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Whitebridge Pet Brands, LLC401(k)

WHITEBRIDGE PET BRANDS, LLC 401(K) PLAN · ST. LOUIS, MO · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.87%

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

Whitebridge Pet Brands, LLC reported $38,815 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.87% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,603 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 has held roughly steady near 0.87%. 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 Missouri (1,075th of 1,393), and 11,081st of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.62 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$5,232,054
Participants with balances181
Active participants128
Employer contributions$461,199
Employee contributions$747,770
Employer contribution per active participant$3,603
Average account balance$28,906
Benefits paid to participants$237,934
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$5.2M · 181 accts · $461K emplr
2023$3.7M · 199 accts · $344K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$2,657
Investment management$81
Total administrative$38,815
The Whitebridge Pet Brands, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,603
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$3,603 per active participant
2023$2,866 per active participant

Whitebridge Pet Brands, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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.

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WILSHIRE ASSOCIATES INC. · Named fiduciary$81

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

Administrative cost history2
2024$38,815 · 0.87%
2023$26,092 · 0.83%
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Bitrode Corporation MO$5.6M · 0.60%
Edge Manufacturing, Inc. MO$5.5M · 0.11%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 770584827 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.