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Notes to the group annual financial statements<br />

for the year ended September <strong>2012</strong><br />

27. Post-employment benefits – pensions and other benefits continued<br />

US$ million<br />

Defined<br />

benefit<br />

pension plans<br />

<strong>2012</strong> 2011<br />

Other<br />

defined<br />

benefit plans<br />

Defined<br />

benefit<br />

pension plans<br />

Other<br />

defined<br />

benefit plans<br />

Change in present value of defined benefit obligations<br />

Defined benefit obligations at beginning of years 1,827 180 2,069 182<br />

Current service costs 23 3 29 4<br />

Past service costs (credits) 1 – (4) –<br />

Interest costs 100 11 105 11<br />

Plan participants’ contributions 3 – 7 –<br />

Actuarial (gains) losses experience (2) (5) (4) 5<br />

Actuarial losses assumptions 221 14 23 4<br />

Curtailments and settlements – – (233) –<br />

Benefits paid (137) (10) (123) (11)<br />

Translation differences (29) (2) (42) (15)<br />

Defined benefit obligations at end of years 2,007 (1) 191 (2) 1,827 (1) 180 (2)<br />

Present value of wholly unfunded obligations 145 191 134 180<br />

Present value of wholly and partly funded obligations 1,862 – 1,693 –<br />

(1) Defined benefit pension plans<br />

Regional split of obligations<br />

(US$ million)<br />

2,500<br />

(2) Other defined benefit plans<br />

Regional split of obligations<br />

(US$ million)<br />

200<br />

2,000<br />

1,500<br />

2,007<br />

1,827<br />

150<br />

191<br />

180<br />

100<br />

1,000<br />

97<br />

88<br />

94<br />

92<br />

500<br />

955<br />

857<br />

699<br />

613<br />

50<br />

0<br />

353<br />

357<br />

Southern<br />

Africa<br />

• <strong>2012</strong><br />

• 2011<br />

Europe<br />

(including<br />

UK)<br />

North<br />

America<br />

Group<br />

0<br />

Southern<br />

Africa<br />

• <strong>2012</strong><br />

• 2011<br />

North<br />

America<br />

Group<br />

144

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