Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Meredith Operations Corporation Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- N/A
- Total assets —
- 517
- Participants Below avg headcount
Official DOL plan name: Meredith Employees Retirement Income Plan · Sponsored by Meredith Operations Corporation · Iowa · Information & Media
N/A in assets, 517 participants
Meredith Operations Corporation's Meredith Employees Retirement Income Plan reported N/A in total assets and 517 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.
What the 2024 filing shows
Meredith Employees Retirement Income Plan holds N/A for 517 participants.
- -$45M
- reported net income
The plan reported a net loss of $45M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Meredith Employees Retirement Income Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Meredith Employees Retirement Income Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (517 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Meredith Employees Retirement Income Plan reported net income fell from -$16M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$45M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Meredith Employees Retirement Income Plan reported participants fell from 631 in the plan year 2023 filing to 517 in the plan year 2024 filing.
Form 5500 schedule snapshot
Filing strip 871159683 · Meredith Operations Corporation PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Meredith Employees Retirement Income Plan · N/A · 517
- IND N/A
- IND 517
- IND PY 2024
- IND Defined Benefit (Pension)
- IND near Pension Plan for All Eligible Employees of Crane
- IND -$45M
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 Iowa →
Filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $62M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | N/A |
| Net Income | -$45M |
| Employer EIN | 871159683 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1971-09-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Meredith Operations Corporation)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Meredith Operations Corporation plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- N/A
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 4,156 | $78M |
| 2023 | 1 | 631 | $62M |
| 2024 | 1 | 517 | N/A |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Iowa
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Transamerica Pension Plan $2.2B · 7,170
- Principal Cash Balance Plan $1.5B · 11,945
- Midamerican Energy Company Retirement Plan $521M · 2,805
- Employers Mutual Casualty Company Retirement Plan $362M · 1,908
- Pension Plan of the Plumbers and Steamfitters Local Union No. 33 Retirement Trust $331M · 1,233
Meredith Employees Retirement Income Plan's closest out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by headcount
Outside Iowa, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by covered participants is Pension Plan for All Eligible Employees of Crane in CT (516 participants; this filing: 517 participants).
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (517 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Pension Plan for All Eligible Employees of Crane (CT) 516 · 1 off
- Wps Pension Plan (WI) 518 · 1 off
- Thompson Health Pension Plan (NY) 516 · 1 off
- Nusenda Federal Credit Union Cash Balance Defined Benefit Plan (NM) 518 · 1 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.