v2.4.0.8
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost
The net periodic benefit cost for pension and other postretirement benefit plans consisted of the following components:
 
Pension Benefits
 
Other Postretirement Benefits
Years Ended December 31
2013
 
2012
 
2011
 
2013
 
2012
 
2011
Service cost
$
682

 
$
555

 
$
619

 
$
102

 
$
82

 
$
110

Interest cost
665

 
661

 
718

 
107

 
121

 
141

Expected return on plan assets
(1,097
)
 
(970
)
 
(972
)
 
(126
)
 
(136
)
 
(142
)
Net amortization
336

 
185

 
201

 
(50
)
 
(35
)
 
(17
)
Termination benefits
58

 
27

 
59

 
50

 
18

 
29

Curtailments
(23
)
 
(10
)
 
(86
)
 
(11
)
 
(7
)
 
1

Settlements
23

 
18

 
4

 

 

 

Net periodic benefit cost
$
644

 
$
466

 
$
543

 
$
72

 
$
43

 
$
122

Obligation and Funded Status
Summarized information about the changes in plan assets and benefit obligation, the funded status and the amounts recorded at December 31 is as follows:
 
Pension Benefits
 
Other
Postretirement
Benefits
  
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
Fair value of plan assets January 1
$
15,349

 
$
12,481

 
$
1,760

 
$
1,628

Actual return on plan assets
2,524

 
1,739

 
199

 
200

Company contributions
645

 
1,853

 
73

 
48

Effects of exchange rate changes
(84
)
 
3

 

 

Benefits paid
(780
)
 
(673
)
 
(119
)
 
(115
)
Settlements
(236
)
 
(75
)
 

 

Other
17

 
21

 

 
(1
)
Fair value of plan assets December 31
$
17,435

 
$
15,349

 
$
1,913

 
$
1,760

Benefit obligation January 1
17,646

 
14,416

 
2,650

 
2,529

Service cost
682

 
555

 
102

 
82

Interest cost
665

 
661

 
107

 
121

Actuarial (gains) losses
(1,689
)
 
2,660

 
(428
)
 
88

Benefits paid
(780
)
 
(673
)
 
(119
)
 
(115
)
Effects of exchange rate changes
(21
)
 
67

 
(5
)
 

Plan amendments
(225
)
 
2

 
(38
)
 
(86
)
Curtailments
(61
)
 
(17
)
 

 
1

Termination benefits
58

 
27

 
50

 
18

Settlements
(236
)
 
(75
)
 

 

Other
16

 
23

 
10

 
12

Benefit obligation December 31
$
16,055

 
$
17,646

 
$
2,329

 
$
2,650

Funded status December 31
$
1,380

 
$
(2,297
)
 
$
(416
)
 
$
(890
)
Recognized as:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other assets
$
2,811

 
$
355

 
$

 
$
506

Accrued and other current liabilities
(53
)
 
(50
)
 
(8
)
 
(9
)
Other noncurrent liabilities
(1,378
)
 
(2,602
)
 
(408
)
 
(1,387
)
Summary of Changes in Fair Value of Company's Level 3 Pension Plan Assets
The table below provides a summary of the changes in fair value, including transfers in and/or out, of all financial assets measured at fair value using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the Company’s pension plan assets:
 
2013
 
2012
  
Insurance
Contracts
 
Real
Estate
 
Other
 
Total
 
Insurance
Contracts
 
Real
Estate
 
Other
 
Total
Balance January 1
$
496

 
$
141

 
$
55

 
$
692

 
$
428

 
$
144

 
$
65

 
$
637

Actual return on plan assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Relating to assets still held at December 31
30

 

 
1

 
31

 
35

 
20

 
(2
)
 
53

Relating to assets sold during the year
1

 
(1
)
 
3

 
3

 
1

 
(12
)
 
5

 
(6
)
Purchases
18

 

 
3

 
21

 
21

 

 
4

 
25

Sales
(2
)
 

 
(29
)
 
(31
)
 
(11
)
 
(1
)
 
(14
)
 
(26
)
Transfers (out of) into Level 3
(3
)
 
(91
)
 

 
(94
)
 
22

 
(10
)
 
(3
)
 
9

Balance December 31
$
540

 
$
49

 
$
33

 
$
622

 
$
496

 
$
141

 
$
55

 
$
692

Summary of Expected Benefit Payments
Expected benefit payments are as follows:
 
Pension
Benefits
 
Other
Postretirement
Benefits
2014
$
651

 
$
119

2015
663

 
129

2016
675

 
134

2017
699

 
139

2018
739

 
145

2019 — 2023
4,440

 
811

Components of Other Comprehensive Income
The following amounts were reflected as components of OCI:
 
Pension Plans
 
Other Postretirement
Benefit Plans
Years Ended December 31
2013
 
2012
 
2011
 
2013
 
2012
 
2011
Net gain (loss) arising during the period
$
3,189

 
$
(1,907
)
 
$
(1,628
)
 
$
499

 
$
(24
)
 
$
106

Prior service credit (cost) arising during the period
203

 
(13
)
 
783

 
26

 
78

 
133

 
$
3,392

 
$
(1,920
)
 
$
(845
)
 
$
525

 
$
54

 
$
239

Net loss amortization included in benefit cost
$
407

 
$
256

 
$
196

 
$
23

 
$
31

 
$
38

Prior service (credit) cost amortization included in benefit cost
(71
)
 
(71
)
 
5

 
(73
)
 
(66
)
 
(55
)
 
$
336

 
$
185

 
$
201

 
$
(50
)
 
$
(35
)
 
