The Hillshire Brands Company 401(k) Plan

The Hillshire Brands Company, Springdale AR. Employer ID 362089049, plan number 401. Annual reports on file for 2009 to 2016.

Where the money went

Filed 2009-2016The Hillshire Brands Company 401(k) Plan, The Hillshire Brands Company
EndedThe Hillshire Brands Company 401(k) Plan ended. Money was paid out, rolled to an IRA, or sent to a state or the PBGC. The distribution records show which.

The plan ended in plan year 2015. When a plan ends, everyone who still has an account must be fully vested in the employer's contributions (Internal Revenue Code section 411(d)(3)). If you left within about five years before that with employer money not yet vested, it may not have been forfeited yet. It is worth asking. Filing

This is a reason to ask the plan, not a finding. The plan decides, and it may show the drop was routine.

Check your years. We show whether the plan merged or moved money while you were there, and draft the letter to the plan that holds it now.

2011: At least a quarter of the plan's money moved to another plan this year, usually in a merger or company split.
2015: The employer decided to close the plan.
2016: The plan filed its last report: it ended, merged into another plan, or paid everyone out.
2016: The employer decided to close the plan.

"Left, still in the plan" counts people who left the employer but still have a benefit in the plan, as reported by the plan.

Plan year	Participants	Left, still in the plan	Source
2009	32,913	10,263	Filing
2010	24,703	6,009	Filing
2011	22,000	8,185	Filing
2012	19,711	8,527	Filing
2013	19,591	9,052	Filing
2014	18,643	11,114	Filing
2015	15,188	8,780	Filing
2016	0	0	Filing

Source: U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings. Plan-level facts only; no one's balance. Information only, not legal advice.