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BRAINERD CHEMICAL CO., INC.

BRAINERD CHEMICAL 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · For the plan year ended Dec 31, 2024

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Public filing 2024 · received Oct 15, 2025Verified current terms Not available

Plan at a glance

How good does the filing look?

46filing comparison
out of 100

The filing looks broadly typical among comparable plans. This is a filing comparison, not a complete benefits score.

$Employer support
$3,111

Reported employer contributions per active participant.

Higher than about 53% of comparable plans
#People in the filing
93

Active participants reported for 2024.

The filing does not say how many employees are currently contributing.
¢Visible plan-paid fees
$334 / participant

Reported administrative expense—not every fee an employee may pay.

Lower cost than about 30% of comparable plans
↗Investment performance
Not available

Plan assets changed 24.0%, but that includes contributions, withdrawals, and market movement.

Asset change is not investment performance.
What we still need to judge the benefit

Current match formula, vesting, eligibility, investment choices, fund expense ratios, and employee-level fees.

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Filing comparison · 202446out of 100 among similar-size plans in the same industry when enough peers exist

How this filing compares

Reported employer contributions53rd percentileTypical peer $2,938 · based on 94 comparable plans
Lower reported administrative expense30th percentileTypical peer $180 · based on 97 comparable plans

This comparison uses historical filing figures. It does not compare current match formulas, vesting, investments, or employee fees.

The short version

What the latest filing tells us

For the plan year ended Dec 31, 2024, BRAINERD CHEMICAL CO., INC. reported $289,293 in employer contributions across the plan and 93 active participants. That works out to $3,111 per active participant. It is useful context, but it is not the current match formula and it does not show what any one employee received.

Participation proxy85%

Active participants divided by all end-of-year plan participants. This is not the company participation rate because the filing does not report every eligible employee.

Employer money trendUp 7.8%

Change in reported employer contribution per active participant across the filing history shown.

Expense trendUp 30.7%

Change in reported administrative expense per participant. Investment expenses may not be included.

Peer context46/100

A filing comparison among similar-size plans in the same industry when enough peers exist.

Where the public filing stops

Current match, vesting, eligibility, employee fees, and investment choices require a dated plan document. Until we have one, those details stay blank.

Latest financial record

Contributions, assets, and expenses

These figures are reported totals for the plan—not individual account balances or promises to any employee.

Employer contributions
$289,293
Participant contributions
$533,846
Other contributions
$163,624
Employer share of reported contributions
35.1%
Beginning assets
$6,488,212
Ending assets
$8,044,426
Ending net assets
$8,044,426
Ending liabilities
Not reported
Total income
$1,942,812
Total expenses
$386,598
Administrative expenses
$37,026
Participant loans
$128,877

Three-year filing history

How the reported figures changed

Each chart uses its own scale and starts at zero. When the filing has no value, the chart says so rather than turning it into a zero.

Employer contributions reported per active participant
2022
$2,885
2023
$3,271
2024
$3,111
Plan-paid administrative expenses per participant
2022
$255
2023
$269
2024
$334
Active participants
2022
92
2023
87
2024
93
Detailed filing history
Plan yearPer active participantActive participantsPlan assetsFiling ID
2024$3,111938M20251015133722NAL0006438080002
2023$3,271876.5M20241014195812NAL0027066945002
2022$2,885926.2M20231016150035NAL0038207825003

Changes in plan assets are not the same as investment performance. Each row uses the selected public filing for that year.

Plan operations

Details worth knowing

Participant loans as a share of plan assets
1.6%
Independent accountant’s opinion
Unqualified opinion Code 1
Late participant contributions reported
Not stated in the filing
Public plan identifier
731441533-001

Reported plan details

Identity and filing status

Plan type
Retirement plan
Employer arrangement
Single-employer plan
Plan effective date
May 20, 2005
Industry
Wholesale trade
Amended filing
No
Final filing for this plan
No
Short plan year
No
401(k) feature reported
Yes
Show DOL characteristic codes2E2F2G2J2K2R2T3D2S

Reported service providers

Organizations named in the latest filing

The public dataset does not always identify a provider’s exact role. Compensation stays blank when it was not separately reported.

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INVESCO DISTRIBUTORS, INC.2024Not reportedunknown
MACQUARIE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT2024Not reportedunknown
MANULIFE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC2024Not reportedunknown
METROPOLITAN WEST ASSET MANAGEMENT,2024Not reportedunknown
PACIFIC INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT COMPA2024Not reportedunknown
PUTNAM INVESTMENTS2024Not reportedunknown
T. ROWE PRICE INVESTMENT SERVICES,2024Not reportedunknown
THE TRUST COMPANY OF OKLAHOMA2024Not reportedunknown
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC.2024Not reportedunknown
THORNBURG INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, IN2024Not reportedunknown

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Filing ACK_ID20251015133722NAL0006438080002
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