Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Spectrum Brands, Inc. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $50M
- Total assets Below avg plan size
- 35
- Participants Small participant base
- 84th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $1.4M
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Spectrum Brands, Inc. Merged Pension Plan · Sponsored by Spectrum Brands, Inc. · Wisconsin · Manufacturing
$50M in assets, 35 participants
Spectrum Brands, Inc.'s Spectrum Brands, Inc. Merged Pension Plan reported $50M in total assets and 35 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 84th 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.
- #13,779 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
Where Spectrum Brands, Inc. Merged Pension Plan sits by assets
Spectrum Brands, Inc. Merged Pension Plan sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $50M for 35 participants (~$1.4M/participant), down 4.0% in 2024.
- #13,779
- in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
- -4.0%
- assets change YoY
- 0.5×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $2M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Spectrum Brands, Inc. Merged Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets
Spectrum Brands, Inc. Merged Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$50,238,254 Top 16% higher than 84% 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
Spectrum Brands, Inc. Merged 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. Spectrum Brands, Inc. Merged Pension Plan is a small filing (35 participants) on this national headcount ladder.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Spectrum Brands, Inc. Merged Pension Plan reported net income fell from $1M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$2M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Spectrum Brands, Inc. Merged Pension Plan reported participants fell from 40 in the plan year 2023 filing to 35 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Spectrum Brands, Inc. Merged Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $52M in the plan year 2023 filing to $50M in the plan year 2024 filing.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 222423556 · Spectrum Brands, Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)
Spectrum Brands, Inc. Merged Pension Plan · $50M · 35 · 84th
- PCT $50M
- PCT 35
- PCT 84th
- PCT Defined Benefit (Pension)
- PCT near Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center Pension Plan
- PCT ind #13779
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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Wisconsin →
Spectrum Brands, Inc. Merged Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $52M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $50M |
| Net Income | -$2M |
| Employer EIN | 222423556 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1961-06-19 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Spectrum Brands, Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Spectrum Brands, Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $387M 3.443537054311191% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 3,636 | $401M |
| 2023 | 2 | 3,004 | $380M |
| 2024 | 2 | 1,726 | $387M |
Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Wisconsin
Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Building Trades United Pension Trust Fund Milwaukee and Vicinity $3.5B · 10,236
- The Northwestern Mutual Employee Retirement Plan $3.3B · 8,254
- The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company Agents Retirement Plan $2.1B · 7,653
- Harley-Davidson Retirement Plan $1.9B · 1,414
- North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters Pension Fund $1.8B · 5,105
Spectrum Brands, Inc. Merged Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount
Outside Wisconsin, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center Pension Plan in OH ($50M); by covered participants it is Retirement Plan for Employees of Richardson Aviation in TX (35 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($50M here).
- Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center Pension Plan (OH) $50M · 127
- Retirement Plan of Liggett Group Inc. for Bargaining Unit & Hourly Employees (FL) $50M · 49
- Union Carbide Employees' Pension Plan (Personal Pension Account) (MI) $50M · 1,203
- Shutts & Bowen LLP Retirement Plan and Trust (FL) $50M · 92
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (35 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Retirement Plan for Employees of Richardson Aviation (TX) 35 · 0 off
- Targetbase Inc. Pension Plan (NY) 35 · 0 off
- Mccall Companies Defined Benefit Retirement Plan (OR) 35 · 0 off
- Girl Scouts of the USA Retirement Plan (NY) 35 · 0 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.