Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Pliant, LLC Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$224M
Total assets Near avg plan size
479
Participants Below avg headcount
95th
Percentile by assets National rank
$467,557
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Berry Global, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan · Sponsored by Pliant, LLC · Indiana · Manufacturing

$224M in assets, 479 participants

Pliant, LLC's Berry Global, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan reported $224M in total assets and 479 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 95th 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.

  • #16,328 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Where Berry Global, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan sits by assets

Berry Global, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $224M for 479 participants (~$467,557/participant), down 1.4% in 2024.

#16,328
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
-1.4%
assets change YoY
2.2×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $3M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Berry Global, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan's outsized position by total assets

Berry Global, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$223,959,910 Top 5% higher than 95% 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

Berry Global, Inc. Defined Benefit 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. Berry Global, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (479 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Berry Global, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan reported net income fell from $26M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$3M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Berry Global, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan reported participants fell from 549 in the plan year 2023 filing to 479 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Berry Global, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan end-of-year assets fell from $227M in the plan year 2023 filing to $224M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 432107725 · Pliant, LLC PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Berry Global, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan · $224M · 479 · 95th

  • PHOTO $224M
  • PHOTO 479
  • PHOTO 95th
  • PHOTO Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PHOTO near Amalgamated Sugar Company Hourly Retirement Plan
  • PHOTO ind #16328

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 Indiana →

Berry Global, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Berry Global, Inc. Defined Benefit 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)$227M
Net Assets (End of Year)$224M
Net Income-$3M
Employer EIN432107725
Plan Effective Date1992-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Pliant, LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Pliant, LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$224M 11.620179720523014% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$190M$200M$210M$220M$230M 202220232024 $201M $224M ▲ +11.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 609 $201M
2023 1 549 $227M
2024 1 479 $224M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Indiana

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

Berry Global, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Indiana, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -10000010000200003000040000 -5051015 Total assets ($B) Participants Berry Global, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.22395991 · Participants: 479Berry Global, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension PlanThe Lilly Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 11.79293888 · Participants: 19897The Lilly Retirement PlanCummins Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.225499056 · Participants: 30640Cummins Pension PlanIndiana Laborers Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 1.815373164 · Participants: 11039Indiana Laborers Pension FundElevance Health Cash Balance Plan a, Total assets ($B): 1.237231976 · Participants: 7552Elevance Health Cash Balance Plan aNisource Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.003483487 · Participants: 2133Nisource Pension Plan
Berry Global, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Indiana, assets vs. participants
Compare Berry Global, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Berry Global, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Indiana, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Amalgamated Sugar Company Hourly Retirement Plan in ID ($224M); by covered participants it is Aviall, Inc. Retirement Plan in WA (479 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

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 Berry Global, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Berry Global, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan edged down modestly - down 1.4% during 2024, from $227M to $224M. Reported net income was -$3M.
How have Pliant, LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Pliant, LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 11.6%, from $201M to $224M.
Where does Berry Global, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Berry Global, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan ranks in the 95th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Berry Global, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Amalgamated Sugar Company Hourly Retirement Plan in ID ($224M, 878 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Berry Global, Inc. Defined Benefit Pension Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Aviall, Inc. Retirement Plan in WA (479 participants, $98M 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 432107725.

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.