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Business Wire, Inc.401(k)

BUSINESS WIRE 401(K) SAVINGS TRUST · SAN FRANCISCO, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.08%

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

Business Wire, Inc. reported $93,937 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.08% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,420 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 0.16% to 0.08%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 838th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 269th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $1.81 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 369 to 322 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$124,905,298
Participants with balances575
Active participants322
Employer contributions$1,745,090
Employee contributions$3,156,250
Employer contribution per active participant$5,420
Average account balance$217,227
Benefits paid to participants$13,558,226
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$124.9M · 575 accts · $1.7M emplr
2023$117.2M · 566 accts · $2.1M emplr
2022$99.5M · 586 accts · $2.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$93,937
Total administrative$93,937
The Business Wire, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,420
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$5,420 per active participant
2023$6,393 per active participant
2022$5,950 per active participant

Business Wire, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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 · 20241
NEWPORT GROUP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$93,937

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$93,937 · 0.08%
2023$155,617 · 0.14%
2022$177,125 · 0.16%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 204146409 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.