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Quad/Graphics, Inc.401(k)

QUAD/GRAPHICS DIVERSIFIED PLAN · SUSSEX, WI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.06%

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

Quad/Graphics, Inc. reported $1,219,031 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.06% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,652 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 0.26% to 0.06%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 20th-largest of 1,936 plans among Wisconsin employers on file, and the 164th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $4.50 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 11,998 to 8,513 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$2,081,617,695
Participants with balances13,783
Active participants8,513
Employer contributions$14,065,142
Employee contributions$63,286,780
Employer contribution per active participant$1,652
Average account balance$151,028
Benefits paid to participants$311,287,865
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$2.1B · 13,783 accts · $14.1M emplr
2023$2.1B · 15,198 accts · $16.1M emplr
2022$2.0B · 18,187 accts · $17.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,070,044
Investment management$96,000
Audit (IQPA)$25,725
Total administrative$1,219,031
The Quad/Graphics, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,652
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$1,652 per active participant
2023$1,683 per active participant
2022$1,440 per active participant

Quad/Graphics, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $5,259 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
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$1,070,044
MARINER INSTITUTIONAL, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$96,000
BAKER TILLY US, LLP · Accounting / audit · Contract administrator$25,725
FOLEY & LARDNER LLP · Legal$21,539
REINHART BOERNER VAN · Legal$5,723

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$1,219,031 · 0.06%
2023$1,350,746 · 0.07%
2022$5,602,576 · 0.26%
All plans at this employer2
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 391152983 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.