Question: Analyzing and Interpreting Pension Disclosures E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.s 10-K report has the following disclosures related to its retirement plans ($
Analyzing and Interpreting Pension Disclosures E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co.’s 10-K report has the following disclosures related to its retirement plans ($ millions).
Obligations and Funded Status December 31, 2015 ($ millions)
Change in benefit obligation Benefit obligation at beginning of year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $29,669 Service cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Interest cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,084 Plan participants’ contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Actuarial (gain) loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1,404)
Benefits paid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1,761)
Effect of foreign exchange rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (456)
Net effects of acquisitions/divestitures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (52)
Spin-off of Chemours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1,237)
Benefit obligation at end of year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $26,094 Change in plan assets Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20,446 Actual gain on plan assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Employer contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308 Plan participants’ contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Benefits paid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1,761)
Effect of foreign exchange rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (330)
Net effects of acquisitions/divestitures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (47)
Spin-off of Chemours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1,226)
Fair value of plan assets at end of year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $17,497 Funded status U.S. plan with plan assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (6,662)
Non-U.S. plans with plan assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (748)
All other plans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1,187)
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (8,597)
Amounts recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets consist of:
Other assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 11 Other accrued liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (130)
Other liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (8,478)
Net amount recognized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (8,597)
Components of net periodic benefit cost and amounts recognized in other comprehensive income December 31, 2015 ($ millions)
Net periodic benefit cost Service cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 232 Interest cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,084 Expected return on plan assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1,554)
Amortization of loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768 Amortization of prior service (benefit) cost. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (9)
Curtailment (gain) loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6)
Settlement loss. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Net periodic benefit cost—Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591 Less: Discontinued operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5)
Net periodic benefit cost—Continuing operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 596 Components of net periodic benefit cost and amounts recognized in other comprehensive income December 31, 2015 ($ millions)
Changes in plan assets and benefit obligations recognized in other comprehensive income Net loss (gain). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 57 Amortization of loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (768)
Prior service benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . —
Amortization of prior service benefit (cost). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Curtailment gain (loss) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Settlement loss. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (76)
Effect of foreign exchange rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (119)
Spin-off of Chemours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (382)
Total (benefit) loss recognized in other comprehensive income, attributable to DuPont. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (1,273)
Total recognized in net periodic benefit cost and other comprehensive income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ (682)
Weighted-average assumptions used to determine net periodic benefit cost for years ended December 31, 2015 Discount rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.93%
Expected return on plan assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.10%
Rate of compensation increase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.01%
The following benefit payments, which reflect future service, as appropriate, are expected to be paid:
$ millions Pension Benefits 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,652 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,582 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,585 2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,593 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,600 Years 2021–2025 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,992 Required
a. How much pension expense (revenue) does DuPont report in its 2015 income statement?
b. DuPont reports a $1,554 million expected return on pension plan assets as an offset to 2015 pension expense. Approximately, how is this amount computed (estimate from the numbers reported)? What is DuPont’s actual gain or loss realized on its 2015 pension plan assets? What is the purpose of using this expected return instead of the actual gain or loss (return)?
c. What main factors (and dollar amounts) affected DuPont’s pension liability during 2015? What main factors (and dollar amounts) affected its pension plan assets during 2015?
d. What does the term funded status mean? What is the funded status of the 2015 DuPont pension plans?
e. DuPont decreased its discount rate from 4.55% to 3.93% in 2015. What effect(s) does this decrease have on its balance sheet and its income statement?
f. How did DuPont’s pension plan affect the company’s cash flow in 2015? (Identify any inflows and outflows, including amounts.)
g. Explain how the returns on pension assets affect the amount of cash that DuPont must contribute to fund the pension plan.
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