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HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)
(Dollars in millions, except per share amounts)
Pension Benefits Other Postretirement
Benefits
2006 2005 2004 2006 2005 2004
Actuarial assumptions used to determine benefit obligations as of
December 31:
Discount rate 6.00% 5.75% 5.875% 5.70% 5.50% 5.50%
Expected annual rate of compensation increase 4.00% 4.00% 4.00% — — —
Actuarial assumptions used to determine net periodic benefit cost for
years ended December 31:
Discount rate 5.75% 5.875% 6.00% 5.50% 5.50% 6.00%
Expected rate of return on plan assets 9.00% 9.00% 9.00% — — —
Expected annual rate of compensation increase 4.00% 4.00% 4.00% — — —
To select a discount rate for our retirement benefit plans, we use a modeling process that involves matching the expected cash
outflows of our benefit plans to a yield curve constructed from a portfolio of double A rated fixed-income debt instruments. We use
the average yield of this hypothetical portfolio as a discount rate benchmark. The discount rate used to determine the other
postretirement benefit obligation is lower due to a shorter expected duration of other postretirement plan obligations as compared to
pension plan obligations.
Our expected rate of return on plan assets of 9 percent is a long-term rate based on historic plan asset returns over varying long-
term periods combined with current market conditions and broad asset mix considerations. The expected rate of return is a long-term
assumption and generally does not change annually. For our U.S. pension plans, we use the market-related value of plan assets
reflecting changes in the fair value of plan assets over a three-year period.
For our U.S. benefit plans, actuarial losses in excess of 10 percent of the greater of the market-related value of plan assets or the
plans projected benefit obligation are amortized over a six-year period.
Mortality assumptions for our U.S. benefit plans were updated as of December 31, 2005 using the RP2000 Mortality table for all
participants.
Pension Benefits
Pension plans with accumulated benefit obligations exceeding the fair value of plan assets were as follows:
December 31,
2006 2005
Projected benefit obligation $2,055 $2,746
Accumulated benefit obligation 1,875 2,541
Fair value of plan assets 1,321 1,511
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