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Windstream Services LLC401(k)

WINDSTREAM 401(K) PLAN · LITTLE ROCK, AR · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.05%

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

Windstream Services LLC reported $603,297 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.05% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,742 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 0.051% to 0.048%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,229 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 5th-largest of 456 plans among Arkansas employers on file, and the 44th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $2.09 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 10,991 to 8,623 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,289,723,638
Participants with balances10,221
Active participants8,623
Employer contributions$23,648,324
Employee contributions$49,482,139
Employer contribution per active participant$2,742
Average account balance$126,184
Benefits paid to participants$177,742,584
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$1.3B · 10,221 accts · $23.6M emplr
2023$1.2B · 11,177 accts · $26.5M emplr
2022$1.1B · 12,020 accts · $27.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$516,950
Audit (IQPA)$31,200
Total administrative$603,297
The Windstream Services LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,742
Median for plans this size$5,259
2024$2,742 per active participant
2023$2,819 per active participant
2022$2,492 per active participant

Windstream Services LLC'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 · 20243
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER AND S · Recordkeeping$516,950
THOMPSON HINE LLP$55,147
HOGANTAYLOR LLP · Accounting / audit$31,200

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Bank of America / Merrill
2023Bank of America / Merrill

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Administrative cost history3
2024$603,297 · 0.05%
2023$643,777 · 0.06%
2022$626,153 · 0.05%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 852049794 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.