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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
International Business Machines Corporation and Subsidiary Companies
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The following table presents the pre-tax net loss and prior service costs/(credits) and transition (assets)/liabilities recognized in OCI and the
changes in the pre-tax net loss, prior service costs/(credits) and transition (assets)/liabilities recognized in AOCI for the retirement-related
benefit plans.
($ in millions)
Defined Benefit Pension Plans Nonpension Postretirement Benefit Plans
U.S. Plans Non-U.S. Plans U.S. Plan Non-U.S. Plans
2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012 2013 2012
Net loss at January 1 $19,488 $18,561 $22,188 $18,309 $ 806 $734 $269 $211
Current period loss/(gain) (3,989) 2,258 (814) 4,905 (480) 104 (85) 75
Curtailments and settlements ——32——0—
Amortization of net loss included
in net periodic (income)/cost (1,790) (1,331) (1,600) (1,027) (21) (32)(23) (17)
Net loss at December 31 $13,709 $19,488 $19,777 $22,188 $ 304 $806 $161 $269
Prior service costs/(credits) at January 1 $ 130 $ 139 $ (614) $ (768)$ — $ — $ (6) $ (10)
Current period prior service costs/(credits) ——0—15 —(31) —
Amortization of prior service (costs)/credits
included in net periodic (income)/cost (10) (10)119 154 ——54
Prior service costs/(credits) at December 31 $ 120 $ 130 $ (496) $ (614) $ 15 $ — $ (32) $ (6)
Transition (assets)/liabilities at January 1 $ — $ — $ 0 $ (0) $ — $ — $ 0 $ 0
Amortization of transition assets/(liabilities)
included in net periodic (income)/cost ——00——0(0)
Transition (assets)/liabilities at December 31 $ — $ — $ 0 $ (0) $ — $ — $ 0 $ 0
Total loss recognized in accumulated other
comprehensive income/(loss)*$13,829 $19,618 $19,281 $21,574 $ 319 $806 $129 $263
* See note L, “Equity Activity,” on pages 116 through 118 for the total change in AOCI, and the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income for the components of net periodic
(income)/cost, including the related tax effects, recognized in OCI for the retirement-related benefit plans.
The following table presents the pre-tax estimated net loss, estimated prior service costs/(credits) and estimated transition (assets)/
liabilities of the retirement-related benefit plans that will be amortized from AOCI into net periodic (income)/cost in 2014.
($ in millions)
Defined Benefit
Pension Plans
Nonpension Postretirement
Benefit Plans
U.S. Plans Non-U.S. Plans U.S. Plan Non-U.S. Plans
Net loss $1,076 $1,461 $ — $11
Prior service costs/(credits) 10 (127) (7) (6)
Transition (assets)/liabilities — 0 — 0
During the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, the
company paid $14 million, $22 million and $16 million, respectively,
for mandatory pension insolvency insurance coverage premiums
in certain non-U.S. countries (Germany, Canada and the UK).
During the year ended December 31, 2013, the company
amended the U.S. nonpension postretirement benefit plan. A plan
amendment effective January 1, 2014, which established an HRA
for Medicare eligible participants increased the benefit obligation
$91 million. A plan amendment which ended life insurance eligibility
for employees who retire on or after January 1, 2015 reduced the
benefit obligation $76 million.
On October 12, 2012, the High Court in London issued a ruling
against IBM United Kingdom Limited and IBM United Kingdom
Holdings Limited, both wholly-owned subsidiaries of the company,
in litigation involving one of IBM UK’s defined benefit plans. As a
result of the ruling, the company recorded an additional pre-tax
retirement-related obligation of $162 million in 2012 in selling, general
and administrative expense in the Consolidated Statement of Earn-
ings. See note M, “Contingencies and Commitments,” on page 120
for additional information.
Assumptions Used to Determine Plan Financial Information
Underlying both the measurement of benefit obligations and net
periodic (income)/cost are actuarial valuations. These valuations
use participant-specific information such as salary, age and years
of service, as well as certain assumptions, the most significant of
which include estimates of discount rates, expected return on plan
assets, rate of compensation increases, interest crediting rates and
mortality rates. The company evaluates these assumptions, at a
minimum, annually, and makes changes as necessary.