Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Graftech International Holdings Inc Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$81M
Total assets Below avg plan size
9
Participants Small participant base
90th
Percentile by assets National rank
$9.0M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Graftech International Holdings Inc. Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Graftech International Holdings Inc · Ohio · Manufacturing

$81M in assets, 9 participants

Graftech International Holdings Inc's Graftech International Holdings Inc. Retirement Plan reported $81M in total assets and 9 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 90th 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.

  • #15,872 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Where Graftech International Holdings Inc. Retirement Plan sits by assets

Graftech International Holdings Inc. Retirement Plan sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $81M for 9 participants (~$9.0M/participant), up 1.4% in 2023.

#15,872
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+1.4%
assets growth YoY
0.8×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Graftech International Holdings Inc. Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Graftech International Holdings Inc. Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$81,088,538 Top 10% higher than 90% of 127,068 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 2023

Graftech International Holdings Inc. Retirement Plan among micro filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Graftech International Holdings Inc. Retirement Plan is a micro filing (9 participants), the leftmost band.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Graftech International Holdings Inc. Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$30M in the plan year 2022 filing to $1M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Graftech International Holdings Inc. Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 14 in the plan year 2022 filing to 9 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Graftech International Holdings Inc. Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $80M in the plan year 2022 filing to $81M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 061249029 · Graftech International Holdings Inc PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Graftech International Holdings Inc. Retirement Plan · $81M · 9 · 90th

  • RANK $81M
  • RANK 9
  • RANK 90th
  • RANK Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • RANK near Albemarle Corporation Pension Plan for Represented Employees in Baton Rouge,La
  • RANK ind #15872

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 Ohio →

Graftech International Holdings Inc. Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

SEIU Local No. 4 Pension Fund$81MGraftech International Holdings Inc. Retirement PlanGraftech International Holdi…$81MAlbemarle Corporation Pension Plan for Represented Employees in Baton Rouge,LaAlbemarle Corporation Pensio…$81MHoly Cross Retirement Plan for Nonexempt EmployeesHoly Cross Retirement Plan f…$81MLegrand North America Retirement PlanLegrand North America Retire…$81M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Graftech International Holdings Inc. Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$80M
Net Assets (End of Year)$81M
Net Income$1M
Employer EIN061249029
Plan Effective Date1991-02-25
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Graftech International Holdings Inc)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Graftech International Holdings Inc plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$221M 4.159291895085865% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$210M$215M$220M$225M$230M 202220232024 $213M $221M ▲ +4.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 305 $213M
2023 2 345 $225M
2024 2 379 $221M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Ohio

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

Graftech International Holdings Inc. Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000500010000150002000025000 -202468 Total assets ($B) Participants Graftech International Holdings Inc. Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.081088538 · Participants: 9Graftech International Holdings Inc. Retirement PlanFirstenergy Corp. Master Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.144086795 · Participants: 12304Firstenergy Corp. Master Pension PlanNationwide Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.281060445 · Participants: 22311Nationwide Retirement PlanAmerican Electric Power System Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.475896468 · Participants: 15595American Electric Power System Retirement PlanParker Defined Benefit Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.656915014 · Participants: 191Parker Defined Benefit PlanOhio Operating Engineers Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.592540979 · Participants: 10029Ohio Operating Engineers Pension Plan
Graftech International Holdings Inc. Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants
Compare Graftech International Holdings Inc. Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Graftech International Holdings Inc. Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Ohio, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Albemarle Corporation Pension Plan for Represented Employees in Baton Rouge,La in NC ($81M); by covered participants it is Symphony Management Cash Balance Plan in FL (9 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (9 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Graftech International Holdings Inc. Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Graftech International Holdings Inc. Retirement Plan edged up modestly - up 1.4% during 2023, from $80M to $81M. Reported net income was $1M.
How have Graftech International Holdings Inc plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Graftech International Holdings Inc's sponsor-wide assets grew 4.2%, from $213M to $221M.
Where does Graftech International Holdings Inc. Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Graftech International Holdings Inc. Retirement Plan ranks in the 90th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Graftech International Holdings Inc. Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Albemarle Corporation Pension Plan for Represented Employees in Baton Rouge,La in NC ($81M, 27 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Graftech International Holdings Inc. Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Symphony Management Cash Balance Plan in FL (9 participants, $3M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 061249029.

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.