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Acco Brands Corporation401(k)

ACCO BRANDS CORPORATION 401(K) PLAN · LAKE ZURICH, IL · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.06%

Peer grade: B+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Acco Brands Corporation reported $224,528 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.06% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,335 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.11% to 0.06%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 230 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 194th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 688th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2025, employees put in $1.57 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 1,762 to 1,119 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$392,252,857
Participants with balances2,211
Active participants1,119
Employer contributions$5,969,353
Employee contributions$9,351,582
Employer contribution per active participant$5,335
Average account balance$177,410
Benefits paid to participants$58,547,814
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCROWE LLP
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$392.3M · 2,211 accts · $6.0M emplr
2024$381.5M · 2,367 accts · $6.8M emplr
2023$354.2M · 2,571 accts · $6.9M emplr
2022$315.9M · 2,758 accts · $7.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$136,217
Audit (IQPA)$39,270
Trustee / custodial$7,740
Total administrative$224,528
The Acco Brands Corporation 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$5,335
Median for plans this size$4,295
2025$5,335 per active participant
2024$5,574 per active participant
2023$4,432 per active participant
2022$4,304 per active participant

Acco Brands Corporation's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $4,295 median for plans its size. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20253
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Trustee (directed) · Loan processing$144,442
CROWE HORWATH LLP · Accounting / audit$39,270
CAPITAL STRATAGIES · Consulting$38,625

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history4
2025$224,528 · 0.06%
2024$250,665 · 0.07%
2023$325,228 · 0.10%
2022$382,462 · 0.11%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 362704017 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.