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Wolverine Tube, Inc.401(k)

WOLVERINE TUBE SAVINGS PLAN · DECATUR, AL · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.78%

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

Wolverine Tube, Inc. reported $102,404 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.78% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,322 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 fell from 0.69% to 0.37%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 379th-largest of 902 plans among Alabama employers on file, and 7,551st of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $1.50 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$13,530,860
Participants with balances340
Active participants182
Employer contributions$422,667
Employee contributions$632,762
Employer contribution per active participant$2,322
Average account balance$39,797
Benefits paid to participants$2,446,306
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$12.6M · 311 accts · $389K emplr
2023$13.5M · 340 accts · $423K emplr
2022$12.8M · 379 accts · $414K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$73,638
Investment management$27,958
Total administrative$102,404
The Wolverine Tube, Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$2,322
Median for plans this size$2,440
2024$1,544 per active participant
2023$2,322 per active participant
2022$2,060 per active participant

Wolverine Tube, Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $2,440 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 · 20233
PRUDENTIAL RETIREMENT INSURANCE AND · Contract administrator · Recordkeeping$73,638
NATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC · Recordkeepingindirect comp
ENZA FINANCIAL LLC · Investment advisory (plan) · Plan administrator$27,958

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Empower
2023NATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC, Prudential

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left Wolverine Tube, Inc. before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$48,009 · 0.37%
2023$102,404 · 0.78%
2022$99,691 · 0.69%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 630970812 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.