Companies That Have Changed Their Defined Benefit Pension Plans

Below is a list of employers that have announced significant changes to their defined benefit pension plans since December 2005. Changes include plan terminations, plan freezes for new and/or current employees, and changes to the formula by which pension benefits are calculated. For specifics, click on the employer's name to see the company's press release, SEC filing or news story announcing the change.

(Note: this is not a comprehensive list. These are only the changes that we are aware of, based on corporate press releases, news reports and other sources. This list does not include changes that have been made through the collective-bargaining process.)

Read our fact sheet on pension freezes. Visit our Reports page for studies on pension freezes and other topics. We also have similar lists of companies that are offering lump-sum pension buyouts and companies that have reduced or eliminated their matching contributions to employees' 401(k) plans.

Announcement Date	Employer	Effective Date
05/17/2013	Arkansas Best	07/01/2013
05/16/2013	Dartmouth-Hitchcock	12/31/2017
05/14/2013	Rogers Corporation	06/30/2013
02/07/2013	Macy's, Inc.	12/31/2013
01/29/2013	Anixter International Inc.	12/31/2013
December 2012	Genuine Parts Company	12/31/2013
10/26/2012	NBCUniversal/Comcast Corporation (p. 12)	12/31/2012
10/25/2012	Aurora Health Care	12/31/2012
10/17/2012	Verizon Communications Inc.	December 2012
08/28/2012	Sysco Corp. (p. 10)	12/31/2012
08/09/2012	Energy Future Competitive Holdings Company	unknown
06/01/2012	General Motors	10/01/2012
03/21/2012	Herman Miller, Inc.	09/01/2012
03/07/2012	American Airlines	unknown
02/23/2012	Bank of America Corporation (Note 19, p. 245)	06/30/2012
12/13/2011	American Woodmark Corporation	05/01/2012
12/07/2011	The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.	04/01/2012
11/07/2011	Suntrust Banks, Inc.	01/01/2012
11/02/2011	R.R. Donnelley & Sons, Co. (p. 28)	12/31/2011
10/17/2011	Visteon Corporation (p. 15)	12/31/2011
10/10/2011	Crain Communications	01/01/2012
05/12/2011	Catholic Diocese of Wilmington, Inc. (p. 6)	TBD
05/10/2011	The Walt Disney Company (p. 53)	01/01/2012
02/12/2011	Central Maine Healthcare	03/31/2011
01/26/2011	Noble Hospital	04/15/2011
12/14/2010	General Electric (p. 12)	12/31/2010
10/26/2010	Associated Press	06/30/2011
10/21/2010	United Space Alliance	12/31/2010
10/15/2010	Journal Communications	01/01/2011
09/27/2010	Western & Southern Financial Group	01/01/2011
08/26/2010	Caterpillar, Inc.	2011
05/13/2010	Condé Nast	07/01/2010
04/29/2010	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	07/01/2010
04/23/2010	Washington Redskins	07/01/2010
04/22/2010	Shands Healthcare	07/01/2011
03/20/2010	HSBC Bank USA	early 2011
02/16/2010	Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center	09/01/2010
02/16/2010	Kraft Foods Inc.	12/31/2019
02/12/2010	National Penn Bancshares (p.113)	03/31/2010
unknown	City of Franklin, Tennessee	02/01/2010
12/31/2009	Augsburg Fortress	03/05/2010
11/12/2009	Pitney Bowes Inc.	12/31/2014
11/10/2009	New York Times Company (p. 36)	01/01/2010
11/05/2009	Sunoco, Inc.	07/01/2010
11/02/2009	Qwest Communications	01/01/2010
10/27/2009	St. Barnabas Health Care System	01/2010
10/07/2009	FMC Technologies	12/31/2009
09/24/2009	Regional Medical Center	01/01/2010
08/05/2009	Detrex Corporation	unknown
05/20/2009	Computer Sciences Corporation	07/10/2009
05/14/2009	The Washington Hospital	07/01/2009
05/18/2009	Dow Jones	07/03/2009
05/14/2009	Willis Group Holdings Ltd.	05/15/2009
05/13/2009	Lower Bucks Hospital	06/30/2009
05/11/2009	CIGNA	07/01/2009
05/07/2009	Boise Cascade Holdings, L.L.C.	12/31/2009
05/06/2009	Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.	unknown
05/04/2009	Wells Fargo	07/01/2009
04/22/2009	Kimberly-Clark Corporation	01/01/2010
04/08/2009	Anheuser-Busch	01/01/2012
03/23/2009	Advance Publications	05/15/2009
03/02/2009	Talbots, Inc.	05/01/2009
02/27/2009	B&C Trucking Company	unknown
02/25/2009	Regions Financial Corporation* (temporary, see p. 12)	04/16/2009
02/19/2009	E.W. Scripps Company	unknown
