Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Seattle Times Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $54M
- Total assets
- 23
- Participants
- 89th
- Percentile by assets
- $2.3M
- Avg per participant
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.
- 89th percentile by assets (of 139,126 plans)
- #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.
- $54M
- total plan assets (2022 EOY)
- 23
- covered participants
- 89th
- percentile by assets (of 139,126 plans)
- $2.3M
- avg assets per participant
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 vs the 2022 asset distribution
By assets, Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan outranks 89% of the 139,126 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2022 plan year, and holds roughly 0.5x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).
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)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 757 | $301M |
| 2023 | 3 | 737 | $325M |
| 2024 | 3 | 708 | $337M |
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