Burger King 2012 Annual Report Download - page 105

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Singapore and Mexico. None of the foreign jurisdictions should be individually material. Our federal income tax returns for fiscal years 2009, 2010, the period
July 1, 2010 through October 18, 2010 and the period October 19, 2010 through December 31, 2010 are currently under audit by the Internal Revenue Service.
In addition, we have various state and foreign income tax returns in the process of examination. From time to time, these audits result in proposed assessments
where the ultimate resolution may result in owing additional taxes. We believe that our tax positions comply with applicable tax law and that it has adequately
provided for these matters.
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We sponsor noncontributory defined benefit pension plans for our employees in the United States (the “U.S. Pension Plans”) and certain employees in
the United Kingdom, Germany and Switzerland (the “International Pension Plans”). Effective December 31, 2005, all benefits accrued under the U.S. Pension
Plans were frozen at the benefit level attained as of that date.
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Our postretirement medical plan (the “U.S. Retiree Medical Plan”) provides medical, dental and life insurance benefits to U.S. salaried retirees hired
prior to June 30, 2001 and who were age 40 or older as of June 30, 2001, and their eligible dependents. The amount of retirement health care coverage an
employee will receive depends upon the length of credited service. In 2011, the credited service for this plan was frozen for all participants. Beginning
January 1, 2012, the annual employer-provided subsidy is $160 (pre-age 65) and $80 (post-age 65) per year of credited service for anyone not already
receiving benefits prior to this date. In 2011, we recognized a reduction to the retiree medical plan liability as a result of a negative plan amendment of $7.1
million, with an offset to accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI).
During 2012, we eliminated the option to delay enrollment for the U.S. Retiree Medical Plan and participants were required to make a one-time election to
participate in the plan. This change was accounted for as a negative plan amendment and resulted in a reduction to the U.S. Retiree Medical Plan liability of
$11.1 million. This reduction is being amortized as a reduction to net periodic benefit costs over 6 years, the average remaining years until expected retirement.
This negative plan amendment resulted in net periodic benefit cost reductions of approximately $1.5 million in 2012 and will result in net periodic benefit
costs reductions of approximately $1.8 million every year thereafter during the amortization period. The plan was re-measured using a discount rate of 4.4% at
the time of the plan amendment.
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Source: Burger King Worldwide, Inc., 10-K, February 22, 2013 Powered by Morningstar® Document Research℠
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