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Hachette Book Group, Inc.401(k)

HACHETTE BOOK GROUP, INC. 401(K) PLAN · NEW YORK, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.08%

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

Hachette Book Group, Inc. reported $203,404 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.08% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,336 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 0.14% to 0.08%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 356th-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 143rd of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $2.95 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$283,140,267
Participants with balances1,710
Active participants1,551
Employer contributions$3,623,399
Employee contributions$10,705,393
Employer contribution per active participant$2,336
Average account balance$165,579
Benefits paid to participants$28,321,122
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$283.1M · 1,710 accts · $3.6M emplr
2023$252.8M · 1,636 accts · $3.7M emplr
2022$212.8M · 1,668 accts · $3.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$111,448
Investment management$91,956
Total administrative$203,404
The Hachette Book Group, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,336
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$2,336 per active participant
2023$2,401 per active participant
2022$2,220 per active participant

Hachette Book Group, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 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 · 20242
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$113,032
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$91,956

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$203,404 · 0.08%
2023$176,541 · 0.08%
2022$272,957 · 0.14%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 133922175 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.