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B.F. Shaw Printing Company401(k)

SHAW MEDIA EMPLOYEE 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · CRYSTAL LAKE, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.44%

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

B.F. Shaw Printing Company reported $116,818 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.44% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $556 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 has held roughly steady near 0.44%. 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 1,420th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 846th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $5.89 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$26,837,032
Participants with balances343
Active participants254
Employer contributions$141,282
Employee contributions$832,687
Employer contribution per active participant$556
Average account balance$78,242
Benefits paid to participants$4,352,096
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWAY, RAY, SHELTON, & CO., P.C.
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$26.8M · 343 accts · $141K emplr
2023$26.5M · 337 accts · $143K emplr
2022$25.5M · 337 accts · $147K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$13,091
Investment management$103,727
Total administrative$116,818
The B.F. Shaw Printing Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$556
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$556 per active participant
2023$620 per active participant
2022$558 per active participant

B.F. Shaw Printing 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
NATIONWIDE · Recordkeeping · Custodial (securities)$35,924
MESIROW FINANCIAL$55,708
HOWARD SIMON & ASSOCIATES, INC. · Pension consulting · Loan processing$25,186

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Nationwide
2023Nationwide

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Administrative cost history3
2024$116,818 · 0.44%
2023$124,702 · 0.48%
2022$127,419 · 0.45%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 361763240 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.