Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Cytec Industries Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$969M
Total assets Above avg plan size
2,819
Participants Above avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$343,570
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Solvay & Cytec Companies Pension Plan · Sponsored by Cytec Industries Inc. · New Jersey · Manufacturing

$969M in assets, 2,819 participants

Cytec Industries Inc.'s Solvay & Cytec Companies Pension Plan reported $969M in total assets and 2,819 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th 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.

  • #18,247 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in New Jersey

Solvay & Cytec Companies Pension Plan covers 2,819 participants in New Jersey, 3.3x the typical New Jersey plan (state average ~844 per filing). Assets: $969M.

#18,247
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
-8.3%
assets change YoY
9.7×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $4M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Solvay & Cytec Companies Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Solvay & Cytec Companies Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$968,523,199 Top 1% higher than 99% 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

Solvay & Cytec Companies Pension Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Solvay & Cytec Companies Pension Plan lands in the large band (2,819 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Solvay & Cytec Companies Pension Plan reported participants rose from 989 in the plan year 2022 filing to 2,819 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Solvay & Cytec Companies Pension Plan reported net income rose from -$155M in the plan year 2022 filing to -$4M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Solvay & Cytec Companies Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $1.1B in the plan year 2022 filing to $969M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 223268660 · Cytec Industries Inc. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Solvay & Cytec Companies Pension Plan · $969M · 2,819 · 99th

  • PART $969M
  • PART 2,819
  • PART 99th
  • PART Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PART near Kimberly-Clark Corporation Pension Plan
  • PART ind #18247

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 New Jersey →

Solvay & Cytec Companies Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Rio Tinto America Inc. Retirement PlanRio Tinto America Inc. Retir…$972MThe Wellspan Health System Merged Pension PlanThe Wellspan Health System M…$971MKimberly-Clark Corporation Pension PlanKimberly-Clark Corporation P…$970MSolvay & Cytec Companies Pension PlanSolvay & Cytec Companies Pen…$969MWestern Connecticut Health Network Pension PlanWestern Connecticut Health N…$964M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Solvay & Cytec Companies Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

New Jersey filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1.1B
Net Assets (End of Year)$832M
Net Income-$4M
Employer EIN223268660
Plan Effective Date1994-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Cytec Industries Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Cytec Industries Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$418M 60.432449411054655% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.2B$0.4B$0.6B$0.8B$1B$1.2B 202220232024 $1.06B $0.42B ▼ -60.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 989 $1.1B
2023 1 2,819 $969M
2024 1 2,073 $418M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New Jersey

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

Solvay & Cytec Companies Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New Jersey, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000100000 -50510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Solvay & Cytec Companies Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.968523199 · Participants: 2819Solvay & Cytec Companies Pension PlanRetirement Plan of Johnson and Johnson, Total assets ($B): 21.174819996 · Participants: 37749Retirement Plan of Johnson and JohnsonJPMorgan Chase Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.279006871 · Participants: 90644JPMorgan Chase Retirement PlanNokia Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.864923 · Participants: 7492Nokia Retirement Income PlanThe Prudential Merged Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 12.225782081 · Participants: 16230The Prudential Merged Retirement PlanVerizon Pension Plan for Associates, Total assets ($B): 10.930667796 · Participants: 23778Verizon Pension Plan for Associates
Solvay & Cytec Companies Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New Jersey, assets vs. participants
Compare Solvay & Cytec Companies Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Solvay & Cytec Companies Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New Jersey, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Kimberly-Clark Corporation Pension Plan in WI ($970M); by covered participants it is National Renewable Energy Laboratory Shared Security Pension Plan in CO (2,822 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($969M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (2,819 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 Solvay & Cytec Companies Pension Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Solvay & Cytec Companies Pension Plan pulled back noticeably - down 8.3% during 2023, from $1.1B to $969M. Reported net income was -$4M.
How have Cytec Industries Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Cytec Industries Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 60.4%, from $1.1B to $418M.
Where does Solvay & Cytec Companies Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Solvay & Cytec Companies Pension Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Solvay & Cytec Companies Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Kimberly-Clark Corporation Pension Plan in WI ($970M, 1,690 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Solvay & Cytec Companies Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is National Renewable Energy Laboratory Shared Security Pension Plan in CO (2,822 participants, $406M 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 223268660.

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.