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Twist Bioscience Corporation401(k)

TWIST BIOSCIENCE CORPORATION 401(K) PLAN · SOUTH SANFRANCISCO, CA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.28%

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

Twist Bioscience Corporation reported $181,950 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.28% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,220 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.53% to 0.28%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 9,317 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 1,222nd-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 1,875th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2023, employees put in $3.90 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 542 to 858 since 2020.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$77,646,888
Participants with balances1,243
Active participants858
Employer contributions$2,762,681
Employee contributions$10,785,140
Employer contribution per active participant$3,220
Average account balance$62,467
Benefits paid to participants$6,058,639
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$77.6M · 1,243 accts · $2.8M emplr
2022$50.9M · 1,211 accts · $3.3M emplr
2021$32.3M · 990 accts · $1.9M emplr
2020$28.5M · 629 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$108,130
Investment management$73,820
Total administrative$181,950
The Twist Bioscience Corporation 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$3,220
Median for plans this size$3,659
2023$3,220 per active participant
2022$3,812 per active participant
2021$2,122 per active participant

Twist Bioscience Corporation's 2023 employer contribution ran below the $3,659 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20232
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$108,285
NEWFRONT RETIREMENT SERVICES INC · Investment advisory (plan)$73,820

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history4
2023$181,950 · 0.28%
2022$136,494 · 0.33%
2021$133,265 · 0.44%
2020$119,086 · 0.53%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 462058888 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.