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Bertelsmann Inc.Profit-sharing plan

FPI RETIREMENT PLAN · NEW YORK, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.14%

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

Bertelsmann Inc. reported $15,749 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.14% of average plan assets, below the peer median. 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 fell from 0.45% to 0.14%. 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 among the smaller plans on file in New York (3,292nd of 5,648), and 1,366th of 2,199 in information & media.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$12,238,600
Participants with balances634
Active participants707
Employer contributions$0
Employee contributions$1,233,684
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Average account balance$19,304
Benefits paid to participants$946,109
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$12.2M · 634 accts
2023$10.5M · 540 accts
2022$7.9M · 531 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$10,636
Investment management$3,245
Total administrative$15,749
Employer contributions to the Bertelsmann Inc. plan · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Median for plans this size$2,416

Bertelsmann 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 · 20241
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$10,636

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$15,749 · 0.14%
2023$24,818 · 0.27%
2022$36,410 · 0.45%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 133621012 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.