Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Kennametal Inc. Retirement Income Plan

Data updated 2026-05-15

$541M
Total assets
563
Participants
98th
Percentile by assets
$960,253
Avg per participant

Sponsored by Kennametal Inc. · South Carolina · Manufacturing

What the 2023 filing shows

Kennametal Inc. Retirement Income Plan holds $541M for 563 participants - about $960,253 per participant, in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, up 1.1% over the 2023 plan year.

$541M
total plan assets (2023 EOY)
563
covered participants
98th
percentile by assets (of 126,618 plans)
$960,253
avg assets per participant
Industry
Manufacturing

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

What the Filing Says About Kennametal Inc. Retirement Income Plan

Kennametal Inc. Retirement Income Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by Kennametal Inc., headquartered in South Carolina. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2023 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $541M in total end-of-year assets and covers 563 participants across the Manufacturing industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 250900168, and the plan has been effective since 1954-06-24. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets edged up modestly from $535M at the beginning of 2023 to $541M at year-end - up 1.1%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $541M, with reported net income of $6M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years Kennametal Inc. has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $1.1B to $1.1B, a gain of 4.3%, while reported participants moved from 3,364 to 3,194 (-5.1%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2023 at $1.1B; the softest was 2022 at $1.1B. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $1.1B in assets across 4 plans covering 3,364 participants; 2023 - $1.1B in assets across 4 plans covering 3,416 participants; 2024 - $1.1B in assets across 4 plans covering 3,194 participants.

By assets, Kennametal Inc. Retirement Income Plan outranks 98% of the 126,618 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2023 plan year, and holds roughly 5.4x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2023 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (126,618 plans), rank Kennametal Inc. Retirement Income Plan against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$535M
Total Assets (End of Year)$541M
Net Assets (End of Year)$541M
Net Income$6M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN250900168
Plan Effective Date1954-06-24
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Kennametal Inc.)

Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 3,364 $1.1B
2023 4 3,416 $1.1B
2024 4 3,194 $1.1B

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Kennametal Inc. Retirement Income Plan?
As of the 2023 Form 5500 filing, Kennametal Inc. Retirement Income Plan holds $541M in total assets with 563 participants. It is sponsored by Kennametal Inc..
What type of plan is Kennametal Inc. Retirement Income Plan?
Kennametal Inc. Retirement Income Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1954-06-24. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 250900168.
Who sponsors the Kennametal Inc. Retirement Income Plan?
Kennametal Inc. Retirement Income Plan is sponsored by Kennametal Inc., located in South Carolina. The sponsor's EIN is 250900168 and the plan operates in the Manufacturing industry.
How did Kennametal Inc. Retirement Income Plan perform in 2023?
Kennametal Inc. Retirement Income Plan edged up modestly - up 1.1% during 2023, moving from $535M to $541M in total assets. Net income was $6M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Kennametal Inc. Retirement Income Plan's numbers.

  • By total assets, Kennametal Inc. Retirement Income Plan ranks in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets. See the largest plans
  • Compare it side-by-side against 3 similar Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in South Carolina. Compare plans
  • Kennametal Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have grown 4.3% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Manufacturing plans
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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 250900168.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

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

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-05-15.