Annual Review 2012 - Luxottica
Annual Review 2012 - Luxottica
Annual Review 2012 - Luxottica
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ANNUAL REPORT <strong>2012</strong><br />
Defined benefit plan data for the current and previous four annual periods are as<br />
follows:<br />
(thousands of Euro) <strong>2012</strong> 2011 2010 2009 2008<br />
Pension Plans:<br />
Defined benefit obligation 557,565 483,738 409,316 334,015 313,520<br />
Fair value of plan assets 429,775 355,563 314,501 238,168 184,379<br />
Plan surplus/(deficit) (127,790) (128,175) (94,815) (95,847) (129,141)<br />
Plan liabilities experience gain/(loss) 6,020 (1,287) 1,744 (1,761) (4,379)<br />
Plan assets experience gain/(loss) 21,594 (28,762) 14,462 23,790 (73,341)<br />
SERPs:<br />
Defined benefit obligation 10,388 12,344 11,340 11,299 12,015<br />
Fair value of plan assets - - - - -<br />
Plan surplus/(deficit) (10,388) (12,344) (11,340) (11,299) (12,015)<br />
Plan liabilities experience gain/(loss) (578) (608) 421 1,228 (927)<br />
The Group’s discount rate is developed using a third party yield curve derived from<br />
non-callable bonds of at least an Aa rating by Moody’s Investor Services or at least an<br />
AA rating by Standard & Poor’s. Each bond issue is required to have at least USD 250<br />
million par outstanding. The yield curve compares the future expected benefit<br />
payments of the Lux Pension Plan to these bond yields to determine an equivalent<br />
discount rate.<br />
The Group uses an assumption for salary increases based on a graduated approach of<br />
historical experience. The Group’s experience shows salary increases that typically vary<br />
by age.<br />
In developing the long-term rate of return assumption, the Group considers its asset<br />
allocation. The Group analyzed historical rates of return being earned for each asset<br />
category over various periods of time. Additionally, the Group considered input from<br />
its third party pension asset managers, investment consultants and plan actuaries,<br />
including their review of asset class return expectations and long-term inflation<br />
assumptions.<br />
Plan Assets - The Lux Pension Plan’s investment policy is to invest plan assets in a manner<br />
to ensure over a long-term investment horizon that the plan is adequately funded;<br />
maximize investment return within reasonable and prudent levels of risk; and maintain<br />
sufficient liquidity to make timely benefit and administrative expense payments. This<br />
investment policy was developed to provide the framework within which the fiduciary’s<br />
investment decisions are made, establish standards to measure the investment manager’s<br />
and investment consultant’s performance, outline the roles and responsibilities of the<br />
various parties involved, and describe the ongoing review process. The investment<br />
policy identifies target asset allocations for the plan’s assets at 40 percent Large Cap<br />
U.S. Equity, 10 percent Small Cap U.S. Equity, 15 percent International Equity, and 35<br />
percent Fixed Income Securities, but an allowance is provided for a range of allocations