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The Dingley Press, Inc.401(k)

THE DINGLEY PRESS 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · LISBON, ME · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.56%

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

The Dingley Press, Inc. reported $77,584 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.56% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $970 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 0.53% to 0.56%. 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 among the smaller plans on file in Maine (186th of 354), and 7,213th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.79 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$14,592,296
Participants with balances344
Active participants325
Employer contributions$315,249
Employee contributions$880,487
Employer contribution per active participant$970
Average account balance$42,419
Benefits paid to participants$1,207,616
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorALBIN, RANDALL & BENNETT, CPAS
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$14.6M · 344 accts · $315K emplr
2023$12.9M · 363 accts · $313K emplr
2022$11.5M · 366 accts · $303K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$44,556
Investment management$33,028
Total administrative$77,584
The The Dingley Press, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$970
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$970 per active participant
2023$983 per active participant
2022$930 per active participant

The Dingley Press, 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 · 20244
TRANSAMERICA RETIREMENT SOLUTIONS · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$44,556
RICHARD BROTHERS FINANCIAL ADVISORS · Consulting$33,028
NATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES · Securities brokerageindirect comp
MID ATLANTIC CAPITAL CORPORATION · Securities brokerageindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Transamerica
2023Transamerica

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Administrative cost history3
2024$77,584 · 0.56%
2023$69,529 · 0.57%
2022$64,686 · 0.53%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 463358200 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.