Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Cincinnati Bell Inc Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$91M
Total assets Below avg plan size
613
Participants Below avg headcount
90th
Percentile by assets National rank
$147,767
Avg per participant Above avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Cincinnati Bell Management Pension Plan · Sponsored by Cincinnati Bell Inc · Ohio · Management of Enterprises

$91M in assets, 613 participants

Cincinnati Bell Inc's Cincinnati Bell Management Pension Plan reported $91M in total assets and 613 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 90th 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.

  • #853 in Management of Enterprises (1,133 peers)

Where Cincinnati Bell Management Pension Plan sits by assets

Cincinnati Bell Management Pension Plan sits in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets, $91M for 613 participants (~$147,767/participant), down 26.4% in 2024.

#853
in Management of Enterprises (1,133 peers)
-26.4%
assets change YoY
0.9×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $33M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Cincinnati Bell Management Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Cincinnati Bell Management Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$90,581,424 Top 10% higher than 90% of 123,620 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 2024

Cincinnati Bell Management Pension 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. Cincinnati Bell Management Pension Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (613 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Cincinnati Bell Management Pension Plan reported net income fell from $397K in the plan year 2023 filing to -$33M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Cincinnati Bell Management Pension Plan reported participants rose from 476 in the plan year 2023 filing to 613 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Cincinnati Bell Management Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $123M in the plan year 2023 filing to $91M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 311056105 · Cincinnati Bell Inc PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Cincinnati Bell Management Pension Plan · $91M · 613 · 90th

  • NET $91M
  • NET 613
  • NET 90th
  • NET Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • NET near Employer-Industrial Sheet Metal Workers Local 16 Pension Trust
  • NET ind #853

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 Management of Enterprises retirement plans → · Plans in Ohio →

Cincinnati Bell Management Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Local 463 Pension Fund$91MCincinnati Bell Management Pension PlanCincinnati Bell Management P…$91MEmployer-Industrial Sheet Metal Workers Local 16 Pension TrustEmployer-Industrial Sheet Me…$91MSecura Employees' Pension PlanSecura Employees' Pension Pl…$91MGraphic Communications Int'l Union Local 119b Ny Printers League Pension FundGraphic Communications Int'l…$91M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Cincinnati Bell Management Pension Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$123M
Net Assets (End of Year)$91M
Net Income-$33M
Employer EIN311056105
Plan Effective Date1980-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Cincinnati Bell Inc)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Cincinnati Bell Inc plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$819M 11.184798832190742% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.7B$0.8B$0.9B$1B$1.1B 202220232024 $0.92B $0.82B ▼ -10.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 4 3,984 $922M
2023 4 4,201 $1.1B
2024 4 4,258 $819M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Ohio

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

Cincinnati Bell Management Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -500005000100001500020000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Cincinnati Bell Management Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.090581424 · Participants: 613Cincinnati Bell Management Pension PlanGE Aerospace Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 19.026079363 · Participants: 9637GE Aerospace Pension PlanFirstenergy Corp. Master Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 6.474467697 · Participants: 12187Firstenergy Corp. Master Pension PlanAmerican Electric Power System Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.085797504 · Participants: 16073American Electric Power System Retirement PlanOhio Operating Engineers Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.912834719 · Participants: 10387Ohio Operating Engineers Pension PlanParker Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.496388263 · Participants: 8120Parker Defined Benefit Pension Plan
Cincinnati Bell Management Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants
Compare Cincinnati Bell Management Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Cincinnati Bell Management Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Ohio, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Employer-Industrial Sheet Metal Workers Local 16 Pension Trust in OR ($91M); by covered participants it is Hawaii Iron Workers' Pension Plan in HI (614 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (613 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Cincinnati Bell Management Pension Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Cincinnati Bell Management Pension Plan declined sharply - down 26.4% during 2024, from $123M to $91M. Reported net income was -$33M.
How have Cincinnati Bell Inc plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Cincinnati Bell Inc's sponsor-wide assets declined 11.2%, from $922M to $819M.
Where does Cincinnati Bell Management Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Cincinnati Bell Management Pension Plan ranks in the 90th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 10% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Cincinnati Bell Management Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Employer-Industrial Sheet Metal Workers Local 16 Pension Trust in OR ($91M, 268 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Cincinnati Bell Management Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Hawaii Iron Workers' Pension Plan in HI (614 participants, $176M in assets).

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 311056105.

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.