2010Annual Report - Schneider Electric CZ, s.r.o.
2010Annual Report - Schneider Electric CZ, s.r.o.
2010Annual Report - Schneider Electric CZ, s.r.o.
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21.7 - Tax on equity<br />
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS<br />
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS<br />
Total income tax recorded in Equity amounts to EUR200 million as of December 31, 2010 and can be analysed as follows:<br />
Dec. 31, 2010 Dec. 31, 2009 Change in tax<br />
Cash-fl ow hedges 69 72 (3)<br />
Available-for-sale fi nancial assets (14) (19) 5<br />
Actuarial gains (losses) on defi ned benefi ts 146 145 1<br />
Other (1) (1) -<br />
TOTAL 200 197 3<br />
Note 22 Pensions and other post-employment benefit obligations<br />
The Group has set up various post-employment benefi t plans for<br />
employees covering pensions, termination benefi ts, healthcare, life<br />
insurance and other benefi ts, as well as long-term benefi t plans for<br />
active employees, primarily long service awards and similar benefi ts,<br />
mainly in France.<br />
Actuarial valuations are generally performed each year. The assumptions used vary according to the economic conditions prevailing in the<br />
country concerned, as follows:<br />
Weighted average rate Of which US plans<br />
2010 2009 2010 2009<br />
Discount rate 5.0% 5.2% 5.5% 5.8%<br />
Rate of compensation increases 2.0% 3.1% NA 4.5%<br />
Expected return on plan assets (1) 7.0% 7.1% 8.3% 8.3%<br />
(1) Corresponding to the 2009 and 2010 rates.<br />
The discount rate is determined on the basis of the interest rate<br />
for investment-grade (AA) corporate bonds or, in the event a liquid<br />
market does not exist, government bonds with a maturity that<br />
matches the duration of the benefi t obligation (reference: Bloomberg).<br />
In the United States, the average discount rate is determined on the<br />
basis of a yield curve for investment-grade (AA and AAA) corporate<br />
bonds.<br />
These benchmarks, which are the same as those used in previous<br />
years, comply with IAS 19.<br />
The expected return on plan assets is determined on the basis of the<br />
weighted average expected return of the total asset value.<br />
The discount rate currently stands at 4.33% in the euro zone, 5.5%<br />
in the United States and 5.4% in the United Kingdom.<br />
A 0.5 point increase in the discount rate would reduce pension and<br />
termination benefi t obligations by around EUR130 million and the<br />
service cost by EUR1 million. A 0.5 point decrease would increase<br />
pension and termination benefi t obligations by EUR146 million and<br />
the service cost by EUR1 million.<br />
The post-employment healthcare obligation mainly concerns the<br />
United States. A one point increase in the healthcare costs rate<br />
would increase the post-employment healthcare obligation by<br />
EUR45 million and the sum of the service cost and interest cost<br />
by EUR3 million. A one point decrease in healthcare costs rate<br />
would decrease the post-employment healthcare obligation by<br />
EUR38 million and the sum of the service cost and interest cost by<br />
EUR2 million.<br />
In 2010, the rate of healthcare cost increases in the United States is<br />
based on a decreasing trend from 9% in 2011 to 5% in 2015. This<br />
compares with the previous year’s forecast of 9% in 2010 to 5% in<br />
2014. The rate in France was estimated at 4% in 2010 as in 2009.<br />
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