Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Alpha Natural Resources, LLC. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$77M
Total assets Below avg plan size
1
Participants Small participant base
91st
Percentile by assets National rank
$77.1M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Retirement Plan for Certain Hourly Employees of Foundation Coal · Sponsored by Alpha Natural Resources, LLC. · Tennessee · Mining & Oil Extraction

$77M in assets, 1 participants

Alpha Natural Resources, LLC.'s Retirement Plan for Certain Hourly Employees of Foundation Coal reported $77M in total assets and 1 participant in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 91st 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.

  • #731 in Mining & Oil Extraction (892 peers)

Where Retirement Plan for Certain Hourly Employees of Foundation Coal sits by assets

Retirement Plan for Certain Hourly Employees of Foundation Coal sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $77M for 1 participant (~$77.1M/participant), down 27.3% in 2022.

#731
in Mining & Oil Extraction (892 peers)
-27.3%
assets change YoY
0.8×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $29M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Retirement Plan for Certain Hourly Employees of Foundation Coal's outsized position by total assets

Retirement Plan for Certain Hourly Employees of Foundation Coal vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$77,141,455 Top 9% higher than 91% of 139,123 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022

Retirement Plan for Certain Hourly Employees of Foundation Coal among micro filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Retirement Plan for Certain Hourly Employees of Foundation Coal is a micro filing (1 participant), the leftmost band.

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 562298262 · Alpha Natural Resources, LLC. PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Retirement Plan for Certain Hourly Employees of Foundation Coal · $77M · 1 · 91st

  • PART $77M
  • TYPE 1
  • NET 91st
  • BOOK Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • VS-ST near B&g Foods Pension Plan
  • BOY ind #731

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 Mining & Oil Extraction retirement plans → · Plans in Tennessee →

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Retirement Plan for Certain Hourly Employees of Foundation Coal and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Scale-class filing particulars (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$106M
Net Assets (End of Year)$77M
Net Income-$29M
Employer EIN562298262
Plan Effective Date1979-10-09
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Alpha Natural Resources, LLC.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Alpha Natural Resources, LLC. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$369M 232.0455666775005% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0M$100M$200M$300M$400M$500M 202220232024 $111M $369M ▲ +232.1%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 11 $111M
2023 3 1,124 $389M
2024 1 1,113 $369M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Tennessee

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Retirement Plan for Certain Hourly Employees of Foundation Coal vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Tennessee, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -100102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Retirement Plan for Certain Hourly Employees of Foundation Coal, Total assets ($B): 0.077141455 · Participants: 1Retirement Plan for Certain Hourly Employees of Foundation CoalFedex Corporation Employees' Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 25.607567505 · Participants: 119742Fedex Corporation Employees' Pension PlanRetirement Plan of International Paper Company, Total assets ($B): 8.844607131 · Participants: 20914Retirement Plan of International Paper CompanyPension Plan for Employees at Ornl, Total assets ($B): 2.326549411 · Participants: 5460Pension Plan for Employees at OrnlRetirement Program Plan for Employees of Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC at the U.S. Department of Energy at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Total assets ($B): 2.039541449 · Participants: 2920Retirement Program Plan for Employees of Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC at the U.S. Department of Energy at Oak Ridge, TennesseeNissan Employee Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.533696203 · Participants: 4575Nissan Employee Retirement Plan
Retirement Plan for Certain Hourly Employees of Foundation Coal vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Tennessee, assets vs. participants

Retirement Plan for Certain Hourly Employees of Foundation Coal's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Tennessee, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is B&g Foods Pension Plan in NJ ($77M); by covered participants it is Bruce Baker Enterprises Inc Defined Benefit Pension Plan in CA (1 participant). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Retirement Plan for Certain Hourly Employees of Foundation Coal assets move in 2022?
Retirement Plan for Certain Hourly Employees of Foundation Coal declined sharply - down 27.3% during 2022, from $106M to $77M. Reported net income was -$29M.
How have Alpha Natural Resources, LLC. plan assets changed over time?
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Alpha Natural Resources, LLC.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 232.0%, from $111M to $369M.
Where does Retirement Plan for Certain Hourly Employees of Foundation Coal rank by assets among Form 5500 filers?
Retirement Plan for Certain Hourly Employees of Foundation Coal ranks in the 91st percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Retirement Plan for Certain Hourly Employees of Foundation Coal?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is B&g Foods Pension Plan in NJ ($77M, 548 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Retirement Plan for Certain Hourly Employees of Foundation Coal?
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Bruce Baker Enterprises Inc Defined Benefit Pension Plan in CA (1 participant, $3M in assets).