Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Cytec Industries, Inc., Member of the Syensqo Group Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-07-24

$418M
Total assets
2,073
Participants
97th
Percentile by assets
$201,694
Avg per participant

Official DOL plan name: Syensqo USA Pension Plan · Sponsored by Cytec Industries, Inc., Member of the Syensqo Group · New Jersey · Manufacturing

$418M in assets, 2,073 participants

Cytec Industries, Inc., Member of the Syensqo Group's Syensqo USA Pension Plan reported $418M in total assets and 2,073 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 97th 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.

  • 97th percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)

What the 2024 filing shows

Syensqo USA Pension Plan holds $418M for 2,073 participants - about $201,694 per participant, in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, down 56.8% over the 2024 plan year.

$418M
total plan assets (2024 EOY)
2,073
covered participants
97th
percentile by assets (of 116,472 plans)
$201,694
avg assets per participant

The plan reported a net loss of $499M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

State
Industry
Manufacturing

Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

What the Filing Says About Syensqo USA Pension Plan

Syensqo USA Pension Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) retirement plan sponsored by Cytec Industries, Inc., Member of the Syensqo Group, headquartered in New Jersey. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's 2024 Form 5500 filing, the plan reports $418M in total end-of-year assets and covers 2,073 participants across the Manufacturing industry. The sponsor's EIN on file with the U.S. Department of Labor is 223268660, and the plan has been effective since 1994-01-01. Its filing status is currently FILING RECEIVED.

Year over year, total assets contracted severely from $969M at the beginning of 2024 to $418M at year-end - down 56.8%. Net assets (after liabilities) closed the year at $333M, with reported net income of -$499M driven by investment returns, contributions received, and benefit payments during the period. These figures reflect what the plan administrator certified on Schedule H or Schedule I of the Form 5500 annual return and can be compared against 2 prior plan-year filings from the same sponsor shown below.

Across the 3 plan years Cytec Industries, Inc., Member of the Syensqo Group has on file with PlainRetire (2022-2024), sponsor-wide plan assets have moved from $1.1B to $418M, a decline of 60.4%, while reported participants moved from 989 to 2,073 (+109.6%). The strongest year on file by total sponsor assets was 2022 at $1.1B; the softest was 2024 at $418M. Year-by-year, sponsor-wide filings show: 2022 - $1.1B in assets across 1 plan covering 989 participants; 2023 - $969M in assets across 1 plan covering 2,819 participants; 2024 - $418M in assets across 1 plan covering 2,073 participants.

By assets, Syensqo USA Pension Plan outranks 97% of the 116,472 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 4.2x the national average plan size of $100M and 730 average participants.

Asset totals and participant counts reflect a single plan year snapshot and can change materially with market conditions, plan mergers, or workforce changes. Fields such as "net income" include both realized investment performance and contribution/distribution flows, a single-year figure does not by itself indicate plan health or participant outcomes. This page summarizes public DOL disclosures for research and educational purposes only and is not retirement, tax, legal, or financial advice. Before making decisions about your own retirement benefits or evaluating an employer's plan, verify the underlying filing directly via the DOL EFAST2 system and consult a qualified professional.

How the percentile is calculated: we count every plan that filed a 2024 Form 5500 with a reported end-of-year asset figure (116,472 plans), rank Syensqo USA Pension Plan against all of them by total assets, and report the share of those plans it outranks. A plan reporting no asset figure for the year is excluded from the ranking rather than assumed to be zero.

Financial Summary (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$969M
Total Assets (End of Year)$418M
Net Assets (End of Year)$333M
Net Income-$499M
Plan TypeDefined Benefit (Pension)
Employer EIN223268660
Plan Effective Date1994-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Cytec Industries, Inc., Member of the Syensqo Group)

$0.2B$0.4B$0.6B$0.8B$1B$1.2B 202220232024 $1.06B $0.42B ▼ -60.4%
Total plan assets by year, all Cytec Industries, Inc., Member of the Syensqo Group 401(k) plans on file
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 989 $1.1B
2023 1 2,819 $969M
2024 1 2,073 $418M

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much money is in the Syensqo USA Pension Plan?
As of the 2024 Form 5500 filing, Syensqo USA Pension Plan holds $418M in total assets with 2,073 participants. It is sponsored by Cytec Industries, Inc., Member of the Syensqo Group.
What type of plan is Syensqo USA Pension Plan?
Syensqo USA Pension Plan is a Defined Benefit (Pension) plan. It has been effective since 1994-01-01. The plan is filed with the U.S. Department of Labor under EIN 223268660.
Who sponsors the Syensqo USA Pension Plan?
Syensqo USA Pension Plan is sponsored by Cytec Industries, Inc., Member of the Syensqo Group, located in New Jersey. The sponsor's EIN is 223268660 and the plan operates in the Manufacturing industry.
How did Syensqo USA Pension Plan perform in 2024?
Syensqo USA Pension Plan contracted severely - down 56.8% during 2024, moving from $969M to $418M in total assets. Net income was -$499M.

What this filing means

Ways to act on Syensqo USA Pension Plan's numbers.

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  • Cytec Industries, Inc., Member of the Syensqo Group's sponsor-wide assets have declined 60.4% since 2022 across 3 plan years on file. More Manufacturing plans
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 223268660.

Reference: IRS Publication 560, Retirement Plans for Small Business, contribution-limit rules.

Reference: IRS Publication 590-B, Distributions from IRAs, RMD rules under SECURE Act 2.0.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.

Every figure on PlainRetire is rendered directly from the Department of Labor's Form 5500 annual return filings, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-07-24.