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The Merchants National Bank401(k)

THE MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK PROFIT SHARING AND 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · HILLSBORO, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.08%

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

The Merchants National Bank reported $16,866 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.08% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $6,455 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 0.00% to 0.08%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 1,202nd-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and 2,828th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, the employer put in $1.64 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$22,982,095
Participants with balances193
Active participants154
Employer contributions$994,030
Employee contributions$607,820
Employer contribution per active participant$6,455
Average account balance$119,078
Benefits paid to participants$1,999,020
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$23.0M · 193 accts · $994K emplr
2023$20.1M · 203 accts · $1.0M emplr
2022$17.4M · 193 accts · $1.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$16,866
Total administrative$16,866
The The Merchants National Bank 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$6,455
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$6,455 per active participant
2023$6,675 per active participant
2022$6,654 per active participant

The Merchants National Bank's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 · 20243
CREATIVE RETIREMENT SYSTEMS, INC. · Contract administrator$10,228
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$4,457

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$16,866 · 0.08%
2023$7,994 · 0.04%
2022$923 · 0.00%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 310373340 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.