Novartis 401(k) and pension plans

Novartis Corporation, East Hanover, NJ. EIN 13-1834433. Annual reports 2009–2025. Also filed as Alcon Laboratories, Inc.; Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation; Novartis Consumer Health, Inc.; Novartis Corporaton.

Novartis Corporation has 3 active retirement plans on file. The largest is the Novartis Corporation Investment Savings Plan, with 23,779 participants and $11.1 billion in assets in 2025. Fidelity has been its recordkeeper since 2024.

Active plans: 3
Participants: 38,229
Plan assets: $13.0 billion
401(k) recordkeeper: Fidelity
Plans on file: 5
Industry: Manufacturing

All 5 plans

Active plans first

Novartis Corporation Investment Savings Plan

401(k)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2025 plan year.

Plan number: 055Employer EIN 13-1834433
Participants (2025): 23,779
Net assets (2025): $11.1 billion
Recordkeeper: Fidelity2024–2025
Plan administrator: Novartis Corporation
One Health Plaza
East Hanover, NJ 07936
(862) 778-8300As filed for 2025
In effect since: January 1, 1967

Plans merged into this one: Novartis Consumer Health, Inc. Investment Savings Plan (2011); Fougera Pharmaceuticals Inc. 401K Plan (2013); Novartis Gene Therapies, Inc. 401(k) Plan (2021).

Earlier sponsor: Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation (2009).

Earlier plan names: Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation Investment Savings Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2025

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2025	23,779	$11.1 billion	Fidelity
2024	23,877	$9.9 billion	Fidelity
2023	24,569	$9.5 billion	not listed
2022	27,459	$8.4 billion	not listed
2021	27,381	$10.0 billion	not listed
2020	25,021	$8.8 billion	not listed
2019	25,785	$7.7 billion	not listed
2018	25,865	$8.3 billion	not listed
2017	27,506	$8.8 billion	not listed
2016	27,676	$7.7 billion	not listed
2015	38,659	$7.4 billion	not listed
2014	36,561	$7.7 billion	not listed
2013	39,285	$7.3 billion	not listed
2012	31,540	$6.0 billion	not listed
2011	35,080	$4.1 billion	not listed
2010	25,580	$3.4 billion	not listed
2009	28,851	$2.7 billion	not listed

Pension Plan for Salaried Employees of Novartis Corporation

Cash balance pensionActive

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2025 plan year.

Plan number: 001Employer EIN 13-1834433
Participants (2025): 13,989
Net assets (2025): $1.8 billion
Plan administrator: Novartis Corporation
One Health Plaza
East Hanover, NJ 07936
(862) 778-8300As filed for 2025
In effect since: January 1, 1957

Plans merged into this one: Fougera Pharmaceuticals Inc. Pension Plan (2013).

Year by year, 2009 to 2025

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2025	13,989	$1.8 billion	not listed
2024	14,555	$1.8 billion	not listed
2023	15,054	$2.0 billion	not listed
2022	16,991	$2.0 billion	not listed
2021	17,775	$2.5 billion	not listed
2020	18,241	$2.5 billion	not listed
2019	18,896	$2.4 billion	not listed
2018	20,846	$2.2 billion	not listed
2017	22,366	$2.5 billion	not listed
2016	26,444	$2.3 billion	not listed
2015	30,220	$2.4 billion	not listed
2013	30,047	$2.5 billion	not listed
2012	30,786	$2.2 billion	not listed
2011	31,299	$2.0 billion	not listed
2010	31,983	$2.0 billion	not listed
2009	32,508	$1.8 billion	not listed

Retirement Plan for Prior Alcon Employees

Money purchase pensionActive

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2025 plan year.

Plan number: 057Employer EIN 13-1834433
Participants (2025): 461
Net assets (2025): $60.2 million
Plan administrator: Novartis Corporation
One Health Plaza
East Hanover, NJ 07936
(862) 778-8300As filed for 2025
In effect since: January 1, 2005

Earlier sponsor: Alcon Laboratories, Inc. (2009–2011).

Earlier plan names: Alcon Retirement Plan and Trust.

Year by year, 2009 to 2025

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2025	461	$60.2 million	not listed
2024	482	$57.2 million	not listed
2023	550	$59.7 million	not listed
2022	615	$59.7 million	not listed
2021	701	$73.7 million	not listed
2020	9,886	$71.0 million	not listed
2019	9,522	$68.3 million	not listed
2018	11,926	$723 million	not listed
2017	10,195	$784 million	not listed
2016	10,198	$706 million	not listed
2015	10,186	$688 million	not listed
2014	9,879	$711 million	not listed
2013	10,083	$692 million	not listed
2012	8,178	$495 million	not listed
2011	8,831	$544 million	not listed
2010	8,461	$510 million	not listed
2009	7,922	$421 million	not listed

Novartis Corporation Retirement Savings Plan for Puerto Rico Employees

401(k)Merged

Merged. In 2019 its assets moved to the Alcon Puerto Rico Savings and Retirement Plan (EIN 75-1596895, plan 011). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.

Plan number: 054Employer EIN 13-1834433
Participants (2018): 686
Net assets (2018): $20.6 million
Plan administrator: Novartis Corporation
One Health Plaza
East Hanover, NJ 07936
(862) 778-8300As filed for 2019
In effect since: January 1, 1998

Year by year, 2009 to 2019

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2019	0	$0	not listed
2018	686	$20.6 million	not listed
2017	701	$23.5 million	not listed
2016	716	$21.2 million	not listed
2015	786	$28.9 million	not listed
2014	817	$29.3 million	not listed
2013	806	$27.8 million	not listed
2012	786	$24.0 million	not listed
2011	643	$13.1 million	not listed
2010	715	$15.1 million	not listed
2009	765	$13.9 million	not listed

Novartis Consumer Health, Inc. Investment Savings Plan

401(k)Merged

Merged. In 2011 its assets moved to the Novartis Corporation Investment Savings Plan, sponsored by Novartis Corporation (EIN 22-1857084, plan 002). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.

Plan number: 056Employer EIN 13-1834433
Participants (2010): 6,083
Net assets (2010): $631 million
Plan administrator: Novartis Corporaton
230 Park Avenue, 21ST Floor
New York, NY 10169
(973) 503-8000As filed for 2011
In effect since: January 1, 1998

Earlier sponsor: Novartis Consumer Health, Inc. (2009–2010).

Year by year, 2009 to 2011

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2011	0	$0	not listed
2010	6,083	$631 million	not listed
2009	15,796	$731 million	not listed

If you had money in one of these plans

Call Fidelity (fidelity.com), which runs the Novartis Corporation Investment Savings Plan. With your Social Security number and the plan name, it can tell you whether you still have a balance and, if not, where it went.
Or call the plan administrator listed on the plan below ((862) 778-8300). That number was filed for 2025; ask for the benefits or retirement plan office.
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.
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.

All 5 plans

Novartis Corporation Investment Savings Plan

Pension Plan for Salaried Employees of Novartis Corporation

Retirement Plan for Prior Alcon Employees

Novartis Corporation Retirement Savings Plan for Puerto Rico Employees

Novartis Consumer Health, Inc. Investment Savings Plan

If you had money in one of these plans

What these numbers are

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