLA, MILONE & LASARACINA LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$54.6M · 770 accts · $1.6M emplr
2023$50.5M · 682 accts · $1.3M emplr
2022$27.1M · 339 accts · $899K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$96,352
Investment management$6,005
Total administrative$102,357
The The Eastern Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,016
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$3,016 per active participant
2023$2,760 per active participant
2022$5,621 per active participant

The Eastern Company'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 · 20242
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$97,460
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$6,005

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$102,357 · 0.19%
2023$44,768 · 0.12%
2022$53,537 · 0.17%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 060330020 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.