Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Intelsat US LLC Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$300M
Total assets Above avg plan size
95
Participants Small participant base
96th
Percentile by assets National rank
$3.2M
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Intelsat US LLC · Virginia · Information & Media

$300M in assets, 95 participants

Intelsat US LLC's Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan reported $300M in total assets and 95 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.

  • #2,643 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)

Where Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan sits by assets

Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $300M for 95 participants (~$3.2M/participant), up 5.9% in 2023.

#2,643
in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
+5.9%
assets growth YoY
3.0×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$299,739,117 Top 4% higher than 96% 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

Intelsat Staff Retirement 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. Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan is a small filing (95 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$13M in the plan year 2022 filing to $17M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 103 in the plan year 2022 filing to 95 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $283M in the plan year 2022 filing to $300M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 954607698 · Intelsat US LLC PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan · $300M · 95 · 96th

  • PCT $300M
  • PCT 95
  • PCT 96th
  • PCT Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PCT near Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated U.S. Pension Plan
  • PCT ind #2643

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 Virginia →

Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

The United Illuminating Company Pension PlanThe United Illuminating Comp…$301MWestchester Heavy Construction Laborers Local 60 Pension FundWestchester Heavy Constructi…$300MSparrow Health System Associate Pension Plan A2Sparrow Health System Associ…$300MDiebold Nixdorf, Incorporated U.S. Pension PlanDiebold Nixdorf, Incorporate…$300MIntelsat Staff Retirement PlanIntelsat Staff Retirement Pl…$300M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$283M
Net Assets (End of Year)$299M
Net Income$17M
Employer EIN954607698
Plan Effective Date2001-07-19
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Intelsat US LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Intelsat US LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$926M 25.811343045459623% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$700M$800M$900M$1,000M 202220232024 $736M $926M ▲ +25.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 1,672 $736M
2023 2 1,745 $849M
2024 2 1,663 $926M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Virginia

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

Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000 -50510152025 Total assets ($B) Participants Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.299739117 · Participants: 95Intelsat Staff Retirement PlanNorthrop Grumman Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.134846358 · Participants: 13674Northrop Grumman Pension PlanRetirement Security Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.184642779 · Participants: 54171Retirement Security PlanNg Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension Pla, Total assets ($B): 8.450021632 · Participants: 7117Ng Space&mission Systems Corp Salaried Pension PlaSheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 8.306466489 · Participants: 61272Sheet Metal Workers' National Pension FundDominion Energy Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 7.570958933 · Participants: 12263Dominion Energy Pension Plan
Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Virginia, assets vs. participants
Compare Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Virginia, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated U.S. Pension Plan in OH ($300M); by covered participants it is Provident Bank Pension Plan in NJ (95 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (95 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 Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan grew at a solid clip - up 5.9% during 2023, from $283M to $300M. Reported net income was $17M.
How have Intelsat US LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Intelsat US LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 25.8%, from $736M to $926M.
Where does Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan 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 Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated U.S. Pension Plan in OH ($300M, 831 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Intelsat Staff Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Provident Bank Pension Plan in NJ (95 participants, $53M 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 954607698.

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.