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The Franklin Investment Corporation dba Franklin Industries401(k)

FRANKLIN INDUSTRIES EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT PLAN · FRANKLIN, PA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.02%

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

The Franklin Investment Corporation dba Franklin Industries reported $35,238 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.02% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,190 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 1.21% to 1.02%. 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 Pennsylvania (3,089th of 3,651), and 11,966th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.28 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$3,580,501
Participants with balances143
Active participants111
Employer contributions$132,073
Employee contributions$300,504
Employer contribution per active participant$1,190
Average account balance$25,038
Benefits paid to participants$429,774
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMCGILL POWER BELL AND ASSOCIATES
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$3.6M · 143 accts · $132K emplr
2023$3.3M · 156 accts · $164K emplr
2022$3.1M · 123 accts · $142K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$21,692
Total administrative$35,238
The The Franklin Investment Corporation dba Franklin Industries 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,190
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,190 per active participant
2023$1,389 per active participant
2022$1,363 per active participant

The Franklin Investment Corporation dba Franklin Industries's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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
PROACCOUNT · Investment advisory (participants)$11,918
DEFINITI LLC · Plan administrator · Loan processing$5,400

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$35,238 · 1.02%
2023$44,137 · 1.38%
2022$40,700 · 1.21%
Same employer
Similar plansManufacturing · Pennsylvania
Alvord-Polk, Inc. PA$3.6M · 0.50%
Staiman Brothers, Inc. PA$3.6M · 0.83%
Gregory Packaging Inc PA$3.6M · 0.41%
Ask Foods, Inc. PA$3.6M · 0.86%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 412051057 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.