Sparc Group 401(k) plan

Sparc Group LLC, Lyndhurst, NJ. EIN 81-3795831. Annual reports 2009–2024. Also filed as Aeropostale, Inc; Aeropostale, Inc.; Aero Opco LLC.

Sparc Group LLC has one active retirement plan on file, the The Sparc Group LLC 401(k) Investment and Savings Plan, with 19,111 participants and $342 million in assets in 2024. Voya is its recordkeeper. No traditional pension plan appears in Sparc Group's filings since 2009.

Active plans: 1
Participants: 19,111
Plan assets: $342 million
401(k) recordkeeper: Voya
Plans on file: 1
Industry: Retail

The plan

The Sparc Group LLC 401(k) Investment and Savings Plan

401(k)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number: 001Employer EIN 81-3795831
Participants (2024): 19,111
Net assets (2024): $342 million
Recordkeeper: VoyaEarlier: Merrill (2015–2018), Ascensus (2009–2014)
Plan administrator: Sparc Group LLC
125 Chubb Ave
Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
(201) 508-5593As filed for 2024
In effect since: January 1, 1999

Plans merged into this one: F21 Opco, LLC 401(k) Plan (2022); Brooks Brothers 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (2022).

Earlier sponsors: Aeropostale, Inc (2009–2016); Aero Opco LLC (2017–2019).

Earlier plan names: Aeropostale, Inc 401(k) Investment and Savings Plan; Aeropostale, Inc. 401(k) Investment and Savings Plan; Aero Opco LLC 401(k) Investment and Savings Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	19,111	$342 million	Voya
2023	15,816	$294 million	not listed
2022	9,771	$232 million	not listed
2021	6,765	$79.9 million	not listed
2020	4,104	$61.5 million	not listed
2019	3,252	$49.7 million	not listed
2018	3,184	$37.5 million	Merrill
2017	2,992	$38.3 million	Merrill
2016	3,462	$36.5 million	Merrill
2015	4,136	$40.6 million	Merrill
2014	4,730	$40.8 million	Ascensus
2013	5,128	$39.7 million	Ascensus
2012	5,454	$30.8 million	Ascensus
2011	4,629	$25.1 million	Ascensus
2010	4,396	$23.4 million	Ascensus
2009	4,184	$20.3 million	Ascensus

If you had money in one of these plans

Call Voya (voya.com), which runs the The Sparc Group LLC 401(k) Investment and Savings Plan. With your Social Security number and the plan name, it can tell you whether you still have a balance and, if not, where it went.
Or call the plan administrator listed on the plan below ((201) 508-5593). That number was filed for 2024; ask for the benefits or retirement plan office.
Still stuck? The Department of Labor's benefits advisers help for free: askebsa.dol.gov or 1-866-444-3272. Never pay anyone to find your own money.

What these numbers are

They come from the Form 5500 annual reports each plan files with the Department of Labor, as the plan filed them. A plan year is usually a calendar year.
Participants counts everyone in the plan at year end: current employees, former employees who still have a balance or a pension coming, and retirees or beneficiaries being paid.
The recordkeeper is the service provider whose Schedule C entry says it keeps the plan's records. Small plans do not file Schedule C, so some plans show none.
We cannot see anyone's account. Only the plan or its recordkeeper can tell you your balance.

Sources: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 datasets and PBGC trusteed plans. How we read them.

The plan

The Sparc Group LLC 401(k) Investment and Savings Plan

If you had money in one of these plans

What these numbers are

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