Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Alaska Communications Systems Holdings, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$9M
Total assets Small plan by assets
2
Participants Small participant base
57th
Percentile by assets National rank
$4.7M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Alaska Communications Systems Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Alaska Communications Systems Holdings, Inc. · Alaska · Information & Media

$9M in assets, 2 participants

Alaska Communications Systems Holdings, Inc.'s Alaska Communications Systems Retirement Plan reported $9M in total assets and 2 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 57th 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.

  • #1,250 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)

Alaska Communications Systems Holdings, Inc. multi-year trail

Alaska Communications Systems Holdings, Inc.'s plans moved +19.4% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Alaska Communications Systems Retirement Plan at $9M / 2 participants.

#1,250
in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
-2.8%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $274K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Alaska Communications Systems Retirement Plan's mid-pack asset rank among Information & Media and all filers

Alaska Communications Systems Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$9,494,689 Top 43% higher than 57% 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

Alaska Communications Systems 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. Alaska Communications Systems Retirement Plan is a micro filing (2 participants), the leftmost band.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Alaska Communications Systems Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$2M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$274K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Alaska Communications Systems Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 3 in the plan year 2022 filing to 2 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Alaska Communications Systems Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $10M in the plan year 2022 filing to $9M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 911921377 · Alaska Communications Systems Holdings, Inc. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Alaska Communications Systems Retirement Plan · $9M · 2 · 57th

  • SCH $9M
  • SCH 2
  • SCH 57th
  • SCH Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • SCH near Retirement Benefit Plan for Salaried Employees of Southern Copper Corporation
  • SCH ind #1250

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 Alaska →

Alaska Communications Systems Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Defined Benefit Pension Plan of Ladacin Network, Inc.Defined Benefit Pension Plan…$10MRetirement Benefit Plan for Salaried Employees of Southern Copper CorporationRetirement Benefit Plan for …$9MHolsum De Puerto Rico, Inc. Employees' Retirement PlanHolsum De Puerto Rico, Inc. …$9MAlaska Communications Systems Retirement PlanAlaska Communications System…$9MInvensys Pension Plan$9M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Alaska Communications Systems Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Alaska Communications Systems Holdings, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Alaska Communications Systems Holdings, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$86M 19.42163568410285% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$70M$75M$80M$85M$90M 202220232024 $71.9M $85.8M ▲ +19.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 569 $72M
2023 3 548 $80M
2024 3 493 $86M

Alaska Communications Systems Holdings, Inc. filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$10M
Net Assets (End of Year)$9M
Net Income-$274K
Employer EIN911921377
Plan Effective Date1999-09-03
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Alaska

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

Alaska Communications Systems Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Alaska, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -1000010002000300040005000 -0.500.511.522.5 Total assets ($B) Participants Alaska Communications Systems Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.009494689 · Participants: 2Alaska Communications Systems Retirement PlanAlaska Electrical Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.030245716 · Participants: 3863Alaska Electrical Pension PlanAlaska Teamster-Employer Pension Trust, Total assets ($B): 0.515956338 · Participants: 3436Alaska Teamster-Employer Pension TrustGlobal Defined Benefit Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.183945485 · Participants: 145Global Defined Benefit Retirement PlanAlyeska Pipeline Service Company Pension Plan for Operating Company Employees, Total assets ($B): 0.158927517 · Participants: 667Alyeska Pipeline Service Company Pension Plan for Operating Company EmployeesGolden Valley Electric Association Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.098626091 · Participants: 91Golden Valley Electric Association Retirement Plan
Alaska Communications Systems Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Alaska, assets vs. participants
Compare Alaska Communications Systems Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Alaska Communications Systems Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Alaska, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Retirement Benefit Plan for Salaried Employees of Southern Copper Corporation in AZ ($9M); by covered participants it is Lipsius-Benhaim Law LLP Cash Balance Plan in NY (2 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (2 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 Alaska Communications Systems Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Alaska Communications Systems Retirement Plan edged down modestly - down 2.8% during 2023, from $10M to $9M. Reported net income was -$274K.
How have Alaska Communications Systems Holdings, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Alaska Communications Systems Holdings, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 19.4%, from $72M to $86M.
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Alaska Communications Systems Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Retirement Benefit Plan for Salaried Employees of Southern Copper Corporation in AZ ($9M, N/A participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Alaska Communications Systems Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Lipsius-Benhaim Law LLP Cash Balance Plan in NY (2 participants, $7K 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 911921377.

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.