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Financial Statements 101
Atkins Railways
Pension Pension
Plan Scheme Other Total
2008 £m £m £m £m
Defined benefit obligation (820.1) (194.7) (7.1) (1,021.9)
Fair value of plan assets 638.5 165.7 4.6 808.8
Retirement benefit liabilities (181.6) (29.0) (2.5) (213.1)
Atkins Railways
Pension Pension
Plan Scheme Other Total
2007 £m £m £m £m
Defined benefit obligation (867.3) (185.3) (5.6) (1,058.2)
Fair value of plan assets 632.3 170.8 5.0 808.1
Retirement benefit liabilities (235.0) (14.5) (0.6) (250.1)
Other includes the Atkins McCarthy defined benefit pension scheme and an unfunded pension obligation in relation to a former
director, for £0.5m (2007: £0.5m).
The major categories of plan assets as a percentage of total plan assets are as follows:
Expected Atkins Railways
asset return Pension Plan Pension Scheme
2008 % % £m % £m
Equities 8.40 55.0 351.2 81.0 134.2
Bonds 6.50 41.0 261.8 9.0 14.9
Property 7.45 4.0 25.5 10.0 16.6
Other/cash 5.00 0.0 – – –
100.0 638.5 100.0 165.7
Expected Atkins Railways
asset return Pension Plan Pension Scheme
2007 % % £m % £m
Equities 7.50 61.3 387.8 80.2 137.0
Bonds 5.00 38.3 241.9 9.8 16.8
Property 6.40 – – 9.7 16.5
Other/cash 4.10 0.4 2.6 0.3 0.5
100.0 632.3 100.0 170.8
The plan assets do not include any of the Group’s own financial instruments or property occupied by the Group.
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WS Atkins plc Annual Report 2008