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Middle East Broadcasting Networks, Inc.401(k)

MBN SAVINGS PLAN · SPRINGFIELD, VA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.18%

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

Middle East Broadcasting Networks, Inc. reported $167,544 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.18% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,301 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 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.15% to 0.18%. 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 288th-largest of 2,266 plans among Virginia employers on file, and the 315th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $1.35 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 459 to 396 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$99,066,835
Participants with balances600
Active participants396
Employer contributions$2,099,013
Employee contributions$2,843,216
Employer contribution per active participant$5,301
Average account balance$165,111
Benefits paid to participants$7,078,639
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorDAVIDSON, DOYLE & HILTON, LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$99.1M · 600 accts · $2.1M emplr
2023$91.4M · 621 accts · $2.1M emplr
2022$81.9M · 607 accts · $1.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$167,544
Total administrative$167,544
The Middle East Broadcasting Networks, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,301
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$5,301 per active participant
2023$4,344 per active participant
2022$4,088 per active participant

Middle East Broadcasting Networks, 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 · 20242
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$167,544
SAGEVIEW ADVISORY GROUP · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

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$167,544 · 0.18%
2023$156,935 · 0.18%
2022$136,272 · 0.15%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 421591205 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.