Merck Sharp & Dohme 401(k) and pension plans

Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., Kenilworth, NJ. EIN 22-1261880. Annual reports 2009–2014. Also filed as Schering Corporation.

Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. has no active retirement plan on file. Its last annual report was for 2014. Its Legacy Schering-Plough Retirement Plan was merged into Retirement Plan for the Salaried Employees of MSD in 2014.

Active plans
0
Plans on file
2
Industry
Manufacturing

All 2 plans

Active plans first

Legacy Schering-Plough Retirement Plan

Pension (defined benefit)Merged

Merged. In 2014 its assets moved to the Retirement Plan for the Salaried Employees of MSD, sponsored by Merck & Co., Inc. (EIN 22-1918501, plan 003). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.

Plan number
001Employer EIN 22-1261880
Participants (2013)
25,217
Net assets (2013)
$3.1 billion
Plan administrator
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
2000 Galloping Hill Road, K5-3155M, C/O Benefits Finance
Kenilworth, NJ 07033
(908) 740-1000As filed for 2014
In effect since
July 1, 1953

Earlier sponsor: Schering Corporation (2009–2011).

Earlier plan names: Schering-Plough Corporation Retirement Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2014
Plan yearParticipantsNet assetsRecordkeeper
20140$0not listed
201325,217$3.1 billionnot listed
201226,142$2.7 billionnot listed
201128,323$2.1 billionnot listed
201028,530$1.8 billionnot listed
200928,609$1.6 billionnot listed

Schering-Plough Employees' Savings Plan

401(k) with ESOPMerged

Merged. In 2012 its assets moved to the MSD Employee Savings & Security Plan, sponsored by Merck & Co., Inc. (EIN 22-1918501, plan 001). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.

Plan number
003Employer EIN 22-1261880
Participants (2011)
14,255
Net assets (2011)
$2.0 billion
Plan administrator
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
One Merck Drive, P.O. Box 100
Whitehouse Station, NJ 08889
(908) 423-1000As filed for 2012
In effect since
January 1, 1983

Earlier sponsor: Schering Corporation (2009–2011).

Year by year, 2009 to 2012
Plan yearParticipantsNet assetsRecordkeeper
20120$0not listed
201114,255$2.0 billionnot listed
201016,350$2.3 billionnot listed
200918,684$2.2 billionnot listed

Plans that moved to another employer

PlanNow sponsored bySince
C3I Solutions 401(k) PlanTelerx Marketing, Inc. D/B/A/ C3I Solutions2009

These plans once filed under Merck Sharp & Dohme's tax ID and are now filed by another employer, usually after a sale or spin-off. Accounts moved with them.

If you had money in one of these plans

  1. 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.
  2. 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

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

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