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Eagle Newspapers, Inc.401(k)

EAGLE NEWSPAPERS, INC. SALARY PLUS SAVINGS PLAN · SALEM, OR · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.68%

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

Eagle Newspapers, Inc. reported $75,019 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.68% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $88 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 rose from 1.59% to 1.68%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Oregon (778th of 1,021), and 1,918th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $29.96 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$4,629,348
Participants with balances105
Active participants47
Employer contributions$4,154
Employee contributions$124,435
Employer contribution per active participant$88
Average account balance$44,089
Benefits paid to participants$249,900
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$4.6M · 105 accts · $4K emplr
2023$4.3M · 110 accts
2022$4.1M · 154 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$39,430
Investment management$15,664
Audit (IQPA)$16,276
Trustee / custodial$3,649
Total administrative$75,019
The Eagle Newspapers, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$88
Median for plans this size$1,313

Eagle Newspapers, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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 · 20245
MILLIMAN, INC. · Recordkeeping · Consulting$39,430
ALDRICH CPAS AND ADVISORS, LLP · Accounting / audit$16,276
DESCHUTES INVESTMENT ADVISORS · Investment advisory (plan) · Named fiduciary$15,664
CHARLES SCHWAB TRUST BANK · Custodial (securities) · Trustee (directed)$3,649
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC. · Custodial (securities)indirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Milliman
2023Milliman

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Administrative cost history3
2024$75,019 · 1.68%
2023$61,989 · 1.48%
2022$74,018 · 1.59%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 930475209 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.