Exelis Inc.

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Equity [Abstract]  
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
The following table presents changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax, by component, for the three months ended March 31, 2015:
 
Net Foreign Currency
Translation
Adjustments
Unamortized Defined
Benefit
Plan Costs
 
Accumulated
Other Comprehensive
Loss
Balance at January 1, 2015
$
8

$
(1,887
)
 
$
(1,879
)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications
(9
)
—

 
(9
)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss
—

18

(a)
18

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax
(9
)
18

 
9

Balance at March 31, 2015
$
(1
)
$
(1,869
)
 
$
(1,870
)
(a)
This accumulated other comprehensive loss component primarily relates to the amortization of net actuarial loss. For the three months ended March 31, 2015, the amortization of net actuarial loss was $18 (net of tax of $11), which is included in the computation of net periodic benefit cost (Note 12).
Unamortized defined benefit plan costs consist primarily of net actuarial loss totaling $1,865 and $1,883, net of tax, as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. Net actuarial gains or losses principally arise from gains or losses on plan assets due to variations in the fair market value of the underlying assets and changes in the benefit obligation due to changes in actuarial assumptions.
Unamortized defined benefit plan costs included in accumulated other comprehensive loss in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets were reduced by taxes of $1,221 and $1,232 as of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. The changes in defined benefit plan costs included in other comprehensive income (loss) in the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income were reduced by taxes of $11 and $8 for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.