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American Radio Television Cable, Inc.401(k)

AMERICAN RADIO TELEVISION 401(K) PLAN · CHARLOTTE, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.49%

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

American Radio Television Cable, Inc. reported $89,714 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.49% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $0 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 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.33% to 0.49%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 764th-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 1,052nd of 2,199 in information & media. active participation has shrunk from 374 to 315 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$19,022,045
Participants with balances223
Active participants315
Employer contributions$0
Employee contributions$949,907
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Average account balance$85,301
Benefits paid to participants$1,872,729
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$19.0M · 223 accts
2023$17.5M · 247 accts
2022$15.3M · 236 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$89,714
Total administrative$89,714
The American Radio Television Cable, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Median for plans this size$2,416

American Radio Television Cable, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom quarter of its peers. 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20244
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH · Investment advisory (plan)$45,056
ADMINISTRATIVE FIDUCIARY SERVICES$11,400
NOVA 401(K) ASSOCIATES · Contract administrator$9,479

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$89,714 · 0.49%
2023$75,895 · 0.46%
2022$56,191 · 0.33%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 562043596 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.