Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Chattem, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$117K
Total assets Small plan by assets
64
Participants Small participant base
7th
Percentile by assets National rank
$1,828
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Chattem, Inc. Pension Plan · Sponsored by Chattem, Inc. · Tennessee · Manufacturing

$117K in assets, 64 participants

Chattem, Inc.'s Chattem, Inc. Pension Plan reported $117K in total assets and 64 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 7th 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.

  • #528 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Chattem, Inc. multi-year trail

Chattem, Inc.'s plans moved -98.6% in assets from 2022 to 2023; this filing shows Chattem, Inc. Pension Plan at $117K / 64 participants.

#528
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
-98.6%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $8M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Chattem, Inc. Pension Plan among the smaller filed plans by assets

Chattem, Inc. Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$116,989 7th percentile higher than 7% 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

Chattem, Inc. Pension Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Chattem, Inc. Pension Plan is a small filing (64 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Chattem, Inc. Pension Plan reported net income fell from -$2M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$8M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Chattem, Inc. Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $8M in the plan year 2022 filing to $117K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Chattem, Inc. Pension Plan reported participants fell from 75 in the plan year 2022 filing to 64 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 620156300 · Chattem, Inc. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Chattem, Inc. Pension Plan · $117K · 64 · 7th

  • TYPE $117K
  • TYPE 64
  • TYPE 7th
  • TYPE Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • TYPE near United Optical Workers Local 408 Pension Fund
  • TYPE ind #528

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 Tennessee →

Chattem, Inc. Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Chattem, Inc. Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Chattem, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Chattem, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$117K 98.58342406729683% vs 2022
2023 filing year
$0M$5M$10M 20222023 $8.26M $0.12M ▼ -98.5%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 75 $8M
2023 1 64 $117K

Chattem, Inc. filing trail (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$8M
Net Assets (End of Year)$64K
Net Income-$8M
Employer EIN620156300
Plan Effective Date1934-09-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Tennessee

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

Chattem, Inc. Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Tennessee, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -100102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Chattem, Inc. Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.000116989 · Participants: 64Chattem, Inc. Pension PlanFedex Corporation Employees' Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 26.580798454 · Participants: 139031Fedex Corporation Employees' Pension PlanRetirement Plan of International Paper Company, Total assets ($B): 8.836549756 · Participants: 20164Retirement Plan of International Paper CompanyPace Industry Union-Management Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 2.707920528 · Participants: 3192Pace Industry Union-Management Pension FundPension Plan for Employees at Ornl, Total assets ($B): 2.456364769 · Participants: 5801Pension Plan for Employees at OrnlRetirement Program Plan for Employees of Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC at the U.S. Department of Energy at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Total assets ($B): 2.074583545 · Participants: 2710Retirement Program Plan for Employees of Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC at the U.S. Department of Energy at Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Chattem, Inc. Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Tennessee, assets vs. participants
Compare Chattem, Inc. Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Chattem, Inc. Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Tennessee, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is United Optical Workers Local 408 Pension Fund in NY ($119K); by covered participants it is Intermountain Rural Electric Association Pension Plan in CO (64 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

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 Chattem, Inc. Pension Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Chattem, Inc. Pension Plan contracted severely - down 98.6% during 2023, from $8M to $117K. Reported net income was -$8M.
How have Chattem, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 2 plan years on file (2022-2023), Chattem, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 98.6%, from $8M to $117K.
Where does Chattem, Inc. Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Chattem, Inc. Pension Plan ranks in the 7th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the smaller plans by assets on file).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Chattem, Inc. Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is United Optical Workers Local 408 Pension Fund in NY ($119K, N/A participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Chattem, Inc. Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Intermountain Rural Electric Association Pension Plan in CO (64 participants, $17M 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 620156300.

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.