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Bertelsmann, Inc.401(k)

BERTELSMANN 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · NEW YORK, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.04%

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

Bertelsmann, Inc. reported $756,010 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,358 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 0.06% to 0.04%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 70th-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 32nd of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $1.59 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 8,368 to 9,217 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,958,980,833
Participants with balances14,062
Active participants9,217
Employer contributions$40,167,246
Employee contributions$63,787,636
Employer contribution per active participant$4,358
Average account balance$139,310
Benefits paid to participants$178,529,244
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$2.0B · 14,062 accts · $40.2M emplr
2023$1.8B · 13,799 accts · $37.2M emplr
2022$1.5B · 13,410 accts · $35.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$237,527
Investment management$456,665
Total administrative$756,010
The Bertelsmann, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,358
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$4,358 per active participant
2023$4,235 per active participant
2022$4,195 per active participant

Bertelsmann, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $5,259 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20244
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$478,427
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$237,527
CARON & BLETZER, PLLC · Accounting / audit$21,255
MERCER · Consulting$17,740

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$756,010 · 0.04%
2023$1,259,781 · 0.08%
2022$1,088,227 · 0.06%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 952949493 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.