Freedom Communications, Inc. LWGF 401(k) and pension plans

Freedom Communications, Inc. LWGF LLP, Costa Mesa, CA. EIN 95-1140750. Annual reports 2009–2016. Also filed as Freedom Communications, Inc.; LWGF LLP.

Freedom Communications, Inc. LWGF LLP has no active retirement plan on file. Its last annual report was for 2016. Its The Flancn Retirement Plan -Final was merged into The Retirement Plan of Freedom Communications, Inc. in 2012. One of its pension plans was taken over by the PBGC.

Active plans: 0
Plans on file: 3
Industry: Information and media

All 3 plans

Active plans first

The 401K Retirement Savings Plan of Freedom Communications, Inc.

401(k)Closed

Closed. The plan filed its final annual report for 2016, which means its assets were paid out or moved and it no longer exists.

Plan number: 004Employer EIN 95-1140750
Participants (2015): 2,445
Net assets (2015): $146 million
Recordkeeper: Fidelity2009–2016
Plan administrator: Freedom Communications, Inc. LWGF LLP
650 Town Center Drive, Suite 950
Costa Mesa, CA 92626
(424) 354-1723As filed for 2016
In effect since: June 1, 1987

Earlier sponsor: Freedom Communications, Inc. (2009–2015).

Year by year, 2009 to 2016

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2016	0	$0	Fidelity
2015	2,445	$146 million	Fidelity
2014	2,765	$163 million	Fidelity
2013	5,169	$179 million	Fidelity
2012	3,387	$170 million	Fidelity
2011	5,593	$205 million	Fidelity
2010	8,511	$220 million	Fidelity
2009	9,193	$213 million	Fidelity

The Retirement Plan of Freedom Communications, Inc

Pension (defined benefit), frozenTaken over by the PBGC

Taken over by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation on May 23, 2016, after the plan ended on March 31, 2016. The PBGC now pays the plan's benefits, up to legal limits (PBGC case 22548600).

Plan number: 005Employer EIN 95-1140750
Participants when it ended: 5,019
Last listed administrator: Kes Mail2009–2011
Who pays it now: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
1-800-400-7242PBGC Customer Contact Center
In effect since: January 1, 1989

Plans merged into this one: The Flancn Retirement Plan -Final (2012).

Year by year, 2009 to 2016

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2016	0	$0	not listed
2015	5,066	$185 million	not listed
2014	5,214	$289 million	not listed
2013	5,351	$234 million	not listed
2012	5,762	$184 million	not listed
2011	5,885	$181 million	Kes Mail
2010	5,895	$176 million	Kes Mail
2009	6,028	$166 million	Kes Mail

The Flancn Retirement Plan -Final

Pension (defined benefit)Merged

Merged. In 2012 its assets moved to the The Retirement Plan of Freedom Communications, Inc., sponsored by Freedom Communications, Inc. LWGF LLP (EIN 95-1140750, plan 005). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.

Plan number: 006Employer EIN 95-1140750
Plan administrator: Retirement Benefits Administrative Committee
625 North Grand Ave
Santa Ana, CA 92701
(877) 469-7344As filed for 2012
In effect since: May 30, 2012

If you had money in one of these plans

If your plan was merged, your account moved with it. Follow the link on the plan to the plan it went into, and contact that one.
If your plan closed, unclaimed balances usually went to an IRA in your name, to the PBGC's missing participants program, or to state unclaimed property. Here is how to check each one.
For a pension the PBGC took over, call the PBGC at 1-800-400-7242 or search its unclaimed pensions. Have the plan name and your Social Security number ready.
Still stuck? The Department of Labor's benefits advisers help for free: askebsa.dol.gov or 1-866-444-3272. Never pay anyone to find your own money.

What these numbers are

They come from the Form 5500 annual reports each plan files with the Department of Labor, as the plan filed them. A plan year is usually a calendar year.
Participants counts everyone in the plan at year end: current employees, former employees who still have a balance or a pension coming, and retirees or beneficiaries being paid.
The recordkeeper is the service provider whose Schedule C entry says it keeps the plan's records. Small plans do not file Schedule C, so some plans show none.
We cannot see anyone's account. Only the plan or its recordkeeper can tell you your balance.

Sources: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 datasets and PBGC trusteed plans. How we read them.