UPS 2008 Annual Report Download - page 91

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
We incur activity in AOCI for unrealized holding gains and losses on available-for-sale securities, foreign
currency translation adjustments, unrealized gains and losses from derivatives that qualify as hedges of cash
flows, and unrecognized pension and postretirement benefit costs. The activity in AOCI is as follows (in
millions):
2008 2007 2006
Foreign currency translation gain (loss):
Balance at beginning of year ....................................... $ 81 $ (109) $ (163)
Aggregate adjustment for the year ................................... (119) 190 54
Balance at end of year ............................................ (38) 81 (109)
Unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities, net of tax:
Balance at beginning of year ....................................... 9 12 11
Current period changes in fair value (net of tax effect of $(33), $4, and
$(3)) ........................................................ (78) 6 (4)
Reclassification to earnings (net of tax effect of $5, $(5), and $3) .......... 9 (9) 5
Balance at end of year ............................................ (60) 9 12
Unrealized gain (loss) on cash flow hedges, net of tax:
Balance at beginning of year ....................................... (250) 68 83
Current period changes in fair value (net of tax effect of $(33), $(177), and
$(4)) ........................................................ (54) (294) (7)
Reclassification to earnings (net of tax effect of $118, $(14), and $(5)) ...... 197 (24) (8)
Balance at end of year ............................................ (107) (250) 68
Unrecognized pension and postretirement benefit costs, net of tax:
Balance at beginning of year ....................................... (1,853) (2,176) (95)
Reclassification to earnings (net of tax effect of $81, $73, and $0) ......... 133 122 —
Net actuarial gain / loss and prior service cost resulting from remeasurements
of plan assets and liabilities (net of tax effect of $(2,235), $111, and
$11) ......................................................... (3,717) 201 16
FAS 158 transition adjustment (net of tax effect $(1,258) in 2006) ......... — — (2,097)
Balance at end of year ............................................ (5,437) (1,853) (2,176)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) at end of year ............... $(5,642) $(2,013) $(2,205)
As discussed in Note 5, we adopted the recognition and disclosure provisions of FAS 158 on December 31,
2006. The adoption of FAS 158 required us to eliminate the previous minimum pension liability charge to AOCI,
and to record a charge, net of tax, to AOCI representing the unrecognized pension and postretirement benefit
costs as of December 31, 2006.
Deferred Compensation Obligations and Treasury Stock
We maintain a deferred compensation plan whereby certain employees were previously able to elect to defer
the gains on stock option exercises by deferring the shares received upon exercise into a rabbi trust. The shares
held in this trust are classified as treasury stock, and the liability to participating employees is classified as
“deferred compensation obligations” in the shareowners’ equity section of the balance sheet. The number of
shares needed to settle the liability for deferred compensation obligations is included in the denominator in both
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