Proctor and Gamble 2009 Annual Report Download - page 68

66 The Procter & Gamble Company Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Amounts in millions of dollars except per share amounts or as otherwise specified.
Plan Assets. Our target asset allocation for the year ended June30,
2009, and actual asset allocation by asset category as of June30, 2009
and 2008, were as follows:
Target Asset Allocation
Asset Category
Pension
Benefits
Other
Retiree
Benefits
Equity securities(1) 45% 93%
Debt securities 55% 7%
TOTAL 100% 100%
Asset Allocation at June 30
Pension Benefits Other Retiree Benefits
Asset Category 2009 2008 2009 2008
Equity securities(1) 42% 45% 93% 96%
Debt securities 51% 50% 7% 4%
Cash 6% 3%
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Real estate 1% 2% ——
TOTAL 100% 100% 100% 100%
(1) Equity securities for other retiree plan assets include Company stock, net of Series B ESOP
debt, of $2,084 and $2,809 as of June 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
Our investment objective for defined benefit retirement plan assets is
to meet the plans’ benefit obligations, while minimizing the potential
for future required Company plan contributions. The investment
strategies focus on asset class diversification, liquidity to meet benefit
payments and an appropriate balance of long-term investment return
and risk. Target ranges for asset allocations are determined by match-
ing the actuarial projections of the plans’ future liabilities and benefit
payments with expected long-term rates of return on the assets,
taking into account investment return volatility and correlations across
asset classes. Plan assets are diversified across several investment
managers and are generally invested in liquid funds that are selected
to track broad market equity and bond indices. Investment risk is
carefully controlled with plan assets rebalanced to target allocations
on a periodic basis and continual monitoring of investment managers’
performance relative to the investment guidelines established with
each investment manager.
Cash Flows. Management’s best estimate of cash requirements for
the defined benefit retirement plans and other retiree benefit plans
for the year ending June30, 2010, is approximately $616 and $24,
respectively. For the defined benefit retirement plans, this is comprised
of $178 in expected benefit payments from the Company directly to
participants of unfunded plans and $438 of expected contributions
to funded plans. For other retiree benefit plans, this is comprised of
expected contributions that will be used directly for benefit payments.
Expected contributions are dependent on many variables, including
the variability of the market value of the plan assets as compared
to the benefit obligation and other market or regulatory conditions.
In addition, we take into consideration our business investment
opportunities and resulting cash requirements. Accordingly, actual
funding may differ significantly from current estimates.
Total benefit payments expected to be paid to participants, which
include payments funded from the Company’s assets, as discussed
above, as well as payments from the plans, are as follows:
Years ending June 30
Pension
Benefits
Other Retiree
Benefits
EXPECTED BENEFIT PAYMENTS
2010 $499 $184
2011 496 201
2012 507 217
2013 525 232
2014 552 247
2015–2019 3,096 1,453
Employee Stock Ownership Plan
We maintain the ESOP to provide funding for certain employee
benefits discussed in the preceding paragraphs.
The ESOP borrowed $1.0billion in 1989 and the proceeds were used
to purchase Series A ESOP Convertible Class A Preferred Stock to fund
a portion of the U.S. DC plan. Principal and interest requirements of
the borrowing were paid by the Trust from dividends on the preferred
shares and from advances provided by the Company. The original
borrowing of $1.0billion has been repaid in full, and advances from
the Company of $178 remain outstanding at June30,2009. Each
share is convertible at the option of the holder into one share of the
Company’s common stock. The dividend for the current year was equal
to the common stock dividend of $1.64 per share. The liquidation
value is $6.82 per share.
In 1991, the ESOP borrowed an additional $1.0billion. The proceeds
were used to purchase Series B ESOP Convertible Class A Preferred
Stock to fund a portion of retiree health care benefits. These shares,
net of the ESOP’s debt, are considered plan assets of the Other Retiree
Benefits plan discussed above. Debt service requirements are funded by
preferred stock dividends, cash contributions and advances provided
by the Company, of which $266 is outstanding at June30, 2009.
Each share is convertible at the option of the holder into one share
of the Company’s common stock. The dividend for the current year
was equal to the common stock dividend of $1.64 per share. The
liquidation value is $12.96 per share.
Our ESOP accounting practices are consistent with current ESOP
accounting guidance, including the permissible continuation of certain
provisions from prior accounting guidance. ESOP debt, which is
guaranteed by the Company, is recorded as debt (see Note4) with an
offset to the Reserve for ESOP Debt Retirement, which is presented
within Shareholders’ Equity. Advances to the ESOP by the Company
are recorded as an increase in the Reserve for ESOP Debt Retirement.
Interest incurred on the ESOP debt is recorded as interest expense.
Dividends on all preferred shares, net of related tax benefits, are
charged to retained earnings.