Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Superior Essex, Inc Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$30M
Total assets Below avg plan size
175
Participants Small participant base
83rd
Percentile by assets National rank
$169,738
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Retirement Income Plan for Hourly Employees of Essex Group, Inc · Sponsored by Superior Essex, Inc · Georgia · Manufacturing

$30M in assets, 175 participants

Superior Essex, Inc's Retirement Income Plan for Hourly Employees of Essex Group, Inc reported $30M in total assets and 175 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 83rd 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.

  • #15,557 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)

Coverage in Georgia

Retirement Income Plan for Hourly Employees of Essex Group, Inc covers 175 participants in Georgia, about 16% of the average Georgia filer (state average ~1,096 per filing). Assets: $30M.

#15,557
in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
-24.0%
assets change YoY
0.3×
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.

Retirement Income Plan for Hourly Employees of Essex Group, Inc's outsized position by total assets

Retirement Income Plan for Hourly Employees of Essex Group, Inc vs every filed plan by assets

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

$29,704,153 Top 17% higher than 83% 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 Income Plan for Hourly Employees of Essex Group, Inc among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Retirement Income Plan for Hourly Employees of Essex Group, Inc sits mid-pack in the medium band (175 participants).

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 200282396 · Superior Essex, Inc PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Retirement Income Plan for Hourly Employees of Essex Group, Inc · $30M · 175 · 83rd

  • PART $30M
  • TYPE 175
  • NET 83rd
  • BOOK Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • VS-ST near Firstbank Puerto Rico Pension Plan for the Former Employees of Banco Central Hispano - Puerto Rico
  • BOY ind #15557

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 Georgia →

Retirement Income Plan for Hourly Employees of Essex Group, Inc in the asset neighbourhood

Retirement Plan for Employees of Bacardi Bottling CorporationRetirement Plan for Employee…$30MRetirement Income Plan for Hourly Employees of Essex Group, IncRetirement Income Plan for H…$30MFirstbank Puerto Rico Pension Plan for the Former Employees of Banco Central Hispano - Puerto RicoFirstbank Puerto Rico Pensio…$30MPainters Union Local #1052 Pension Trust FundPainters Union Local #1052 P…$30MRetirement Plan for Employees of Chemical Leaman Corp and Affiliated CorporationsRetirement Plan for Employee…$30M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Retirement Income Plan for Hourly Employees of Essex Group, Inc and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Georgia filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$39M
Net Assets (End of Year)$30M
Net Income-$9M
Employer EIN200282396
Plan Effective Date1967-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Superior Essex, Inc)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Superior Essex, Inc plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$333M 18.531949623433576% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$260M$280M$300M$320M$340M 202220232024 $281M $333M ▲ +18.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 1,884 $281M
2023 4 1,902 $313M
2024 4 1,879 $333M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Georgia

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

Retirement Income Plan for Hourly Employees of Essex Group, Inc vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Georgia, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000200000 -50510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Retirement Income Plan for Hourly Employees of Essex Group, Inc, Total assets ($B): 0.029704153 · Participants: 175Retirement Income Plan for Hourly Employees of Essex Group, IncUPS Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 22.022408253 · Participants: 52821UPS Retirement PlanThe Southern Company Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 14.822086516 · Participants: 25663The Southern Company Pension PlanUPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.867504693 · Participants: 68592UPS/Ibt Full-Time Employee Pension PlanUPS Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.568572149 · Participants: 151682UPS Pension PlanDelta Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.354895526 · Participants: 15951Delta Retirement Plan
Retirement Income Plan for Hourly Employees of Essex Group, Inc vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Georgia, assets vs. participants
Compare Retirement Income Plan for Hourly Employees of Essex Group, Inc side-by-side with 3 peers →

Retirement Income Plan for Hourly Employees of Essex Group, Inc's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Georgia, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Firstbank Puerto Rico Pension Plan for the Former Employees of Banco Central Hispano - Puerto Rico in PR ($30M); by covered participants it is Edw. C. Levy Co. Retirement Income Plan in MI (175 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (175 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 Retirement Income Plan for Hourly Employees of Essex Group, Inc assets move in 2022? ▼
Retirement Income Plan for Hourly Employees of Essex Group, Inc declined sharply - down 24.0% during 2022, from $39M to $30M. Reported net income was -$9M.
How have Superior Essex, Inc plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Superior Essex, Inc's sponsor-wide assets grew 18.5%, from $281M to $333M.
Where does Retirement Income Plan for Hourly Employees of Essex Group, Inc rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Retirement Income Plan for Hourly Employees of Essex Group, Inc ranks in the 83rd percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Retirement Income Plan for Hourly Employees of Essex Group, Inc? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Firstbank Puerto Rico Pension Plan for the Former Employees of Banco Central Hispano - Puerto Rico in PR ($30M, N/A participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Retirement Income Plan for Hourly Employees of Essex Group, Inc? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Edw. C. Levy Co. Retirement Income Plan in MI (175 participants, $112M 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 200282396.

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.