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The Middleby Corporation401(k)

THE MIDDLEBY CORPORATION PROFIT SHARING PLAN · ELGIN, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.05%

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

The Middleby Corporation reported $171,424 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.05% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $852 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 0.02% to 0.05%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 198th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 708th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $4.93 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 5,428 to 6,144 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$377,950,321
Participants with balances6,173
Active participants6,144
Employer contributions$5,237,322
Employee contributions$25,845,515
Employer contribution per active participant$852
Average account balance$61,226
Benefits paid to participants$46,534,011
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$378.0M · 6,173 accts · $5.2M emplr
2023$338.9M · 5,821 accts · $5.5M emplr
2022$275.2M · 5,986 accts · $5.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$171,424
Total administrative$171,424
The The Middleby Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$852
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$852 per active participant
2023$1,087 per active participant
2022$937 per active participant

The Middleby Corporation's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20241
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$171,424

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$171,424 · 0.05%
2023$126,846 · 0.04%
2022$73,352 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 363352497 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.