Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023
Meredith Operations Corporation Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $62M
- Total assets Below avg plan size
- 631
- Participants Below avg headcount
- 88th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $98,269
- Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Meredith Employees Retirement Income Plan · Sponsored by Meredith Operations Corporation · Iowa · Information & Media
$62M in assets, 631 participants
Meredith Operations Corporation's Meredith Employees Retirement Income Plan reported $62M in total assets and 631 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 88th 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.
- #2,326 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
Where Meredith Employees Retirement Income Plan sits by assets
Meredith Employees Retirement Income Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $62M for 631 participants (~$98,269/participant), down 20.7% in 2023.
- #2,326
- in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
- -20.7%
- assets change YoY
- 0.6×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $16M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Meredith Employees Retirement Income Plan's outsized position by total assets
Meredith Employees Retirement Income Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500
$62,007,853 Top 12% higher than 88% of 127,068 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023
Meredith Employees Retirement Income Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Meredith Employees Retirement Income Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (631 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2022 → plan year 2023
- Meredith Employees Retirement Income Plan reported net income rose from -$74M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$16M in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Meredith Employees Retirement Income Plan reported participants fell from 966 in the plan year 2022 filing to 631 in the plan year 2023 filing.
- Meredith Employees Retirement Income Plan end-of-year assets fell from $78M in the plan year 2022 filing to $62M in the plan year 2023 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 871159683 · Meredith Operations Corporation PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Meredith Employees Retirement Income Plan · $62M · 631 · 88th
- EOY $62M
- EOY 631
- EOY 88th
- EOY Defined Benefit (Pension)
- EOY near Pension Plan for Employees of Southern New Hampshire Medical Center
- EOY ind #2326
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 Information & Media retirement plans → · Plans in Iowa →
Meredith Employees Retirement Income Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2023)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $78M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $61M |
| Net Income | -$16M |
| Employer EIN | 871159683 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1971-09-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Meredith Operations Corporation)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Meredith Operations Corporation plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- N/A
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 4,156 | $78M |
| 2023 | 1 | 631 | $62M |
| 2024 | 1 | 517 | N/A |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Iowa
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Transamerica Pension Plan $2.3B · 6,519
- Principal Cash Balance Plan $1.7B · 12,492
- Midamerican Energy Company Retirement Plan $516M · 3,002
- Employers Mutual Casualty Company Retirement Plan $347M · 1,835
- Non-Contributory Retirement Program for Certain Employees of Wellmark, Inc. $297M · 1,474
Meredith Employees Retirement Income Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Iowa, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Pension Plan for Employees of Southern New Hampshire Medical Center in NH ($62M); by covered participants it is Genesis Healthcare System Employee's Retirement Plan in OH (631 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($62M here).
- Pension Plan for Employees of Southern New Hampshire Medical Center (NH) $62M · 369
- Retirement Plan for Administrative and Racing Employees of the New York Racing Association, Inc. (NY) $62M · 42
- Tata Chemicals Soda Ash Partners LLC Salaried Employees' Pension Plan (UT) $62M · 85
- Marelli North America, Inc. Defined Benefit Plan (TN) $62M · 162
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (631 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.