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Springer Nature401(k)

SPRINGER NATURE 401K PLAN · NEW YORK, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.06%

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

Springer Nature reported $119,722 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.06% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $5,838 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 0.01% to 0.06%. 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 422nd-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 173rd of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $1.72 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$225,414,546
Participants with balances1,288
Active participants804
Employer contributions$4,693,713
Employee contributions$8,085,121
Employer contribution per active participant$5,838
Average account balance$175,011
Benefits paid to participants$13,433,663
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$225.4M · 1,288 accts · $4.7M emplr
2023$196.4M · 1,249 accts · $4.3M emplr
2022$161.4M · 1,212 accts · $4.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$44,873
Investment management$74,849
Total administrative$119,722
The Springer Nature 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,838
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$5,838 per active participant
2023$5,411 per active participant
2022$5,392 per active participant

Springer Nature'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
RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES INC · Investment advisory (plan)$72,479
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$44,873

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$119,722 · 0.06%
2023$46,076 · 0.03%
2022$14,446 · 0.01%
Same employer
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Mediacom LLC NY$265.3M · 0.09%
Consumers Reports, Inc NY$254.7M · 0.02%
Mediaocean LLC NY$241.9M · 0.04%
Reuters America LLC NY$234.7M · 0.02%
Newsday LLC NY$208.0M · 0.10%
W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. NY$187.1M · 0.02%
Simon & Schuster, LLC NY$180.8M · 0.04%
Shopify (USA), Inc. NY$175.7M · 0.11%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 042509538 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.