Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Ashland Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$59M
Total assets Below avg plan size
72
Participants Small participant base
86th
Percentile by assets National rank
$826,069
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company · Sponsored by Ashland Inc. · Delaware · Manufacturing

$59M in assets, 72 participants

Ashland Inc.'s Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company reported $59M in total assets and 72 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 86th 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.

  • #14,216 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Where Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company sits by assets

Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $59M for 72 participants (~$826,069/participant), up 5.6% in 2024.

#14,216
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
+5.6%
assets growth YoY
0.6×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company's outsized position by total assets

Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company vs every filed plan by assets

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

$59,477,000 Top 14% higher than 86% 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

Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company is a small filing (72 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company reported net income fell from $11M in the plan year 2023 filing to $3M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company reported participants fell from 80 in the plan year 2023 filing to 72 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company end-of-year assets rose from $56M in the plan year 2023 filing to $59M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 812587835 · Ashland Inc. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company · $59M · 72 · 86th

  • EBSA $59M
  • EBSA 72
  • EBSA 86th
  • EBSA Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EBSA near American President Lines, LLC Retirement Account Plan
  • EBSA ind #14216

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 Delaware →

Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$56M
Net Assets (End of Year)$59M
Net Income$3M
Employer EIN812587835
Plan Effective Date1955-10-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Ashland Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Ashland Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1.4B 9.617593407394251% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.25B$1.3B$1.35B$1.4B$1.45B 202220232024 $1.27B $1.39B ▲ +9.4%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 3 2,059 $1.3B
2023 3 1,799 $1.3B
2024 3 1,557 $1.4B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Delaware

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

Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Delaware, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -10000100020003000 -5051015 Total assets ($B) Participants Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company, Total assets ($B): 0.059477 · Participants: 72Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical CompanyPension and Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.419231997 · Participants: 2351Pension and Retirement PlanChristiana Care Health Services, Inc. Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.599265239 · Participants: 2333Christiana Care Health Services, Inc. Retirement PlanSyngenta Corporation Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.386216816 · Participants: 911Syngenta Corporation Pension PlanBeebe Medical Center Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.129829649 · Participants: 639Beebe Medical Center Pension PlanBeneficial Bank Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.078048977 · Participants: 84Beneficial Bank Consolidated Pension Plan
Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Delaware, assets vs. participants
Compare Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company side-by-side with 3 peers →

Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Delaware, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is American President Lines, LLC Retirement Account Plan in VA ($59M); by covered participants it is Retirement Plan for Employees of Hamlin Bank and Trust Company in PA (72 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (72 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 Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company assets move in 2024? ▼
Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company grew at a solid clip - up 5.6% during 2024, from $56M to $59M. Reported net income was $3M.
How have Ashland Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Ashland Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 9.6%, from $1.3B to $1.4B.
Where does Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company ranks in the 86th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is American President Lines, LLC Retirement Account Plan in VA ($59M, 39 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Pension Plan for Hourly Employees of Ashland Chemical Company? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Retirement Plan for Employees of Hamlin Bank and Trust Company in PA (72 participants, $28M 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 812587835.

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.