Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022
Windstream Services, LLC Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-06
- $479M
- Total assets
- 1,883
- Participants
- 98th
- Percentile by assets
- $254,188
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Windstream Pension Plan · Sponsored by Windstream Services, LLC · Arkansas · Information & Media
$479M in assets, 1,883 participants
Windstream Services, LLC's Windstream Pension Plan reported $479M in total assets and 1,883 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.
- 98th percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)
- #2,795 in Information & Media (2,913 peers)
Where Windstream Pension Plan sits by assets
Windstream Pension Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $479M for 1,883 participants (~$254,188/participant), down 53.0% in 2022.
- $479M
- total plan assets (2022 EOY)
- 1,883
- covered participants
- 98th
- percentile by assets (of 139,258 plans)
- $254,188
- avg assets per participant
The plan reported a net loss of $538M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Windstream Pension Plan vs the 2022 asset distribution
By assets, Windstream Pension Plan outranks 98% of the 139,258 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2022 plan year, and holds roughly 4.8x the national average plan size of $100M (730 average participants).
Scale-class filing particulars (2022)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $1.0B |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $475M |
| Net Income | -$538M |
| Employer EIN | 852049794 |
| Plan Effective Date | 2006-06-21 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Windstream Services, LLC)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 12,867 | $1.6B |
| 2023 | 2 | 12,695 | $1.6B |
| 2024 | 2 | 10,852 | $1.7B |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Arkansas
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
Windstream Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Arkansas, assets vs. participants
- Riceland Foods, Inc. Employee Benefit Pension Plan $308M · 462
- Southwest Power Pool, Inc. Retirement Plan $109M · 632
- Producers Rice Mill, Inc. Pension Plan $106M · 340
- Arkansas Federal Credit Union Cash Balance Defined Benefit Plan and Trust $39M · 328
- Arkansas Glass Container Corporation Retirement Income Plan $6M · 52
Similar-Sized Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans Nationally
Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Windstream Pension Plan by total assets, not by location.
- Finra Employees Retirement Plan (DC) $479M · 1,318
- The Queen's Health Systems Pension Plan (HI) $478M · 5,260
- Pension Plan of Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare, Inc. (FL) $477M · 511
- Foot Locker Retirement Plan (NY) $481M · 6,029
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- By total assets, Windstream Pension Plan ranks in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
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- Windstream Services, LLC's sponsor-wide assets have grown 9.6% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Information & Media plans