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American Reading Company401(k)

AMERICAN READING COMPANY 401K RETIREMENT PLAN · BLUE BELL, PA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.11%

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

American Reading Company reported $18,432 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.11% of average plan assets, lower 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 0.08% to 0.11%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other other services employers. By assets it is the 1,735th-largest of 3,651 plans among Pennsylvania employers on file, and the 1,213th of 3,341 in other services. active participation has shrunk from 328 to 207 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$16,462,493
Participants with balances316
Active participants207
Employer contributions$0
Employee contributions$1,333,236
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Average account balance$52,096
Benefits paid to participants$2,606,278
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$16.5M · 316 accts
2023$15.6M · 339 accts · $764K emplr
2022$13.8M · 361 accts · $654K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$18,432
Total administrative$18,432
The American Reading Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Median for plans this size$2,416
2023$3,338 per active participant
2022$1,993 per active participant

American Reading Company'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 · 20243
TRANSAMERICA LIFE INS COMPANY · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$12,766
STALKER AND ASSOCIATES · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$5,666
CETERA FINANCIAL · Insurance broker · Insurance servicesindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024STALKER AND ASSOCIATES, Transamerica
2023STALKER AND ASSOCIATES, Transamerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$18,432 · 0.11%
2023$19,271 · 0.13%
2022$11,876 · 0.08%
All plans at this employer2
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 232965253 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.