Samsonite 401(k) and pension plans

Samsonite, LLC, Mansfield, MA. EIN 36-3511556. Annual reports 2009–2025. Also filed as Samsonite LLC; Samsonite Corporation.

Samsonite, LLC has one active retirement plan on file, the Samsonite Employee Savings Trust, with 936 participants and $122 million in assets in 2025. Principal has been its recordkeeper since 2022.

Active plans: 1
Participants: 936
Plan assets: $122 million
401(k) recordkeeper: Principal
Plans on file: 3
Industry: Manufacturing

All 3 plans

Active plans first

Samsonite Employee Savings Trust

401(k)Active

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

Plan number: 005Employer EIN 36-3511556
Participants (2025): 936
Net assets (2025): $122 million
Recordkeeper: PrincipalEarlier: Vanguard (2011–2021), Empower (2009–2010)
Plan administrator: Samsonite, LLC
575 West Street, Suite 110
Mansfield, MA 02048
(912) 805-3340As filed for 2025
In effect since: January 1, 1989

Plans merged into this one: Samsonite Employee Savings Trust Union Employees (2010).

Year by year, 2009 to 2025

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2025	936	$122 million	Principal
2024	976	$104 million	Principal
2023	1,028	$94.2 million	Principal
2022	1,282	$82.6 million	Principal
2021	1,698	$107 million	Vanguard
2020	1,656	$102 million	Vanguard
2019	1,860	$99.6 million	Vanguard
2018	1,847	$77.8 million	Vanguard
2017	1,807	$80.2 million	Vanguard
2016	1,505	$64.2 million	Vanguard
2015	1,358	$53.6 million	Vanguard
2014	1,163	$45.3 million	Vanguard
2013	1,061	$40.8 million	Vanguard
2012	809	$32.2 million	Vanguard
2011	787	$27.3 million	Vanguard
2010	675	$26.4 million	Empower
2009	932	$26.2 million	Empower

The Samsonite Ee Retirement Income Plan

Pension (defined benefit), frozenClosed

Closed. The plan filed its final annual report for 2017, which means its assets were paid out or moved and it no longer exists.

Plan number: 003Employer EIN 36-3511556
Participants (2016): 296
Net assets (2016): $9.3 million
Last listed administrator: Berwyn Group2009–2012
Plan administrator: Samsonite LLC
575 West Street
Mansfield, MA 02048
(508) 851-1400As filed for 2017
In effect since: March 1, 1977

Earlier plan names: The Samsonite Employee Retirement Income Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2017

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2017	0	$0	not listed
2016	296	$9.3 million	not listed
2015	6,850	$231 million	not listed
2014	7,183	$228 million	not listed
2013	7,423	$213 million	not listed
2012	7,691	$218 million	Berwyn Group
2011	9,884	$191 million	Berwyn Group
2010	10,596	$160 million	Berwyn Group
2009	10,848	$135 million	Berwyn Group

Samsonite Employee Savings Trust Union Employees

401(k)MergedUnion (multiemployer)

Merged. In 2010 its assets moved to the Samsonite Employee Savings Trust, sponsored by Samsonite, LLC (EIN 36-3511556, plan 005). Accounts moved with them, so that plan is the one to contact.

Plan number: 006Employer EIN 36-3511556
Participants (2009): 16
Net assets (2009): $361,457
Plan administrator: Samsonite Corporation
575 West ST.
Mansfield, MA 02048
(508) 851-1400As filed for 2010
In effect since: January 1, 1993

Earlier plan names: Samsonite Employee Savings Trust - Union Employees.

Year by year, 2009 to 2010

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2010	0	$0	not listed
2009	16	$361,457	not listed

If you had money in one of these plans

Call Principal (principal.com), which runs the Samsonite Employee Savings Trust. 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 ((912) 805-3340). 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.
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.