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2323301 - Disclosure - Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits (Tables)
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Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]Period [Axis]
2016-01-01 - 2016-12-31
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]
 
Change in Benefit Obligation
The following tables provide a reconciliation of the changes in the plans’ benefit obligations and fair value of assets as well as a statement of the funded status and balance sheet reporting for these plans.
 
 
Pension Benefits
 
Other Benefits
Years Ended December 31,
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
 
 
 
(In thousands)
 
 
Change in benefit obligation:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Benefit obligation, beginning of year
$
(275,205
)
 
$
(300,339
)
 
$
(32,313
)
 
$
(39,169
)
Service cost
(4,981
)
 
(5,505
)
 
(46
)
 
(52
)
Interest cost
(8,909
)
 
(9,116
)
 
(1,259
)
 
(1,301
)
Participant contributions
(106
)
 
(109
)
 
(7
)
 
(5
)
Actuarial gain (loss)
(16,250
)
 
12,108

 
578

 
1,720

Settlements
29,256

 
1,579

 

 

Curtailments
227

 
128

 

 

Foreign currency exchange rate changes
10,723

 
12,132

 
(580
)
 
4,691

Benefits paid
8,764

 
13,917

 
1,589

 
1,803

Benefit obligation, end of year
$
(256,481
)
 
$
(275,205
)
 
$
(32,038
)
 
$
(32,313
)
 
 
Change in Plan Assets
 
Pension Benefits
 
Other Benefits
Years Ended December 31,
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
 
 
 
(In thousands)
 
 
Change in plan assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fair value of plan assets, beginning of year
$
204,372

 
$
216,754

 
$

 
$

Actual return on plan assets
18,832

 
2,569

 

 

Employer contributions
5,698

 
5,706

 
1,582

 
1,798

Plan participant contributions
106

 
109

 
7

 
5

Settlements
(28,841
)
 
(1,579
)
 

 

Foreign currency exchange rate changes
(9,033
)
 
(5,270
)
 

 

Benefits paid
(8,764
)
 
(13,917
)
 
(1,589
)
 
(1,803
)
Fair value of plan assets, end of year
$
182,370

 
$
204,372

 
$

 
$

 
 
Amounts Recognized in Balance Sheets
Funded status, end of year
$
(74,111
)
 
$
(70,833
)
 
$
(32,038
)
 
$
(32,313
)
Amounts recognized in the balance sheets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Prepaid benefit cost
$
3,148

 
$
7,219

 
$

 
$

Accrued benefit liability (current)
(3,022
)
 
(3,173
)
 
(1,778
)
 
(1,962
)
Liabilities held for sale
(447
)
 

 

 

Accrued benefit liability (noncurrent)
(73,790
)
 
(74,879
)
 
(30,260
)
 
(30,351
)
Net funded status
$
(74,111
)
 
$
(70,833
)
 
$
(32,038
)
 
$
(32,313
)
 
 
Components of Net Periodic Benefit Costs
The following table provides the components of net periodic benefit costs for the plans.
 
 
Pension Benefits
 
Other Benefits
Years Ended December 31,
2016
 
2015
 
2014
 
2016
 
2015
 
2014
 
 
 
 
 
(In thousands)
 
 
 
 
Components of net periodic benefit cost:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
$
4,981

 
$
5,505

 
$
5,453

 
$
46

 
$
52

 
$
49

Interest cost
8,909

 
9,116

 
10,757

 
1,259

 
1,301

 
1,647

Expected return on plan assets
(12,013
)
 
(12,518
)
 
(12,468
)
 

 

 

Amortization of prior service credit
(42
)
 
(44
)
 
(48
)
 
(42
)
 
(87
)
 
(100
)
Curtailment gain
(227
)
 
(128
)
 
(359
)
 

 

 

Settlement loss
7,630

 
128

 

 

 

 

Net loss recognition
2,670

 
5,082

 
4,154

 
86

 
328

 
315

Net periodic benefit cost
$
11,908

 
$
7,141

 
$
7,489

 
$
1,349

 
$
1,594

 
$
1,911

 
 
Assumptions Used in Determining Benefit Obligations and Net Periodic Benefit Cost Amounts
The following table presents the assumptions used in determining the benefit obligations and the net periodic benefit cost amounts.
 
 
Pension Benefits
 
Other Benefits
Years Ended December 31,
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
Weighted average assumptions for benefit obligations at year end:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Discount rate
3.0
%
 
3.6
%
 
3.7
%
 
4.0
%
Salary increase
3.3
%
 
3.5
%
 
N/A

 
N/A

Weighted average assumptions for net periodic cost for the year:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Discount rate
3.6
%
 
3.2
%
 
4.0
%
 
3.7
%
Salary increase
3.5
%
 
3.5
%
 
N/A

 
N/A

Expected return on assets
6.2
%
 
6.7
%
 
N/A

 
N/A

Assumed health care cost trend rates:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Health care cost trend rate assumed for next year
N/A

 
N/A

 
6.2
%
 
5.5
%
Rate that the cost trend rate gradually declines to
N/A

 
N/A

 
5.0
%
 
5.0
%
Year that the rate reaches the rate it is assumed to remain at
N/A

 
N/A

 
2023

 
2022

 
 
Effect of One Percentage - Point Change in Assumed Health Care Cost Trend Rates
A one percentage-point change in the assumed health care cost trend rates would have the following effects on 2016 expense and year-end liabilities.
 
