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What is a                 Why a                   Outsourcing              Streamline

     MEP?                      MEP?                    & Oversight




     A 401k MEP is a           MEPs OFFER              MEPs DELIVER             MEPs
     distinct type of 401k     ECONOMIES OF            FIDUCIARY                STREAMLINE PLAN

     retirement plan in        SCALE                   OUTSOURCING &            ADMINISTRATION
     which the employers       By collectively         PROFESSIONAL             Under a MEP

     join together to pool     participating,          OVERSIGHT                Most administrative
     their purchasing          employers are           MEPs offer               duties (ERISA 3(16))
     power within a single     able to leverage        the ability to           are outsourced:

     plan.  MEPs make it       their combined          outsource fiduciary          ® Plan document
                                                       responsibilities and
                                                                                   maintenance
     easier and more cost-     purchasing power to     provide an elevated          ® Disclosures
     effective for small &     access institutional    level of governance          ® Distributions

     mid-size employers to     features in a more      & oversight that             ® Education
     offer an institutional    cost-effective          are difficult to            materials
     level retirement plan.    manner than a           obtain without               ® Notices
                                                       costly assistance.
                               single employer can     By participating             ® Eligibility tracking

                               access on their own.    in a MEP, you                ® RMDs
                                                       transfer most of             ® Terminated
                                                       your fiduciary              employee Loans
                                                       responsibilities.            ® Signing the 5500


     “We designed The 401(k) Matrix MEP so that small employers can have

     the many advantages that large employers enjoy in the 401(k) world...

     This means access to services and investments that small employers

     may not be able to get or that are too cost prohibitive to implement.”



                                                                                                                       – Tuyen Pham & Noel Trias
     Pensionmark Financial Group, LLC (“Pensionmark”) is an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers
     Act of 1940.  Pensionmark is affiliated through common ownership with Pensionmark Securities, LLC (member SIPC).
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