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Wallace Hardware Company, Inc.401(k)

WALLACE DISTRIBUTION COMPANY PROFIT SHARING PLAN · MORRISTOWN, TN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.93%

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

Wallace Hardware Company, Inc. reported $83,545 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.93% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,492 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 0.86% to 0.93%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Tennessee (858th of 1,496), and 2,990th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $1.51 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$9,466,917
Participants with balances201
Active participants167
Employer contributions$249,241
Employee contributions$375,610
Employer contribution per active participant$1,492
Average account balance$47,099
Benefits paid to participants$500,437
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCRAINE, THOMPSON & JONES, P.C.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$9.5M · 201 accts · $249K emplr
2023$8.5M · 195 accts · $303K emplr
2022$7.8M · 179 accts · $439K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$12,061
Investment management$71,484
Total administrative$83,545
The Wallace Hardware Company, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,492
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,492 per active participant
2023$1,849 per active participant
2022$2,851 per active participant

Wallace Hardware Company, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20242
EPIC ADVISORS, INC. · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$12,060
MERIDIAN TRUST & INVESTMENT COMPANY · Accounting / audit · Claims processing$71,484

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024EPIC ADVISORS, INC.
2023EPIC ADVISORS, INC.

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Administrative cost history3
2024$83,545 · 0.93%
2023$67,819 · 0.83%
2022$73,152 · 0.86%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 620408190 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.