 
1% Increase
 
1% Decrease
 
(In thousands)
Effect on total of service and interest cost components
$
133

 
$
(109
)
Effect on postretirement benefit obligation
3,203

 
(2,640
)
 
 
Fair Values of Pension Plan Assets by Asset Category
The following table presents the fair values of the pension plan assets by asset category.
 
 
December 31, 2016
 
December 31, 2015
 
Fair Market Value at December 31, 2016
 
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical
Assets
(Level 1)
 
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 
Fair Market Value at December 31, 2015
 
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical
Assets
(Level 1)
 
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 
(In thousands)
 
(In thousands)
Asset Category:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Equity securities(a)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Large-cap fund
$
65,495

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$
77,618

 
$
3,266

 
$

 
$

Mid-cap fund
11,419

 

 

 

 
14,427

 
957

 

 

Small-cap fund
17,184

 

 

 

 
19,260

 
461

 

 

Debt securities(b)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Government bond fund
26,151

 

 

 

 
26,827

 
1,387

 

 

Corporate bond fund
20,971

 

 

 

 
24,975

 
3,194

 

 

Fixed income fund(c)
40,958

 

 
40,958

 

 
40,989

 

 
40,989

 

Cash & equivalents
192

 
192

 

 

 
276

 
276

 

 

Total
$
182,370

 
$
192

 
$
40,958

 
$

 
$
204,372

 
$
9,541

 
$
40,989

 
$

 
(a)
This category includes investments in actively managed and indexed investment funds that invest in a diversified pool of equity securities of companies located in the U.S., Canada, Western Europe and other developed countries throughout the world. The Level 1 funds are valued at fair market value obtained from quoted market prices in active markets. The remaining funds are valued using the net asset value method in which an average of the market prices for the underlying investments is used to value the fund.
(b)
This category includes investments in investment funds that invest in U.S. treasuries; other national, state and local government bonds; and corporate bonds of highly rated companies from diversified industries. The Level 1 funds are valued at fair market value obtained from quoted market prices in active markets. The remaining funds are valued using the net asset value method in which an average of the market prices for the underlying investments is used to value the fund.
(c)
This category includes guaranteed insurance contracts.
 
 
Benefits Expected to be Paid in Subsequent Years from Our Pension and Other Postretirement as Well as Medicare Subsidy Receipts
The following table reflects the benefits as of December 31, 2016 expected to be paid in each of the next five years and in the aggregate for the five years thereafter from our pension and other postretirement plans. Because our other postretirement plans are unfunded, the anticipated benefits with respect to these plans will come from our own assets. Because our pension plans are primarily funded plans, the anticipated benefits with respect to these plans will come primarily from the trusts established for these plans.
 
 
Pension
Plans
 
Other
Plans
 
(In thousands)
2017
$
15,785

 
$
1,811

2018
16,119

 
1,763

2019
16,873

 
1,706

2020
17,145

 
1,672

2021
16,176

 
1,636

2022-2026
79,935

 
8,016

Total
$
162,033

 
$
16,604

 
 
Summary of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss, Changes in these Amounts and Expected Amortization of these Amounts as Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost
The pre-tax amounts in accumulated other comprehensive loss that have not yet been recognized as components of net periodic benefit cost at December 31, 2016, the changes in these amounts during the year ended December 31, 2016, and the expected amortization of these amounts as components of net periodic benefit cost for the year ended December 31, 2016, are as follows.
 
 
Pension
Benefits
 
Other
Benefits
 
(In thousands)
Components of accumulated other comprehensive loss:
 
 
 
Net actuarial loss
$
49,260

 
$
1,842

Net prior service credit
(44
)
 

 
$
49,216

 
$
1,842


 
Pension
Benefits
 
Other
Benefits
 
(In thousands)
Changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss:
 
 
 
Net actuarial loss, beginning of year
$
51,720

 
$
2,515

Amortization of actuarial loss
(2,670
)
 
(86
)
Actuarial loss (gain)
16,023

 
(578
)
Asset gain
(7,196
)
 

Curtailment gain recognized
227

 

Settlement loss recognized
(7,630
)
 

Currency impact
(1,214
)
 
(9
)
Net actuarial loss, end of year
$
49,260

 
$
1,842

Prior service credit, beginning of year
$
(81
)
 
$
(40
)
Amortization credit
42

 
42

Currency impact
(5
)
 
(2
)
Prior service credit, end of year
$
(44
)
 
$

 
Pension
Benefits
 
Other
Benefits
 
(In thousands)
Expected 2017 amortization:
 
 
 
Amortization of prior service credit
$
(43
)
 
$

Amortization of actuarial loss
2,568

 
69

 
$
2,525

 
$
69