Department of Labor filing

EASTERN COSTUME, INC.

EASTERN COSTUME, INC. 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · For the plan year ended Dec 31, 2025

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Public filing 2025 · received Jun 23, 2026Verified current terms Not available

Plan summary

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56plan health
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01 · Employer matchNot publicly available

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02 · Maximum employer contributionNot yet verified

$2,659 was reported per active participant, but this is not a match limit.

03 · VestingNot yet verified

A dated plan document is needed.

04 · Fees and expenses$296

Plan-paid administrative cost per participant; fund and employee fees may be separate.

05 · Investment choicesNot yet verified

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06 · Eligibility and waiting periodNot yet verified

A current plan document is needed.

07 · Automatic enrollmentNot yet verified

The selected official filing does not establish a current default rate.

08 · Roth 401(k)Not yet verified

The reviewed official source does not establish current Roth availability.

09 · Employer contribution vs. peers59th percentile

Up 0.0% over the filing history shown.

What this tells you: company-wide scale, reported employer support, participation activity, visible administrative cost, and historical direction.

Keep in mind: public filings do not show employee investment returns. Scores use only available measures; missing information lowers confidence, never the score. Current match, vesting, eligibility, investments, and employee-paid fees still require a current plan document.

Filing comparison · 202548out of 100 among similar-size plans in the same industry when enough peers exist

How this filing compares

Reported employer contributions59th percentileTypical peer $1,997 · based on 7,804 comparable plans
Lower reported administrative expense21st percentileTypical peer $55 · based on 7,555 comparable plans

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

Peer-group method: industry size. The comparison used the most specific peer group with enough valid filings.

The short version

What employees should know

For the year ended Dec 31, 2025, EASTERN COSTUME, INC. reported $29,250 in employer contributions across this plan, or $2,659 per active participant. This is the best company-wide filing average available—not a promise of what any one employee receives.

People actively participating11

Up 0.0% across the filing years shown. The filing does not report every employee who was eligible.

Employer money over timeUp 0.0%

Change in employer contributions per active participant.

Plan costs over timeUp 0.0%

Change in reported administrative cost per participant. Fund expenses may be separate.

Peer comparison48/100

Compared with similarly sized plans in the same industry.

What this public record cannot answer

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Money and scale

Contributions, assets, and expenses

These are plan-wide totals. They are not individual account balances.

Employer contributions
$29,250
$2,659 per active participant
Participant contributions
$39,293
Other contributions
$0
Amounts not classified as employer or participant contributions
Employer share of contributions
42.7%
Active participants
11
Small plan
Total participants
13
16 at the beginning of the year
Ending assets
$557,852
$42,912 per participant
Net-asset change
Up 0.0%
Not the same as investment performance
Beginning net assets
$446,649
Ending net assets
$557,852
Beginning liabilities
$0
Ending liabilities
$0
Total income
$138,240
Total expenses
$27,037
Administrative expenses
$3,850
$296 per active participant
Participant loans
$55,372
9.9% of plan assets

Three-year filing history

How the reported figures changed

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Employer money per active participant
2025
$2,659
Administrative cost per participant
2025
$296
Active participants
2025
11
Total plan assets
2025
$557,852
Participant loans as a share of assets
2025
9.9%
Detailed filing history
Plan yearEmployer money per active participantActive participantsPlan assets
2025$2,65911557.9K

Changes in plan assets are not the same as investment performance.

Plan health

Operational signals worth checking

Participant loans as a share of plan assets
9.9%
Independent accountant’s opinion
Not stated in the filing
Late participant contributions reported
Not reportedA “yes” needs context and is not, by itself, proof of wrongdoing.
Loan defaults reported
Not reported
Lease defaults reported
Not reportedOnly a small number of filings report these events.
Nonexempt transactions reported
Not reported
Public plan identifier
954344579-001

Reported plan details

Identity and filing status

Plan type
Retirement plan
Employer arrangement
1
Plan effective date
Jan 1, 2022
Industry
Information
Amended filing
No
Final filing for this plan
No
Short plan year
No
401(k) feature reported
Yes
Show DOL characteristic codes2A2E2F2G2J2K2T3D

Company filings

What the company has told the SEC about this plan

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10-K · report period Jan 3, 2026EASTERN CO — 10-K filed 2026-03-03
Official filing · details not yet checked
What it says about employer contributions

discretionary safe harbor contribution of 3%. All non-union U.S. employees are eligible to join the plan . The Company made contributions to the plan as follows: 2025 2024 Regular matching contributions $ 957,137 $ 1,068,843 Transitional credit contributions 80,787 91,945 Non-discretionary contributions 368,829 376,962 Total contributions made for the period $ 1,406,753 $ 1,537,750 62 Table of Contents The Eastern Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 11. EARNINGS PER SHARE The denominators used in the earnings per share computations follow: 2025 2024 Basic: Weighted average shares outstanding 6,092,374 6,207,754 Diluted: Weighted average shares outstanding 6,092,374 6,207,754 Dilutive stock awards 7,953 7,891 Denominator for diluted earnings per share 6,100,327 6,

What it says about fees

Big 3 Products. As a percentage of net sales, product development costs were 1.6% for the fourth quarter of 2025 compared to 1.7% for the corresponding period in 2024. Selling and administrative expenses in the fourth quarter of 2025 decreased 10.5% compared to the fourth quarter of 2024. As a percentage of net sales, selling and administrative expenses were 17.4% for the fourth quarter of 2025 compared to 16.8% for the corresponding period in 2024. The decrease was primarily the result of decreased commissions, legal fees and personnel-related costs. Net income from continuing operations for the fourth quarter of 2025 was $1.2 million, or $0.19 per diluted share, from $1.6 million, or $0.26 per diluted share, for the same period in 2024. 23 Table of Contents Fiscal Year 2025 Compared to F

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Filing ACK_ID20260623153017NAL0007223009001
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