Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Ashland Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$46M
Total assets Below avg plan size
83
Participants Small participant base
87th
Percentile by assets National rank
$549,807
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company · Sponsored by Ashland Inc. · Delaware · Manufacturing

$46M in assets, 83 participants

Ashland Inc.'s Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company reported $46M in total assets and 83 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 87th 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.

  • #16,754 in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)

Where Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company sits by assets

Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $46M for 83 participants (~$549,807/participant), up 7.0% in 2022.

#16,754
in Manufacturing (20,602 peers)
+7.0%
assets growth YoY
0.5×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company's outsized position by total assets

Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company vs every filed plan by assets

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

$45,634,000 Top 13% higher than 87% 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

Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company is a small filing (83 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 812587835 · Ashland Inc. PY 2022 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company · $46M · 83 · 87th

  • PHOTO $46M
  • PHOTO 83
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  • PHOTO Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PHOTO near Newmarket Corporation Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees Located in Houston, Texas
  • PHOTO ind #16754

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 Delaware →

Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company in the asset neighbourhood

Ithink Financial Credit Union Cash Balance Defined Benefit Plan and TrustIthink Financial Credit Unio…$46MPlumbers & Steamfitters Local 83 Pension FundPlumbers & Steamfitters Loca…$46MNewmarket Corporation Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees Located in Houston, TexasNewmarket Corporation Retire…$46MLaborers' Pension Fund of Local Union No. 186Laborers' Pension Fund of Lo…$46MPension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical CompanyPension Plan for Hourly Empl…$46M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Scale-class filing particulars (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$43M
Net Assets (End of Year)$46M
Net Income$3M
Employer EIN812587835
Plan Effective Date1955-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Ashland Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Ashland Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.4B 9.617593407394251% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.25B$1.3B$1.35B$1.4B$1.45B 202220232024 $1.27B $1.39B ▲ +9.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 2,059 $1.3B
2023 3 1,799 $1.3B
2024 3 1,557 $1.4B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Delaware

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

Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Delaware, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -100001000200030004000 -5051015 Total assets ($B) Participants Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company, Total assets ($B): 0.045634 · Participants: 83Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical CompanyPension and Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.300971948 · Participants: 2875Pension and Retirement PlanAstrazeneca Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.832761 · Participants: 562Astrazeneca Defined Benefit Pension PlanChristiana Care Health Services, Inc. Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.598480077 · Participants: 2556Christiana Care Health Services, Inc. Retirement PlanSyngenta Corporation Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.371361588 · Participants: 1123Syngenta Corporation Pension PlanLegacy Greyhound Lines, Inc./Amalgamated Transit Union National Local 1700 Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.252393038 · Participants: 31Legacy Greyhound Lines, Inc./Amalgamated Transit Union National Local 1700 Retirement Plan
Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Delaware, assets vs. participants
Compare Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company side-by-side with 3 peers →

Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Delaware, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Newmarket Corporation Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees Located in Houston, Texas in VA ($46M); by covered participants it is Renasant Bank Amended and Restated Pension Plan in MS (83 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (83 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 Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company assets move in 2022? ▼
Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company grew at a solid clip - up 7.0% during 2022, from $43M to $46M. Reported net income was $3M.
How have Ashland Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Ashland Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 9.6%, from $1.3B to $1.4B.
Where does Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company ranks in the 87th 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 Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Newmarket Corporation Retirement Income Plan for Union Employees Located in Houston, Texas in VA ($46M, 64 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Renasant Bank Amended and Restated Pension Plan in MS (83 participants, $21M 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 812587835.

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.