Weyerhauser Transfers Obligations for 28,500 Retirees to Athene

On January 23, 2019, Weyerhaeuser  announced that it had entered into an agreement with Athene Annuity and Life Company to purchase a group annuity contract that will transfer Weyerhaeuser’s pension benefit obligations for approximately 28,500 Weyerhaeuser retirees to Athene. This pension de-risking transfer will reduce Weyerhaeuser’s pension plan benefit obligations by approximately $1.5 billion.  In anticipation of this pension de-risking transfer, Weyerhaeuser contributed an additional $300 Million to its pension plan last year.  Click here for our earlier post on Weyerheauser’s pension de-risking plans.