Seaboard 401(k) and pension plans

Seaboard Corporation, Merriam, KS. EIN 04-2260388. Annual reports 2009–2024.

Seaboard Corporation has 4 active retirement plans on file. The largest is the Retirement Savings Plan for Production Employees of Seaboard Corporation, with 4,670 participants and $33.3 million in assets in 2024. Merrill has been its recordkeeper since 2010.

Active plans
4
Participants
9,677
Plan assets
$442 million
401(k) recordkeeper
Merrill
Plans on file
4
Industry
Manufacturing

All 4 plans

Active plans first

Retirement Savings Plan for Production Employees of Seaboard Corporation

401(k)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number
015Employer EIN 04-2260388
Participants (2024)
4,670
Net assets (2024)
$33.3 million
Recordkeeper
Merrill2010–2024
Plan administrator
Seaboard Corporation
9000 W. 67TH Street, Suite 300
Merriam, KS 66202
(913) 676-8800As filed for 2024
In effect since
January 1, 1992

Earlier plan names: Retirement Savings Plan for Production Employees.

Year by year, 2009 to 2024
Plan yearParticipantsNet assetsRecordkeeper
20244,670$33.3 millionMerrill
20234,553$29.3 millionMerrill
20224,264$24.2 millionMerrill
20214,588$27.1 millionMerrill
20204,340$24.2 millionMerrill
20194,532$23.5 millionMerrill
20183,922$19.1 millionMerrill
20173,424$19.5 millionMerrill
20163,201$16.7 millionMerrill
20152,676$14.9 millionMerrill
20142,423$14.2 millionMerrill
20132,222$13.4 millionMerrill
20122,067$11.0 millionMerrill
20111,969$9.5 millionMerrill
20101,834$8.7 millionMerrill
20091,090$6.6 millionnot listed

Retirement Savings Plan for Seaboard Corporation

401(k)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number
012Employer EIN 04-2260388
Participants (2024)
3,508
Net assets (2024)
$211 million
Recordkeeper
Merrill2009–2024
Plan administrator
Seaboard Corporation
9000 W. 67TH Street, Suite 300
Merriam, KS 66202
(913) 676-8800As filed for 2024
In effect since
May 1, 1984
Year by year, 2009 to 2024
Plan yearParticipantsNet assetsRecordkeeper
20243,508$211 millionMerrill
20233,485$192 millionMerrill
20223,379$170 millionMerrill
20213,261$201 millionnot listed
20203,274$201 millionMerrill
20193,092$182 millionMerrill
20183,040$165 millionMerrill
20173,103$134 millionMerrill
20162,769$140 millionMerrill
20152,616$117 millionMerrill
20142,337$108 millionMerrill
20132,118$104 millionMerrill
20122,052$98.1 millionMerrill
20111,983$81.4 millionMerrill
20101,886$73.5 millionMerrill
20091,839$70.9 millionMerrill

Seaboard Corporation Pension Plan

Pension (defined benefit)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number
001Employer EIN 04-2260388
Participants (2024)
916
Net assets (2024)
$136 million
Last listed administrator
Merrill2009
Plan administrator
Seaboard Corporation
9000 W. 67TH ST
Shawnee Mission, KS 66202
(913) 676-8800As filed for 2024
In effect since
May 1, 1982

Plans merged into this one: Seaboard Defined Benefit Pension Plan (2017).

Year by year, 2009 to 2024
Plan yearParticipantsNet assetsRecordkeeper
2024916$136 millionnot listed
2023987$122 millionnot listed
20221,638$126 millionnot listed
20211,657$157 millionnot listed
20202,522$206 millionnot listed
20192,533$185 millionnot listed
20182,540$156 millionnot listed
20161,079$86.1 millionnot listed
20151,386$85.3 millionnot listed
20141,420$49.9 millionnot listed
20131,398$47.1 millionnot listed
20121,327$41.9 millionnot listed
20111,272$29.3 millionnot listed
20101,260$30.0 millionnot listed
20092,815$85.4 millionMerrill

Seaboard Marine Pension Plan

Pension (defined benefit)Active

Active. The plan filed its annual report for the 2024 plan year.

Plan number
131Employer EIN 04-2260388
Participants (2024)
583
Net assets (2024)
$62.5 million
Plan administrator
Seaboard Corporation
9000 W. 67TH ST
Shawnee Mission, KS 66202
(913) 676-8800As filed for 2024
In effect since
January 1, 2021
Year by year, 2021 to 2024
Plan yearParticipantsNet assetsRecordkeeper
2024583$62.5 millionnot listed
2023594$57.2 millionnot listed
2022856$55.8 millionnot listed
2021857$70.3 millionnot listed

Plans that moved to another employer

PlanNow sponsored bySince
Daily'S Premium Meats Retirement PlanDaily'S Premium Meats, LLC2014

These plans once filed under Seaboard'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. Call Merrill (benefits.ml.com), which runs the Retirement Savings Plan for Production Employees of Seaboard Corporation. 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.
  2. Or call the plan administrator listed on the plan below ((913) 676-8800). That number was filed for 2024; ask for the benefits or retirement plan office.
  3. 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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