$
(17
)
Summary of Weighted Average Assumptions Used in Determining Pension Plan and U.S. Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plan Information
The Company reassesses its benefit plan assumptions on a regular basis. The weighted average assumptions used in determining pension plan and U.S. pension and other postretirement benefit plan information are as follows:
 
Pension Plans
 
U.S. Pension and Other
Postretirement Benefit Plans
December 31
2013

 
2012

 
2011

 
2013

 
2012

 
2011

Net periodic benefit cost
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Discount rate
3.90
%
 
4.70
%
 
5.20
%
 
4.10
%
 
4.80
%
 
5.40
%
Expected rate of return on plan assets
7.50
%
 
7.50
%
 
7.50
%
 
8.50
%
 
8.70
%
 
8.70
%
Salary growth rate
4.20
%
 
4.00
%
 
4.20
%
 
4.50
%
 
4.50
%
 
4.50
%
Benefit obligation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Discount rate
4.50
%
 
3.90
%
 
4.70
%
 
5.10
%
 
4.10
%
 
4.80
%
Salary growth rate
4.00
%
 
4.20
%
 
4.00
%
 
4.50
%
 
4.50
%
 
4.50
%
Summary of Health Care Cost Trend Rate Assumptions for Other Postretirement Benefit Plans
The health care cost trend rate assumptions for other postretirement benefit plans are as follows:
December 31
2013
 
2012
Health care cost trend rate assumed for next year
7.1
%
 
7.5
%
Rate to which the cost trend rate is assumed to decline
4.6
%
 
5.0
%
Year that the trend rate reaches the ultimate trend rate
2027

 
2018

One Percentage Point Change in Health Care Cost Trend Rate
A one percentage point change in the health care cost trend rate would have had the following effects:
 
One Percentage Point
  
Increase
 
Decrease
Effect on total service and interest cost components
$
38

 
$
(30
)
Effect on benefit obligation
316

 
(262
)
Pension Plans, Defined Benefit [Member]
 
Fair Values of Pension Plan and Other Postretirement Benefit Plan Assets
The fair values of the Company’s pension plan assets at December 31 by asset category are as follows:
 
Fair Value Measurements Using
 
Fair Value Measurements Using
  
Quoted Prices
In Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
 
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 
Total
 
Quoted Prices
In Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
 
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 
Total
  
2013
 
  
 
2012
 
  
Assets
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
Cash and cash equivalents
$
88

 
$
247

 
$

 
$
335

 
$
142

 
$
587

 
$

 
$
729

Investment funds
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Developed markets equities
808

 
7,643

 

 
8,451

 
683

 
5,986

 

 
6,669

Emerging markets equities
163

 
1,036

 

 
1,199

 
121

 
771

 

 
892

Government and agency obligations
293

 
1,180

 

 
1,473

 
279

 
720

 

 
999

Corporate obligations
188

 
77

 

 
265

 
166

 
94

 

 
260

Fixed income obligations
17

 
145

 

 
162

 
14

 
206

 

 
220

Real estate (1)
4

 
57

 
49

 
110

 
4

 
14

 
141

 
159

Equity securities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Developed markets
2,546

 

 

 
2,546

 
2,277

 

 

 
2,277

Fixed income securities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Government and agency obligations
2

 
1,096

 

 
1,098

 
2

 
1,052

 

 
1,054

Corporate obligations

 
741

 

 
741

 

 
1,008

 

 
1,008

Mortgage and asset-backed securities

 
299

 

 
299

 

 
269

 

 
269

Other investments
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Insurance contracts (2)

 
128

 
540

 
668

 

 
117

 
496

 
613

Derivatives
1

 

 

 
1

 

 
162

 

 
162

Other

 
54

 
33

 
87

 

 
53

 
55

 
108

Liabilities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Derivatives
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
70

 
$

 
$
70

 
$
4,110

 
$
12,703


$
622


$
17,435


$
3,688


$
10,969


$
692


$
15,349

(1) 
The plans’ Level 3 investments in real estate funds are generally valued by market appraisals of the underlying investments in the funds.
(2) 
The plans’ Level 3 investments in insurance contracts are generally valued using a crediting rate that approximates market returns and invest in underlying securities whose market values are unobservable and determined using pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies, or similar techniques.
Other Postretirement Benefit Plans, Defined Benefit [Member]
 
Fair Values of Pension Plan and Other Postretirement Benefit Plan Assets
The fair values of the Company’s other postretirement benefit plan assets at December 31 by asset category are as follows:
 
Fair Value Measurements Using
 
Fair Value Measurements Using
  
Quoted Prices
In Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
 
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 
Total
 
Quoted Prices
In Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
 
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 
Total
  
2013
 
  
 
2012
 
  
Assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
47

 
$
20

 
$

 
$
67

 
$
27

 
$
48

 
$

 
$
75

Investment funds
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Developed markets equities
54

 
667

 

 
721

 
37

 
501

 

 
538

Emerging markets equities
36

 
95

 

 
131

 
37

 
75

 

 
112

Fixed income obligations
3

 
14

 

 
17

 
3

 
23

 

 
26

Equity securities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Developed markets
199

 

 

 
199

 
139

 

 

 
139

Fixed income securities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Government and agency obligations

 
257

 

 
257

 

 
298

 

 
298

Corporate obligations

 
281

 

 
281

 

 
310

 

 
310

Mortgage and asset-backed securities

 
219

 

 
219

 

 
238

 

 
238

Other fixed income obligations

 
21

 

 
21

 

 
24

 

 
24

 
$
339

 
$
1,574

 
$

 
$
1,913

 
$
243

 
$
1,517

 
$

 
$
1,760