Packaging Corporation of America 401(k) and pension plans
Packaging Corporation of America, Lake Forest, IL. EIN 36-4277050. Annual reports 2009–2025. Also filed as Boise Paper Holdings L.L.C.; Boise Paper Holdings, L.L.C.
Packaging Corporation of America has 5 active retirement plans on file. The largest is the Packaging Corporation of America Thrift Plan for Hourly Employees, with 15,621 participants and $1.5 billion in assets in 2025. Alight has been its recordkeeper since 2022.
Earlier sponsor: Boise Paper Holdings L.L.C. (2009–2016).
Earlier plan names: Boise Paper Holdings L.L.C. Pension Plan C; Boise Paper Holdings L.L.C. Consolidated Pension Plan.
Year by year, 2009 to 2024
Plan year
Participants
Net assets
Recordkeeper
2024
4,523
$497 million
not listed
2023
4,550
$524 million
not listed
2022
4,614
$510 million
not listed
2021
1,728
$145 million
not listed
2020
1,744
$142 million
not listed
2019
1,756
$123 million
not listed
2018
1,767
$98.7 million
not listed
2017
1,774
$111 million
not listed
2016
1,787
$100 million
not listed
2015
1,801
$97.6 million
not listed
2014
1,811
$103 million
not listed
2013
1,829
$96.9 million
not listed
2012
1,842
$91.8 million
not listed
2011
2,047
$84.8 million
not listed
2009
2,044
$63.9 million
not listed
Packaging Corporation of America Pension Plan for Eligible Grandfathered Salaried Employees
Pension (defined benefit)Active
Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.
Plan number
004Employer EIN 36-4277050
Participants (2024)
1,347
Net assets (2024)
$285 million
Plan administrator
Kelly L. Johnson Mgr, Health & Welfare and Retirement Plans 1 North Field Court Lake Forest, IL 60045 (847) 482-2306As filed for 2024
In effect since
May 1, 2004
Year by year, 2009 to 2024
Plan year
Participants
Net assets
Recordkeeper
2024
1,347
$285 million
not listed
2023
1,369
$292 million
not listed
2022
1,376
$246 million
not listed
2021
1,387
$312 million
not listed
2020
1,399
$278 million
not listed
2019
1,403
$235 million
not listed
2018
1,406
$175 million
not listed
2017
1,424
$169 million
not listed
2016
1,423
$148 million
not listed
2015
1,427
$126 million
not listed
2014
1,429
$110 million
not listed
2013
1,445
$109 million
not listed
2012
1,443
$103 million
not listed
2011
1,408
$85.1 million
not listed
2010
1,448
$68.3 million
not listed
2009
1,446
$56.1 million
not listed
Boise Paper Holdings L.L.C. International Falls Pension Plan
Pension (defined benefit)Merged
Merged. In 2022 its assets moved to the Boise Paper Holdings L.L.C. Consolidated Pension Plan, sponsored by Packaging Corporation of America (EIN 36-4277050, plan 011). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.
Plan number
013Employer EIN 36-4277050
Participants (2021)
874
Net assets (2021)
$102 million
Plan administrator
Michelle Wojdyla VP- Employee Benefits, Packaging Corp. of America 1 North Field Court Lake Forest, IL 60045 (847) 482-3009As filed for 2022
In effect since
July 31, 2004
Earlier sponsor: Boise Paper Holdings L.L.C. (2009–2016).
Year by year, 2009 to 2022
Plan year
Participants
Net assets
Recordkeeper
2022
0
$0
not listed
2021
874
$102 million
not listed
2020
875
$100 million
not listed
2019
880
$85.6 million
not listed
2018
887
$70.0 million
not listed
2017
890
$76.7 million
not listed
2016
893
$69.4 million
not listed
2015
898
$66.8 million
not listed
2014
928
$71.2 million
not listed
2013
933
$67.2 million
not listed
2012
942
$63.3 million
not listed
2011
964
$56.6 million
not listed
2009
919
$41.5 million
not listed
Boise Paper Holdings, L.L.C. Pension Plan for Salaried Employees
Pension (defined benefit), frozenMerged
Merged. In 2022 its assets moved to the Boise Paper Holdings L.L.C. Consolidated Pension Plan, sponsored by Packaging Corporation of America (EIN 36-4277050, plan 011). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.
