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Cerence Operating Company401(k)

CERENCE RETIREMENT PLAN · BURLINGTON, MA · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.01%

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

Cerence Operating Company reported $2,665 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,301 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 fell from 0.02% to 0.01%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,620 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 824th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 3,285th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2025, employees put in $3.60 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 145 to 98 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$40,210,998
Participants with balances171
Active participants98
Employer contributions$421,533
Employee contributions$1,516,336
Employer contribution per active participant$4,301
Average account balance$235,152
Benefits paid to participants$4,695,477
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCARON AND BLETZER, PLLC
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$40.2M · 171 accts · $422K emplr
2024$36.9M · 166 accts · $496K emplr
2023$34.8M · 180 accts · $549K emplr
2022$30.0M · 191 accts · $585K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$782
Investment management$1,883
Total administrative$2,665
The Cerence Operating Company 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$4,301
Median for plans this size$2,666
2025$4,301 per active participant
2024$5,013 per active participant
2023$4,390 per active participant
2022$4,032 per active participant

Cerence Operating Company's 2025 employer contribution ran above the $2,666 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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.

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Annual cost at the plan's reported 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20251
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processingindirect comp

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$2,665 · 0.01%
2024$7,446 · 0.02%
2023$7,881 · 0.02%
2022$6,733 · 0.02%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 841730382 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.