Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Benefit Plans and Collective Bargaining Agreements

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Benefit Plans and Collective Bargaining Agreements
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
Benefit Plans and Collective Bargaining Agreements Benefit Plans and Collective Bargaining Agreements
The Company has a 401(k) Employee Stock Ownership Plan (the "401(k)/ESOP Plan") covering all non-union employees. Beginning January 1, 2023 the plan was extended to include all non-union and union employees at the Company's Virginia facility. Employees can contribute to the 401(k)/ESOP Plan up to 100% of their wages with a maximum of $22,500 for 2023. Under the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, employees who are age 50 or older could contribute an additional $7,500 per year for a maximum of $30,000 for 2023. Contributions by the employees are invested in one or more funds at the direction of the employee; however, employee contributions cannot be invested in Company stock. Contributions by the Company are made in accordance with the investment elections made by each participant for his or her deferral contributions. The Company contributes on behalf of each eligible participant a matching contribution equal to a percentage determined each year by the Board of Directors. For 2023 and 2022 the maximum was 100% of employee contributions up to a maximum of 4% of their eligible compensation. The matching contribution is applied to the employee accounts after each payroll. Matching contributions of approximately $1.0 million were made for 2023 and $0.7 million for 2022. The Company may also make a discretionary contribution, which if made, would be distributed to all eligible participants regardless of whether they contribute to the 401(k)/ESOP Plan. No discretionary contributions were made to the 401(k)/ESOP Plan in 2023 or 2022.
The Company has a 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan (the "Bristol Plan") covering all employees as part of the United Steel Workers of America, Local Union 4586 Collective Bargaining Agreement (the "Bristol CBA"). Employees can contribute to the Bristol Plan up to 60% of pretax annual compensation, as defined in the Bristol Plan, with a maximum of $22,500 for 2023. Under the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, employees who are age 50 or older could contribute an additional 7,500 per year for a maximum of 30,000 for 2023. During 2023 and 2022, the Company contributed 4% of a participant's eligible compensation regardless of whether the participants contribute to the Bristol Plan. The Company's contributions were $0.3 million for both 2023 and 2022. Additional profit sharing amounts may also be contributed at the option of the Company's Board of Directors, which if made, would be allocated to participants based on the ratio of the participant's compensation to the total compensation of all participants eligible to participate in the Bristol Plan. No discretionary contributions were made to the Bristol Plan in 2023 or 2022.
During 2022, the Company also maintained a 401(k) Plan (the "Virginia Plan") covering substantially all employees at the Virginia facility. The Company contributed on behalf of each eligible participant a matching contribution equal to a percentage determined each year by the Board of Directors. For 2022 the maximum was 100% of employee contributions up to the first 3% of their eligible compensation and 50% for employee contributions from 3% to 6%. Matching contributions of $0.4 million were made under the Virginia Plan for 2022. The Company also maintains a Collective Bargaining Agreement (the "Virginia CBA") with the United Food and Commercial Workers, Local Union 400 (the "Virginia Union"), which represents employees at the Virginia facility and is required to make additional quarterly contributions for hourly employees who had a hire date prior to June 1, 2013. Additional quarterly matching contributions of approximately $34,734 were made for 2023 and $37,743 for 2022.
The Company maintains a Collective Bargaining Agreement (the "Mineral Ridge CBA") with the United Steel Workers of America, Local Union 4564-07, which represents employees at the Mineral Ridge facility. In connection with the Mineral Ridge CBA, the Company contributes to union-sponsored defined contribution retirement plans. Contributions relating to these plans were $37,818 and $40,835 for 2023 and 2022, respectively. The employees at this facility are covered under the Employee Leasing Services Agreement entered into as part of the sale of Specialty Pipe & Tube, Inc which closed December 22, 2023.