Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Seattle Times Company Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $53M
- Total assets Below avg plan size
- 17
- Participants Small participant base
- 85th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $3.1M
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan · Sponsored by Seattle Times Company · Washington · Information & Media
$53M in assets, 17 participants
Seattle Times Company's Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan reported $53M in total assets and 17 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 85th 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.
- #2,244 in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
Where Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan sits by assets
Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $53M for 17 participants (~$3.1M/participant), down 2.3% in 2024.
- #2,244
- in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
- -2.3%
- assets change YoY
- 0.5×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $1M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$53,328,385 Top 15% higher than 85% of 123,620 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024
Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan is a small filing (17 participants) on this national headcount ladder.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan reported net income fell from $779K in the plan year 2023 filing to -$1M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan reported participants fell from 20 in the plan year 2023 filing to 17 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $55M in the plan year 2023 filing to $53M in the plan year 2024 filing.
DOL schedule card
Filing strip 910403890 · Seattle Times Company PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan · $53M · 17 · 85th
- IND $53M
- EOY 17
- 5500 85th
- ASSETS Defined Benefit (Pension)
- PCT near Pension Plan for the Employees of Ennis, Inc.
- EIN ind #2244
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 Washington →
Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $55M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $53M |
| Net Income | -$1M |
| Employer EIN | 910403890 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1998-11-02 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Seattle Times Company)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Seattle Times Company plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $337M 12.030407038677508% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | 757 | $301M |
| 2023 | 3 | 737 | $325M |
| 2024 | 3 | 708 | $337M |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Washington
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
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- The Boeing Company Employee Retirement Plan $15.4B · 31,398
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- Paccar Inc Retirement Plan $2.7B · 10,345
Amended and Restated Blethen Maine Newspapers, Inc. Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Washington, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Pension Plan for the Employees of Ennis, Inc. in TX ($53M); by covered participants it is Quanex Building Products Salaried and Nonunion Employee Pension Plan in TX (17 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($53M here).
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (17 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.