Plan number
010Employer EIN 36-4277050
Participants (2021)
1,421
Net assets (2021)
$322 million
Plan administrator
Michelle Wojdyla VP- Employee Benefits, Packaging Corp. of America 1 North Field Court Lake Forest, IL 60045 (847) 482-3009As filed for 2022
In effect since
January 1, 2008
Earlier sponsor: Boise Paper Holdings L.L.C. (2009–2016).
Earlier plan names: Boise Paper Holdings L.L.C. Salaried Pension Plan.
Year by year, 2009 to 2022
Plan year
Participants
Net assets
Recordkeeper
2022
0
$0
not listed
2021
1,421
$322 million
not listed
2020
1,432
$317 million
not listed
2019
1,446
$277 million
not listed
2018
1,449
$233 million
not listed
2017
1,448
$264 million
not listed
2016
1,455
$241 million
not listed
2015
1,459
$236 million
not listed
2014
1,463
$251 million
not listed
2013
1,472
$236 million
not listed
2012
1,472
$224 million
not listed
2011
1,596
$201 million
not listed
2009
1,599
$160 million
not listed
Boise Paper Holdings L.L.C. Pension Plan P
Pension (defined benefit), frozenMerged
Merged. In 2022 its assets moved to the Boise Paper Holdings L.L.C. Consolidated Pension Plan, sponsored by Packaging Corporation of America (EIN 36-4277050, plan 011). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.
Plan number
012Employer EIN 36-4277050
Participants (2021)
813
Net assets (2021)
$110 million
Plan administrator
Michelle Wojdyla VP- Employee Benefits, Packaging Corp. of America 1 North Field Court Lake Forest, IL 60045 (847) 482-3009As filed for 2022
In effect since
July 31, 2004
Earlier sponsor: Boise Paper Holdings L.L.C. (2009–2016).
Year by year, 2009 to 2022
Plan year
Participants
Net assets
Recordkeeper
2022
0
$0
not listed
2021
813
$110 million
not listed
2020
824
$116 million
not listed
2019
833
$107 million
not listed
2018
840
$90.8 million
not listed
2017
842
$102 million
not listed
2016
849
$92.2 million
not listed
2015
855
$89.3 million
not listed
2014
858
$94.7 million
not listed
2013
871
$89.0 million
not listed
2012
874
$84.8 million
not listed
2011
993
$68.9 million
not listed
2009
1,003
$53.6 million
not listed
Boise Paper Holdings, L.L.C. Retirement Savings Plan
401(k) with ESOPMerged
Merged. In 2021 its assets moved to the Packaging Corporation of America Thrift Plan for Hourly Employees, sponsored by Packaging Corporation of America (EIN 36-4277050, plan 001). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.
Packaging Corporation of America 1955 West Field Court Lake Forest, IL 60045 (847) 482-3000As filed for 2021
In effect since
February 21, 2008
Earlier sponsor: Boise Paper Holdings L.L.C. (2009–2016).
Earlier plan names: Boise Paper Holdings L.L.C. Retirement Savings Plan (RSP).
Year by year, 2009 to 2021
Plan year
Participants
Net assets
Recordkeeper
2021
3,382
$387 million
not listed
2019
0
$0
not listed
2016
3,267
$329 million
not listed
2015
3,207
$308 million
Principal
2014
3,466
$319 million
Principal
2013
3,482
$302 million
Principal
2012
3,630
$272 million
not listed
2011
3,345
$240 million
not listed
2010
3,130
$231 million
not listed
2009
2,704
$196 million
not listed
Boise Paper Holdings, L.L.C. Retirement Savings Plan
401(k) with ESOPMerged
Merged. In 2019 its assets moved to the Packaging Corporation of America Thrift Plan for Hourly Employees, sponsored by Packaging Corporation of America (EIN 36-4277050, plan 001). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.
Plan number
041Employer EIN 36-4277050
Plan administrator
Packaging Corporation of America 1 North Field Court Lake Forest, IL 60045 (847) 482-3000As filed for 2019
In effect since
February 21, 2008
If you had money in one of these plans
Call Alight (alight.com), which runs the Packaging Corporation of America Thrift Plan for Hourly Employees. 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 ((847) 482-2306). 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.