Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

The Farmers and Merchants Bankshares, Inc.401(k)

THE FAME PLAN · STUTTGART, AR · plan year 2022

Reported admin expense ratio · 2022
0.04%

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

The Farmers and Merchants Bankshares, Inc. reported $8,110 in plan administrative expenses for 2022: 0.04% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,482 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 $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,806 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 168th-largest of 456 plans among Arkansas employers on file, and 3,235th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2022, employees put in $1.55 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$17,935,186
Participants with balances380
Active participants271
Employer contributions$672,537
Employee contributions$1,042,776
Employer contribution per active participant$2,482
Average account balance$47,198
Benefits paid to participants$2,087,258
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorERWIN & COMPANY, P.A.
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2022
Recordkeeping & contract admin$8,110
Total administrative$8,110
The The Farmers and Merchants Bankshares, Inc. 401(k) match · 2022
Employer contribution per active participant$2,482
Median for plans this size$2,266

The Farmers and Merchants Bankshares, Inc.'s 2022 employer contribution ran above the $2,266 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 2022 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history1
2022$8,110 · 0.04%
All plans at this employer2
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THE FAME PLAN401(k)
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 710600180 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.