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The analysis of the comPlan’s pension assets by investment categories and investment strategy<br />

is as follows:<br />

Category Investment strategy 31.12.2010 31.12.2009<br />

Third-party debt instruments 56.0% 53.3% 58.4%<br />

Equity instruments 26.0% 27.5% 25.5%<br />

Real estate 8.0% 8.5% 6.9%<br />

Cash and cash equivalents and other investments 10.0% 10.7% 9.2%<br />

Total plan assets 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%<br />

Swisscom expects to make payments to pension funds for ordinary employee contributions in<br />

2011 totalling CHF 216 million.<br />

Actuarial assumptions<br />

2010 2009<br />

Funded Non-funded Funded Non-funded<br />

Assumptions pension plans pension plans pension plans pension plans<br />

Discount rate at December 31 2.74% 2.87% 3.46% 3.56%<br />

Rate of increase in compensation levels 2.24% – 2.24% –<br />

Long-term rate of return on plan assets 3.96% – 3.98% –<br />

Pension increases 0.10% 0.10% 0.10% 0.10%<br />

Life expectancy at age of 65 – men (number of years) 19.65 19.65 18.71 18.71<br />

Life expectancy at age of 65 – women (number of years) 22.81 22.81 21.72 21.72<br />

Additional disclosures on the defined benefit obligations and plan assets<br />

The table below presents the carrying amounts of the recorded defined benefit obligations and<br />

plan assets as well as experience adjustments made during the current year and the past four<br />

years:<br />

In CHF million 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006<br />

Defined benefit obligations (8,414) (7,640) (7,110) (7,715) (8,342)<br />

Plan assets 7,254 6,810 6,065 6,863 6,745<br />

Underfunding (1,160) (830) (1,045) (852) (1,597)<br />

Experience adjustments on<br />

defined benefit obligations<br />

Experience adjustments on<br />

58 24 (7) (9) 15<br />

plan assets (23) 378 (1,200) (272) 72<br />

Consolidated financial statements 166 | 167<br />

Notes to the consolidated financial statements

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