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Tower Laboratories LTD.401(k)

TOWER LABORATORIES 401(K) PLAN · CENTERBROOK, CT · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

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

Tower Laboratories LTD. reported $6,197 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,219 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 0.01% to 0.03%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 521st-largest of 1,106 plans among Connecticut employers on file, and the 5,519th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.08 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$22,300,492
Participants with balances185
Active participants268
Employer contributions$326,760
Employee contributions$1,004,808
Employer contribution per active participant$1,219
Average account balance$120,543
Benefits paid to participants$1,814,823
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorSANSIVERI, KIMBALL & CO., L.L.P.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$22.3M · 185 accts · $327K emplr
2023$19.7M · 179 accts · $293K emplr
2022$16.9M · 176 accts · $272K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$2,397
Investment management$3,800
Total administrative$6,197
The Tower Laboratories LTD. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,219
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,219 per active participant
2023$1,107 per active participant
2022$965 per active participant

Tower Laboratories LTD.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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.

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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 processingindirect comp

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$6,197 · 0.03%
2023$7,568 · 0.04%
2022$2,382 · 0.01%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 061009478 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.