Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Bausch + Lomb Americas Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $155M
- Total assets
- 602
- Participants
- 93rd
- Percentile by assets
- $258,088
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: The Bausch & Lomb Retirement Benefits Plan · Sponsored by Bausch + Lomb Americas Inc. · New Jersey · Manufacturing
$155M in assets, 602 participants
Bausch + Lomb Americas Inc.'s The Bausch & Lomb Retirement Benefits Plan reported $155M in total assets and 602 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 93rd 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.
- 93rd percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans)
- #15,939 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Where The Bausch & Lomb Retirement Benefits Plan sits by assets
The Bausch & Lomb Retirement Benefits Plan sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $155M for 602 participants (~$258,088/participant), down 5.5% in 2024.
- $155M
- total plan assets (2024 EOY)
- 602
- covered participants
- 93rd
- percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans)
- $258,088
- avg assets per participant
The plan reported a net loss of $9M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- The Bausch & Lomb Retirement Benefits Plan reported net income fell from $2M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$9M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- The Bausch & Lomb Retirement Benefits Plan reported participants fell from 654 in the plan year 2023 filing to 602 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- The Bausch & Lomb Retirement Benefits Plan end-of-year assets fell from $164M in the plan year 2023 filing to $155M in the plan year 2024 filing.
The Bausch & Lomb Retirement Benefits Plan vs the 2024 asset distribution
By assets, The Bausch & Lomb Retirement Benefits Plan outranks 93% of the 123,622 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 1.6x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $164M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $155M |
| Net Income | -$9M |
| Employer EIN | 854359919 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1942-12-28 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Bausch + Lomb Americas Inc.)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 5,392 | $774M |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,329 | $883M |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,656 | $969M |
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- Bausch + Lomb Americas Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets have grown 25.2% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Manufacturing plans