August Schell Enterprises 401(k) Plan and Trust

• Compliance

  Failed to transmit contributions

  Form 5500 reported a failure to timely transmit participant contributions (Schedule H line 4a).

  Schedule H, line 4a
• Opportunity

  High fees

  Administrative expenses exceed $300 per participant per year - possible fee-review opportunity. (Recordkeeping / audit / legal; excludes investment management.)

  Schedule H, line 2i
• Opportunity

  Possible retail share class: $13K

  Mutual funds in a class the filing names that is often retail or revenue sharing. Confirm before you raise it.

  Schedule H, line 4i
• Opportunity

  Few collective trusts

  <1% of fund dollars in collective trusts, which often cost less than the same strategy as a mutual fund.

  Schedule H, line 4i
• Informational

  High retiree %

  Retirees and beneficiaries make up 25% or more of total participants - indicates an ageing workforce or a frozen plan.

  Lines 6b, 6e and 6f

Industry

54 - Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

Plan type

Defined contribution

Participants

100-249

Cohort

6,114 peers

Snapshot

2025

Target-date series: Schwab Target Index, mutual fund, 3% of fund dollars

Covers 71,410 large plans that list their funds in their annual filing. Updated Nov 6, 2026. Shares describe these plans, not the whole market.

• 2E
  Profit-sharing

  Profit-sharing plan.
• 2F
  ERISA section 404(c) plan

  This plan or any part of it is intended to meet the conditions of 29 CFR 2550.404c-1 (shifting investment responsibility to participants).
• 2G
  Total participant-directed account plan

  Participants have the opportunity to direct the investment of all of the assets allocated to their individual accounts regardless of whether 29 CFR 2550.404c-1 is intended to be met.
• 2J
  Code section 401(k) feature

  Cash or deferred arrangement described in Code section 401(k) that is part of a qualified defined contribution plan under which employees may elect to defer part of their compensation or receive these amounts in cash.
• 2K
  Code section 401(m) arrangement

  Employee contributions are allocated to separate accounts under the plan or employer contributions are based in whole or in part on employee deferrals or contributions to the plan. Not applicable to 401(k) plans with only QNECs and/or QMACs or to 403(b)(1) 403(b)(7) or 408 arrangements.
• 2R
  Participant-directed brokerage accounts

  Participant-directed brokerage accounts provided as an investment option under the plan.
• 3D
  Pre-approved pension plan

  A master prototype or volume submitter plan that is the subject of a favorable opinion or advisory letter from the IRS.