Quaker Window Products 401(k) match, vesting and fees
What Quaker Window Products' 401(k) plan says about matching contributions
For the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company matched 100% of employee deferral contributions up to 3% of participant compensation plus 50% of employee deferral contributions on the next 2% of participant compensation for all eligible and participating employees.
Quoted directly from the filing. Plan terms may have changed; check your current Summary Plan Description.
Plan features
Indented passages are quoted word for word from the audit report; plan terms may have changed since, so check your current Summary Plan Description.
| Employer match | Quoted from the filing above | 2024 audit report, p. 30 ↗ |
| Match vesting | Participants are fully vested in their salary deferral contributions, Company safe harbor matching contributions, and discretionary profit sharing contributions at all times. | 2024 audit report, p. 31 ↗ |
| Loans | A participant may borrow from their account. In no event can the participant borrow less than $1,000 or more than $50,000 or 50% of their vested account balance, whichever is less. A participant is limited to one outstanding loan, and cannot be approved for more than one loan within a 12-month period. Loans are for a period not to exceed five years, unless used to acquire a personal residence, and bear interest at a reasonable fixed rate of interest based on prevailing market rates. The loan is secured by a portion of the participant’s vested account. Loans are repaid through payroll withholdings, including principal and interest. | 2024 audit report, p. 31 ↗ |
| Recordkeeper | Principal Life Insurance Company | 2025 Schedule C ↗ |
| Independent auditor | Rubinbrown LLP (unmodified opinion, limited scope) | 2025 Schedule H ↗ |
| Plan type and status | 401(k) · Active | 2025 Form 5500 ↗ |
Match, vesting and other plan features are from the plan year 2024 filing's audit report (the latest one extracted so far). Rows cited to the Form 5500 and its schedules are from the plan year 2025 filing.
How the plan compares
Plan year 2025 medians for 434 defined-contribution plans in manufacturing with 1,000 to 4,999 participants.
| Quaker Window Products: employer contribution per participant | $2,020 | |
| Peer median | $2,591 |
| Quaker Window Products: average balance | $46,199 | |
| Peer median | $102,504 |
| Quaker Window Products: admin expenses ÷ assets | 0.34% | |
| Peer median | 0.11% |
Admin expenses are the plan's reported administrative expenses divided by its assets; they do not include fund expense ratios.
Plan history
Plan assets went from $33.3M at the end of plan year 2021 to $57.7M at the end of plan year 2025.
| Plan year | Participants | Assets | Employer contributions | Per participant | Admin expense ratio | Match formula | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,371 | $57.7M | $2.5M | $2,020 | 0.34% | Not published | Form 5500 ↗ |
| 2024 | 1,299 | $46.1M | $2.3M | $1,930 | 0.39% | Quoted in the audit report, p. 30 ↗ | Form 5500 ↗ |
| 2023 | 1,201 | $36.1M | $2.1M | $2,004 | 0.33% | Not published | Form 5500 ↗ |
| 2022 | 1,283 | $29.4M | $1.5M | $1,349 | 0.27% | Not published | Form 5500 ↗ |
| 2021 | 1,250 | $33.3M | $1.1M | $1,418 | 0.27% | Not published | Form 5500 ↗ |
Common questions
Does Quaker Window Products match 401(k) contributions?
The audit report attached to the Quaker Window Products Co. 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan & Trust's plan year 2024 Form 5500, page 30 says: “For the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company matched 100% of employee deferral contributions up to 3% of participant compensation plus 50% of employee deferral contributions on the next 2% of participant compensation for all eligible and participating employees.” Plan terms may have changed; check your current Summary Plan Description.
When is the Quaker Window Products 401(k) match vested?
The audit report attached to the plan year 2024 Form 5500, page 31 says: “Participants are fully vested in their salary deferral contributions, Company safe harbor matching contributions, and discretionary profit sharing contributions at all times.”
Who manages the Quaker Window Products 401(k)?
The recordkeeper listed on Schedule C of the plan year 2025 filing is Principal Life Insurance Company. The plan administrator is Quaker Window Products Co.
I left Quaker Window Products. How do I find my old 401(k)?
Your account stays in the plan until you move it. Contact the plan administrator (Quaker Window Products Co, (573) 744-5211) or the recordkeeper, Principal Life Insurance Company. The Quaker Window Products old 401(k) page lists the contacts from every plan filing. Find an old Quaker Window Products 401(k)
Data from the public Form 5500 annual reports Quaker Window Products filed with the U.S. Department of Labor (plan years 2021 and 2022 and 2023 and 2024 and 2025) and, where noted, the attached independent auditor's report. Plan terms may have changed since the filing; check your current Summary Plan Description. PlanFacts is not affiliated with Quaker Window Products. Not financial advice. Report a correction · Methodology