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Spirent Communications, Inc.401(k)

THE SPIRENT COMMUNICATIONS 401(K) PLAN · FREDERICK, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

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

Spirent Communications, Inc. reported $129,301 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $6,020 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 4 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.042%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 43rd-largest of 1,671 plans among Maryland employers on file, and the 391st of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $2.79 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 944 to 799 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$449,652,079
Participants with balances1,414
Active participants799
Employer contributions$4,810,178
Employee contributions$13,399,001
Employer contribution per active participant$6,020
Average account balance$318,000
Benefits paid to participants$32,260,816
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$433.8M · 1,212 accts · $5.0M emplr
2024$449.7M · 1,414 accts · $4.8M emplr
2023$402.7M · 1,508 accts · $5.1M emplr
2022$346.6M · 1,542 accts · $5.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$107,041
Audit (IQPA)$22,260
Total administrative$129,301
The Spirent Communications, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$6,020
Median for plans this size$4,294
2025$8,681 per active participant
2024$6,020 per active participant
2023$6,109 per active participant
2022$5,342 per active participant

Spirent Communications, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 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 · 20244
T ROWE PRICE RPS INC · Recordkeeping · Trustee$64,090
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS, LLC · Consulting · Investment advisory (plan)$34,069
CLIFTON LARSON ALLEN LLP · Accounting / audit$22,365
MORNINGSTAR · Investment advisory (participants)$9,975

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year3
2025T. Rowe Price
2024T. Rowe Price
2023T. Rowe Price

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Administrative cost history4
2025$185,332 · 0.04%
2024$129,301 · 0.03%
2023$130,563 · 0.03%
2022$152,609 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 113572676 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.