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Newsbank, Inc.401(k)

NEWSBANK RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · CHESTER, VT · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.17%

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

Newsbank, Inc. reported $93,655 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.17% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,750 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.09% to 0.17%. 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 35th-largest of 230 plans among Vermont employers on file, and the 457th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $5.69 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$59,104,066
Participants with balances399
Active participants330
Employer contributions$577,480
Employee contributions$3,288,018
Employer contribution per active participant$1,750
Average account balance$148,130
Benefits paid to participants$6,601,048
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorURISH POPECK & CO., LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$59.1M · 399 accts · $577K emplr
2023$51.8M · 393 accts · $606K emplr
2022$42.9M · 404 accts · $546K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$37,200
Investment management$40,980
Audit (IQPA)$15,475
Total administrative$93,655
The Newsbank, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,750
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$1,750 per active participant
2023$1,793 per active participant
2022$1,581 per active participant

Newsbank, 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 · 20243
TRG INVESTMENT ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$39,362
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$37,200
URISH POPECK & CO., LLC · Accounting / audit$15,475

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$93,655 · 0.17%
2023$44,073 · 0.09%
2022Not separately reported
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 061084869 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.