Summary
Annual Report For 2001
For The
Western Pennsylvania Teamsters And Employers
Pension Plan
This is a summary
of the Annual Report for the Western Pennsylvania Teamsters and Employers
Pension Plan ("Plan") (Employer Identification Number 25-6029946),
for the plan year ending December 31, 2001. The Annual Report has been
filed with the Department of Labor, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration,
as required under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
("ERISA").
Basic Financial Statement
Benefits under the Plan are
provided by a trust (benefits are provided in whole from trust funds).
Plan expenses in plan year
2001 were $88,386,371.
These expenses included $5,626,894
in administrative expenses and $82,759,477 in benefits paid to participants
and beneficiaries. A total of 24,718 persons were participants in or beneficiaries
of the Plan at the end of the plan year, although not all of these persons
had yet earned the right to receive benefits.
The value of the Plan assets,
after subtracting liabilities of the Plan, was $967,444,493 as of December
31, 2001 compared to $1,033,252,342 as of January 1, 2001. During the
plan year the Plan experienced a decrease in net assets of $65,807,849.
This decrease included unrealized appreciation or depreciation in the
value of the Plan assets; that is, the difference between the value of
the Plan's assets at the end of the year and the value of the assets at
the beginning of the year, including the cost of assets acquired during
the year. The Plan had total income of $22,578,522, including employer
contributions of $37,824,857, employee contributions of $15,979, losses
of $19,651,906 from the sale of assets, and earnings from investments
of $3,885,271.
Minimum
Funding Standards
An Actuary's statement
shows that enough money was contributed to the Plan to keep it funded
in accordance with the minimum funding standards of ERISA.
Your
Rights To Additional Information
You have the right to receive
a copy of the complete Annual Report, or any part thereof, on request.
The items below are included in that report:
- An Accountant's report.
- Financial information and
information on payments to service providers.
- Assets held for investment.
- Transactions in excess
of 5 percent of the Plan assets.
- Actuarial information regarding
the funding of the Plan.
To obtain a copy of the complete
Annual Report or any part thereof, write to the Plan's Office at the Western
Pennsylvania Teamsters and Employers Pension Fund, 900 Parish Street, Suite 101, Pittsburgh,
PA 15220, toll free 800-362-4201. The charge to a Plan participant
to cover copying costs will be $10.00 for the complete Annual Report,
or 20 cents per page for any part thereof.
You, as a Plan participant,
also have the right to receive from the Plan, on request and at no charge,
a statement of the assets and liabilities of the Plan and accompanying
notes, or a statement of income and expenses of the Plan and accompanying
notes, or both. If you request a copy of the complete Annual Report from
the Plan, these two statements and accompanying notes will be included
as part of the Annual Report. The charge to cover copying costs stated
above does not include a charge for the copying of these portions of the
Annual Report because these portions are furnished without charge.
You also have the legally protected
right to examine the Annual Report at the office of the Plan, located
at the Western Pennsylvania Teamsters and Employers Pension Fund, 49 Auto
Way, Pittsburgh, PA 15220, and at the U. S. Department of Labor in
Washington, D.C., or to obtain a copy from the U. S. Department of Labor
upon payment of copying costs. Requests to the Department of Labor should
be addressed to: Public Disclosure Room, Room N5638, Pension and Welfare
Benefit Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue,
N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210.
TRUSTEES
OF THE WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA TEAMSTERS AND
EMPLOYERS PENSION FUND
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