02/16/2009	Sparton Corporation	04/01/2009
02/13/2009	Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau	01/01/2009
02/05/2009	Aon Corporation	04/01/2009
02/05/2009	Cincinnati Bell	03/28/2009
02/05/2009	McClatchy Company	03/31/2009
01/15/2009	Saks, Inc.	01/30/2009
12/23/2008	Albany International Corporation	02/28/2009
12/23/2008	Seattle Times	02/06/2009
12/17/2008	Motorola	03/01/2009
12/17/2008	GenCorp Inc.	02/01/2009
11/21/2008	Random House, Inc.	12/31/2008
11/11/2008	Evening Post Publishing	01/10/2009
11/10/2008	R.H. Donnelly Corporation	01/01/2009
10/22/2008	New York Times Company	01/01/2009
09/24/2008	Xerium Technologies, Inc.	12/31/2008
09/15/2008	Equifax	01/01/2009
07/08/2008	YRC Worldwide Inc.	07/01/2008
06/24/2008	Boeing	01/01/2009
06/11/2008	Gannett	08/01/2008
04/25/2008	Standard Register	unknown
04/16/2008	Beneficial Mutual Bancorp Inc.	06/30/2008
03/31/2008	3M	01/01/2009
02/12/2008	Bryn Mawr Bank Corporation	03/31/2008
02/2008	Northrop Grumman	07/01/2008
12/05/2007	Neiman Marcus, Inc.	12/31/2007
11/16/2007	Milacron Inc. (see p. 22)	12/31/2007
11/06/2007	Foamex International Inc.	01/01/2008
10/02/2007	Haynes International, Inc.	01/01/2008
09/24/2007	State Street Corp.	01/01/2008
09/11/2007	Andersen Corp.	01/01/2008
09/07/2007	Delphi Corporation	TBD
09/04/2007	Waters Corporation	12/31/2007
08/09/2007	Center Bancorp, Inc.	09/30/2007
07/17/2007	Dow Chemical Company	01/01/2008
05/01/2007	ArvinMeritor, Inc.	01/01/2008
04/24/2007	NASDAQ	05/01/2007
04/12/2007	Dun & Bradstreet Corp.	06/30/2007
03/29/2007	Fidelity Investments	06/01/2007
03/20/2007	Dana Corporation	07/01/2007
02/28/2007	Tecumseh Products Co.	05/01/2007
02/28/2007	Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company	01/01/2008
02/27/2007	FedEx	06/01/2008
02/23/2007	SureWest Communications	04/10/2007
02/20/2007	HP (Hewlett-Packard)	01/01/2008
02/16/2007	SunTrust Banks Inc.	01/01/2008
01/11/2007	Ryder System, Inc.	01/01/2008
11/30/2006	Shenandoah Telecommunications	01/31/2007
11/29/2006	Kershaw County Medical Center	01/01/2007
11/15/2006	North Pittsburgh Telephone Co.	12/31/2006
11/08/2006	Whirlpool Corporation	01/01/2007
11/08/2006	Vought Aircraft Industries, Inc.	12/31/2007
11/03/2006	Citigroup	01/01/2008
11/02/2006	Belo Corp.	03/31/2007
11/01/2006	Aon Corporation	01/01/2007
11/01/2006	Met-Pro Corporation	12/31/2006
11/31/2006	Lenox Group Inc.	01/01/2007
10/30/2006	MeadWestvaco Corporation	01/01/2007
10/30/2006	Michelin	01/01/2017
10/26/2006	Tredegar Corporation	12/31/2007
10/19/2006	Journal Register Company	01/01/2007
10/18/2006	LSB Corporation	12/31/2006
10/17/2006	Con-Way Inc.	12/31/2006
10/11/2006	Remington Arms Company, Inc.	01/01/2008
10/10/2006	The Hershey Company	01/01/2007
09/27/2006	NCR Corporation	01/01/2007
09/20/2006	Calgon Carbon Corporation	12/31/2006
09/07/2006	Alliant Techsystems	01/01/2007
08/31/2006	Flushing Financial Corporation	09/30/2006
08/28/2006	DuPont	01/01/2008
08/23/2006	Tenneco Inc.	01/01/2007
08/08/2006	Blount International, Inc.	01/01/2007
08/01/2006	Harry & David Operations Corp.	07/01/2007
07/21/2006	Reynolds and Reynolds Company	10/01/2006
06/29/2006	The Stride Rite Corporation	12/31/2006
06/27/2006	Nortel	01/01/2008
06/23/2006	G&K Services, Inc.	01/01/2007
06/15/2006	Bandag, Incorporated	12/31/2006
05/15/2006	Media General, Inc.	12/31/2006
05/01/2006	Lydall, Inc.	06/30/2006
04/27/2006	A.T. Cross Company	05/20/2006
03/22/2006	Unisys Corporation	12/31/2006
03/20/2006	Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.	01/01/2006
03/07/2006	General Motors Corp.	01/01/2007
02/23/2006	Wellpoint, Inc.	01/01/2006
02/22/2006	Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated	06/30/2006
02/20/2006	Stepan Company	07/01/2006
02/15/2006	Ferro Corporation	04/01/2006
01/26/2006	Harleysville Group Inc.	04/01/2006
01/24/2006	Lexmark International, Inc.	05/01/2006
01/19/2006	Russell Corporation	04/01/2006
01/16/2006	Alcoa	03/01/2006
01/13/2006	Armstrong World Industries, Inc.	03/01/2006
01/05/2006	IBM	01/01/2008
12/05/2005	Verizon Communications Inc.	07/01/2006

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