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Wellman Plastics Recycling, LLC401(k)

WELLMAN PLASTICS RECYCLING, LLC 401(K) PLAN · JOHNSONVILLE, SC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.82%

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

Wellman Plastics Recycling, LLC reported $44,028 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.82% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $396 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 0.66% to 0.82%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in South Carolina (550th of 807), and 10,787th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $5.19 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 198 to 220 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$5,817,149
Participants with balances293
Active participants220
Employer contributions$87,074
Employee contributions$451,669
Employer contribution per active participant$396
Average account balance$19,854
Benefits paid to participants$353,681
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorSUGGSJOHNSON LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$5.8M · 293 accts · $87K emplr
2023$4.9M · 289 accts · $37K emplr
2022$4.1M · 288 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$25,039
Investment management$18,989
Total administrative$44,028
The Wellman Plastics Recycling, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$396
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$396 per active participant
2023$181 per active participant

Wellman Plastics Recycling, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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 · 20242
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH · Investment advisory (plan)$18,989

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$44,028 · 0.82%
2023$37,477 · 0.84%
2022$29,192 · 0.66%
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Mergon Corporation SC$5.4M · 0.36%
Insulfab Plastics, Inc. SC$5.4M · 0.00%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 263552985 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.