Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Eastman Chemical Texas City Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$86M
Total assets Below avg plan size
20
Participants Small participant base
92nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$4.3M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Sterling Chemicals, Inc. Amended and Restated Pension Plan · Sponsored by Eastman Chemical Texas City Inc. · Tennessee · Manufacturing

$86M in assets, 20 participants

Eastman Chemical Texas City Inc.'s Sterling Chemicals, Inc. Amended and Restated Pension Plan reported $86M in total assets and 20 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 92nd 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.

  • #18,064 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)

Where Sterling Chemicals, Inc. Amended and Restated Pension Plan sits by assets

Sterling Chemicals, Inc. Amended and Restated Pension Plan sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $86M for 20 participants (~$4.3M/participant), down 28.2% in 2022.

#18,064
in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
-28.2%
assets change YoY
0.9×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $34M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Sterling Chemicals, Inc. Amended and Restated Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Sterling Chemicals, Inc. Amended and Restated Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$85,674,837 Top 8% higher than 92% 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

Sterling Chemicals, Inc. Amended and Restated 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. Sterling Chemicals, Inc. Amended and Restated Pension Plan is a small filing (20 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 760502785 · Eastman Chemical Texas City Inc. PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Sterling Chemicals, Inc. Amended and Restated Pension Plan · $86M · 20 · 92nd

  • EBSA $86M
  • EBSA 20
  • EBSA 92nd
  • EBSA Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EBSA near Pirelli Tire Retirement Pension Plan
  • EBSA ind #18064

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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Tennessee →

Sterling Chemicals, Inc. Amended and Restated Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Sterling Chemicals, Inc. Amended and Restated Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Scale-class filing particulars (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$119M
Net Assets (End of Year)$86M
Net Income-$34M
Employer EIN760502785
Plan Effective Date1986-08-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Eastman Chemical Texas City Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Eastman Chemical Texas City Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
N/A
2023 filing year
$0M$50M$100M 20222023 $85.7M $0M ▼ -100.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 20 $86M
2023 1 15 N/A

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Tennessee

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

Sterling Chemicals, Inc. Amended and Restated Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Tennessee, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -100102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Sterling Chemicals, Inc. Amended and Restated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.085674837 · Participants: 20Sterling Chemicals, Inc. Amended and Restated Pension PlanFedex 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
Sterling Chemicals, Inc. Amended and Restated Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Tennessee, assets vs. participants
Compare Sterling Chemicals, Inc. Amended and Restated Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Sterling Chemicals, Inc. Amended and Restated Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Tennessee, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Pirelli Tire Retirement Pension Plan in GA ($86M); by covered participants it is Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show Pension Plan in TX (20 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (20 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Sterling Chemicals, Inc. Amended and Restated Pension Plan assets move in 2022? ▼
Sterling Chemicals, Inc. Amended and Restated Pension Plan declined sharply - down 28.2% during 2022, from $119M to $86M. Reported net income was -$34M.
Where does Sterling Chemicals, Inc. Amended and Restated Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Sterling Chemicals, Inc. Amended and Restated Pension Plan ranks in the 92nd 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 Sterling Chemicals, Inc. Amended and Restated Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Pirelli Tire Retirement Pension Plan in GA ($86M, 3 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Sterling Chemicals, Inc. Amended and Restated Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show Pension Plan in TX (20 participants, $15M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 760502785.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.