Walter Kidde Portable Equipment, Inc. 401(k) Review & Grade
Kidde Global Solutions 401(k) Plan
Palm Beach Gardens, FLManufacturing587 active participantsPlan year 2024✓ Auto-enroll
Estimate from the plan's Form 5500 filing · How we grade
$298Employer $ per active participant
$220Employee $ saved per active participant
0.16%Direct admin cost, % of plan assets
$451,531Net plan assets, end of year
–Average balance per account (account count looks misreported)
Score breakdown
- Employer generosity1.9 / 504th percentile for employer $ per participant
- Low cost15.5 / 2562th percentile for low admin cost vs. same-size plans
- Employee saving0.1 / 151th percentile for employee $ per participant
- Plan features10 / 10Auto-enrollment, Default investment
Total score28 / 100 · Grade F
This plan vs. peers
Peers: Manufacturing plans with 500–2,499 active participants (2,376 plans).
| Measure | Percentile |
|---|---|
| Employer $ per participant | 4th |
| Lower admin cost | 62th |
| Employee saving | 1th |
| Peers that auto-enroll | 59% |
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Red flags from the filing
No red flags were reported on this filing's compliance questions.
What to do if you're in this plan
- Walter Kidde Portable Equipment put in about $298 per active participant, below the typical peer ($2,320). Any match is still an instant return, so contribute enough to get all of it.
- The filing shows total dollars, not the match formula. Ask HR for the Summary Plan Description so you know the exact match and vesting schedule.
- Fund expense ratios aren't in the filing. Look them up in your 404(a)(5) fee disclosure and favor low-cost index or target-date funds.
- The plan auto-enrolls employees. Check your default contribution rate. Defaults are often lower than what it takes to get the full match.
- Changing jobs? You can usually leave the money in the plan, move it to your new employer's plan, or roll it into an IRA. Don't cash out: you'd owe taxes and possibly a 10% penalty.
The raw numbers from the filing
| Employer contributions | $174,885 |
| Participant (employee) contributions | $129,314 |
| Other contributions (incl. rollovers in) | $149,116 |
| Administrative expenses paid from the plan | $705 |
| Benefits paid out | – |
| Net assets, start / end of year | $0 / $451,531 |
| Active participants, start / end of year | 586 / 588 |
| Participants with account balances | 235 |
| Auto-enrollment (feature code 2S) | Yes |
Largest service providers (Schedule C)
| Transamerica Retirement Solutions | $705 reported compensation |
Source: DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 filing, acknowledgment ID 20251015125121NAL0002320707001, received 2025-10-15, EIN 51-0305035, plan #001, plan year 2024-12-02 to 2024-12-31. Verify at efast.dol.gov.