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Claire's Stores, Inc.401(k)

CLAIRE'S STORES INC. 401(K) SAVINGS AND RETIREMENT PLAN · HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.02%

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

Claire's Stores, Inc. reported $10,806 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $115 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 0.03% to 0.02%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 882nd-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 632nd of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $4.21 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 4,780 to 9,741 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$52,124,428
Participants with balances1,479
Active participants9,741
Employer contributions$1,122,457
Employee contributions$4,725,561
Employer contribution per active participant$115
Average account balance$35,243
Benefits paid to participants$9,318,417
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$52.1M · 1,479 accts · $1.1M emplr
2023$49.6M · 1,306 accts · $1.5M emplr
2022$42.5M · 1,240 accts · $1.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$10,806
Total administrative$10,806
The Claire's Stores, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$115
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$115 per active participant
2023$276 per active participant
2022$280 per active participant

Claire's Stores, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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$10,806

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$10,806 · 0.02%
2023$12,020 · 0.03%
2022$11,844 · 0.03%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 590940416 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.