Russell Stover Chocolates 401(k) and pension plans

Russell Stover Chocolates, LLC, Kansas City, MO. EIN 43-1243415. Annual reports 2009–2025. Also filed as Russell Stover Candies; Russell Stover Candies Inc; Russell Stover Candies LLC; Russell Stover Candies, LLC.

Russell Stover Chocolates, LLC has one active retirement plan on file, the Lindt & Sprungli North America, Inc. and Russell Stover Chocolates, LLC 401(k) Plan, with 1,884 participants and $104 million in assets in 2025. Principal has been its recordkeeper since 2020.

Active plans: 1
Participants: 1,884
Plan assets: $104 million
401(k) recordkeeper: Principal
Plans on file: 3
Industry: Manufacturing

All 3 plans

Active plans first

Lindt & Sprungli North America, Inc. and Russell Stover Chocolates, LLC 401(k) Plan

401(k)Active

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

Plan number: 002Employer EIN 43-1243415
Participants (2025): 1,884
Net assets (2025): $104 million
Recordkeeper: PrincipalEarlier: Wells Fargo (2010–2019)
Plan administrator: Russell Stover Chocolates, LLC
4900 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64112
(816) 842-9240As filed for 2025
In effect since: July 1, 1993

Earlier sponsor: Russell Stover Candies (2009–2016).

Earlier plan names: Russell Stover Candies Inc Defined Contribution Retirement Plan; Russell Stover Candies LLC Defined Contribution Retirement Plan; Russell Stover Canides LLC Defined Contribution Retirement Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2025

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2025	1,884	$104 million	Principal
2024	2,016	$90.3 million	Principal
2023	2,062	$80.8 million	Principal
2022	2,156	$72.6 million	Principal
2021	2,458	$87.0 million	Principal
2020	3,032	$82.5 million	Principal
2019	2,765	$81.9 million	Wells Fargo
2018	2,927	$68.5 million	Wells Fargo
2017	2,938	$72.6 million	Wells Fargo
2016	2,682	$62.6 million	Wells Fargo
2015	2,632	$56.5 million	Wells Fargo
2014	2,705	$55.9 million	Wells Fargo
2013	2,689	$52.7 million	Wells Fargo
2012	2,525	$43.3 million	Wells Fargo
2011	2,402	$36.7 million	Wells Fargo
2010	2,348	$35.6 million	Wells Fargo
2009	2,718	$28.9 million	not listed

Russell Stover Chocolates, LLC Montrose 401(k) Plan

401(k)Stopped filing

No annual report since the 2020 plan year, and no final report on record. The plan may have been merged, renamed or re-filed under another number; ask the plan administrator below.

Plan number: 003Employer EIN 43-1243415
Participants (2020): 22
Net assets (2020): $35,222
Recordkeeper: PrincipalEarlier: Wells Fargo (2019)
Plan administrator: Russell Stover Chocolates, LLC
4900 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64112
(816) 842-9240As filed for 2020
In effect since: December 1, 2018

Year by year, 2018 to 2020

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2020	22	$35,222	Principal
2019	363	$321,401	Wells Fargo
2018	377	$20,707	not listed

Russell Stover Chocolates, LLC Pension Plan

Pension (defined benefit)Closed

Closed. The plan filed its final annual report for 2019, which means its assets were paid out or moved and it no longer exists.

Plan number: 001Employer EIN 43-1243415
Participants (2018): 1,814
Net assets (2018): $11.4 million
Plan administrator: Russell Stover Chocolates, LLC
4900 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64112
(816) 842-9240As filed for 2019
In effect since: September 1, 1967

Earlier sponsor: Russell Stover Candies Inc (2009–2015).

Earlier plan names: Russell Stover Candies Inc Pension Plan; Russell Stover Candies, LLC Pension Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2019

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2019	0	$0	not listed
2018	1,814	$11.4 million	not listed
2017	2,129	$15.1 million	not listed
2016	2,207	$14.1 million	not listed
2015	2,302	$13.7 million	not listed
2014	2,367	$15.3 million	not listed
2013	2,486	$15.6 million	not listed
2012	2,551	$15.1 million	not listed
2011	4,054	$16.8 million	not listed
2010	4,295	$16.4 million	not listed
2009	4,314	$14.0 million	not listed

If you had money in one of these plans

Call Principal (principal.com), which runs the Lindt & Sprungli North America, Inc. and Russell Stover Chocolates, LLC 401(k) 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 ((816) 842-9240). That number was filed for 2025; ask for the benefits or retirement plan office.
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.
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.