Talbots 401(k) and pension plans

The Talbots LLC, Hingham, MA. EIN 41-1111318. Annual reports 2009–2024. Also filed as Talbots Inc.; Talbots, Inc.; The Talbots, Inc.; The Talbots, LLC.

The Talbots LLC has 2 active retirement plans on file. The largest is the The Talbots Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan, with 6,140 participants and $237 million in assets in 2024. Empower has been its recordkeeper since 2021.

Active plans: 2
Participants: 7,094
Plan assets: $290 million
401(k) recordkeeper: Empower
Plans on file: 2
Industry: Retail

All 2 plans

Active plans first

The Talbots Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan

401(k)Active

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

Plan number: 003Employer EIN 41-1111318
Participants (2024): 6,140
Net assets (2024): $237 million
Recordkeeper: EmpowerEarlier: MassMutual (2018–2020), Wells Fargo (2010–2017), Wachovia Bank (2009)
Plan administrator: The Talbots LLC
One Talbots Drive
Hingham, MA 02043
(781) 749-7600As filed for 2024
In effect since: January 1, 1989

Plans merged into this one: The J. Jill Group 401(k) Plan (2010).

Earlier plan names: The Talbots, Inc. Retirement Savings Voluntary Plan; The Talbots, Inc. Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan.

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	6,140	$237 million	Empower
2023	7,900	$219 million	Empower
2022	5,780	$187 million	Empower
2021	5,912	$223 million	Empower
2020	6,227	$198 million	MassMutual
2019	7,118	$175 million	MassMutual
2018	7,699	$146 million	MassMutual
2017	8,764	$158 million	Wells Fargo
2016	10,103	$137 million	Wells Fargo
2015	9,955	$132 million	Wells Fargo
2014	9,703	$136 million	Wells Fargo
2013	13,788	$139 million	Wells Fargo
2012	12,682	$127 million	Wells Fargo
2011	11,009	$126 million	Wells Fargo
2010	10,541	$144 million	Wells Fargo
2009	10,612	$134 million	Wachovia Bank

The Talbots, Inc. Pension Plan

Pension (defined benefit), frozenActive

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

Plan number: 001Employer EIN 41-1111318
Participants (2024): 954
Net assets (2024): $53.5 million
Last listed administrator: United Form Finishing2011–2015
Plan administrator: Jill Urraro
One Talbots Drive
Hingham, MA 02043
(239) 346-8309As filed for 2024
In effect since: June 27, 1988

Year by year, 2009 to 2024

Plan year	Participants	Net assets	Recordkeeper
2024	954	$53.5 million	not listed
2023	1,088	$56.4 million	not listed
2022	1,101	$53.3 million	not listed
2021	1,669	$118 million	not listed
2020	1,679	$108 million	not listed
2019	1,695	$103 million	not listed
2018	1,980	$91.2 million	not listed
2017	2,012	$102 million	not listed
2016	3,593	$124 million	not listed
2015	4,142	$128 million	United Form Finishing
2014	4,262	$132 million	not listed
2013	6,165	$170 million	United Form Finishing
2012	6,298	$140 million	United Form Finishing
2011	6,611	$116 million	United Form Finishing
2010	6,904	$118 million	not listed
2009	7,449	$101 million	not listed

If you had money in one of these plans

Call Empower (empower.com), which runs the The Talbots Retirement Savings 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 ((781) 749-7600). That number was filed for 2024; ask for the benefits or retirement plan office.
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 2 plans

The Talbots Retirement Savings 401(k) Plan

The Talbots, Inc. Pension Plan

If you had money in one of these plans

What these numbers are

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