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The Scotts Company LLC401(k)

THE SCOTTS COMPANY LLC RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · MARYSVILLE, OH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.04%

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

The Scotts Company LLC reported $237,740 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $5,236 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 0.05% to 0.04%. 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 82nd-largest of 3,295 plans among Ohio employers on file, and the 443rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.11 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$691,419,657
Participants with balances6,294
Active participants4,612
Employer contributions$24,147,144
Employee contributions$26,840,123
Employer contribution per active participant$5,236
Average account balance$109,854
Benefits paid to participants$81,425,324
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$691.4M · 6,294 accts · $24.1M emplr
2023$621.8M · 6,400 accts · $23.9M emplr
2022$537.3M · 6,781 accts · $25.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$237,740
Total administrative$237,740
The The Scotts Company LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,236
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$5,236 per active participant
2023$5,112 per active participant
2022$5,194 per active participant

The Scotts Company LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 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.

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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$251,423

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$237,740 · 0.04%
2023$304,439 · 0.05%
2022$288,872 · 0.05%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 311414921 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.