Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Seattle Times Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $54M
- Total assets Below avg plan size
- 23
- Participants Small participant base
- 89th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $2.3M
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan · Sponsored by Seattle Times Company · Washington · Information & Media
$54M in assets, 23 participants
Seattle Times Company's Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan reported $54M in total assets and 23 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 89th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.
- #2,435 in Information & Media (2,911 peers)
Where Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan sits by assets
Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $54M for 23 participants (~$2.3M/participant), down 14.9% in 2022.
- #2,435
- in Information & Media (2,911 peers)
- -14.9%
- assets change YoY
- 0.5×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $9M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500
$53,850,521 Top 11% higher than 89% of 139,123 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022
Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan is a small filing (23 participants) on this national headcount ladder.
Plan-year Form 5500 strip
Filing strip 910403890 · Seattle Times Company PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan · $54M · 23 · 89th
- EBSA $54M
- EBSA 23
- EBSA 89th
- EBSA Defined Benefit (Pension)
- EBSA near Liberty Utilities Cash Balance Pension Plan
- EBSA ind #2435
Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Information & Media retirement plans → · Plans in Washington →
Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2022)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $63M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $54M |
| Net Income | -$9M |
| Employer EIN | 910403890 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1998-11-02 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Seattle Times Company)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Seattle Times Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $337M 12.030407038677508% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 757 | $301M |
| 2023 | 3 | 737 | $325M |
| 2024 | 3 | 708 | $337M |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Washington
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Plan $53.7B · 226,505
- The Pension Value Plan for Employees of the Boeing Company $25.2B · 34,042
- The Boeing Company Employee Retirement Plan $17.1B · 34,972
- Northwest Carpenters Retirement Plan $3.0B · 15,284
- Locals 302 & 612 of the Iuoe - Employers Construction Industry Retirement Plan $2.8B · 8,083
Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Washington, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Liberty Utilities Cash Balance Pension Plan in AZ ($54M); by covered participants it is Api Foils North America Pension Plan in NY (23 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($54M here).
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (23 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.