Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Handy & Harman Ltd. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-11

$268M
Total assets
76
Participants
96th
Percentile by assets
$3.5M
Avg per participant
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Official DOL plan name: Whx Pension Plan II · Sponsored by Handy & Harman Ltd. · New York · Manufacturing

$268M in assets, 76 participants

Handy & Harman Ltd.'s Whx Pension Plan II reported $268M in total assets and 76 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 96th 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.

  • 96th percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
  • #17,474 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Where Whx Pension Plan II sits by assets

Whx Pension Plan II sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $268M for 76 participants (~$3.5M/participant), up 10.9% in 2023.

$268M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
76
covered participants
96th
percentile by assets (of 127,072 plans)
$3.5M
avg assets per participant

Where Whx Pension Plan II sits by total assets

Whx Pension Plan II vs every filed plan by assets

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

$267,631,612 Top 4% higher than 96% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,010,000,000 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

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Whx Pension Plan II reported participants rose from 2 in the plan year 2022 filing to 76 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Whx Pension Plan II reported net income rose from -$64M in the plan year 2022 filing to $27M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Whx Pension Plan II end-of-year assets rose from $241M in the plan year 2022 filing to $268M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

State
New York
Industry
Manufacturing

Whx Pension Plan II vs the 2023 asset distribution

By assets, Whx Pension Plan II outranks 96% of the 127,072 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 2.7x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$241M
Net Assets (End of Year)$268M
Net Income$27M
Employer EIN133768097
Plan Effective Date2016-12-30
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Handy & Harman Ltd.)

$230M$240M$250M$260M$270M$280M 202220232024 $241M $271M ▲ +12.4%
Total plan assets by year, all Handy & Harman Ltd. plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 2 $241M
2023 1 76 $268M
2024 1 57 $271M

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Whx Pension Plan II vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -100102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Whx Pension Plan II, Total assets ($B): 0.267631612 · Participants: 76Whx Pension Plan IIIBM Personal Pension…, Total assets ($B): 24.955758896 · Participants: 14881IBM Personal Pension…Consolidated Edison …, Total assets ($B): 16.184377155 · Participants: 10779Consolidated Edison …1199seiu Health Care…, Total assets ($B): 16.16620463 · Participants: 1075821199seiu Health Care…Pfizer Consolidated …, Total assets ($B): 10.955262618 · Participants: 9616Pfizer Consolidated …Pepsico Employees Re…, Total assets ($B): 7.599669 · Participants: 12289Pepsico Employees Re…
Whx Pension Plan II vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
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Frequently Asked Questions

How did Whx Pension Plan II assets move in 2023? ▼
Whx Pension Plan II grew at a solid clip - up 10.9% during 2023, from $241M to $268M. Reported net income was $27M.
How have Handy & Harman Ltd. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Handy & Harman Ltd.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 12.4%, from $241M to $271M.
Where does Whx Pension Plan II rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Whx Pension Plan II ranks in the 96th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Whx Pension Plan II? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Minnesota Cement Masons Pension Fund in MN ($268M, 795 participants).

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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 133768097.

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Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.