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Newspapers of New England, Inc.401(k)

NEWSPAPERS OF NEW ENGLAND, INC. 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · CONCORD, NH · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.40%

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

Newspapers of New England, Inc. reported $87,508 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.40% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $961 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 0.37% to 0.40%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 162nd-largest of 411 plans among New Hampshire employers on file, and the 5,469th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $5.04 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$22,662,754
Participants with balances263
Active participants174
Employer contributions$167,291
Employee contributions$843,820
Employer contribution per active participant$961
Average account balance$86,170
Benefits paid to participants$1,556,637
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$22.7M · 263 accts · $167K emplr
2023$20.6M · 269 accts · $157K emplr
2022$17.9M · 288 accts · $149K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$44,166
Investment management$21,671
Total administrative$87,508
The Newspapers of New England, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$961
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$961 per active participant
2023$897 per active participant
2022$825 per active participant

Newspapers of New England, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$44,166
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH · Pension consulting · Investment advisory (plan)$43,342

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$87,508 · 0.40%
2023$74,510 · 0.39%
2022$75,598 · 0.37%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042626570 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.