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  4. (11 points) NOC has offered an early retirement window to active participants of the
  Full-Time Hourly Union Pension Plan who are at least age 50 with 10 or more years of
  service. Employees who accept the window will receive:
  ? 5 extra years of service, for purposes of determining their accrued benefit; and
  ? 5 extra years of age, for purposes of determining their early retirement reduction
  factor.
  Five hundred employees accept the early retirement window offer and retire on
  January 1, 2005.
  For the 500 employees accepting the window, you are given:
  ? ABO (prior to window) $140,000,000
  ? 2005 Service Cost (prior to window) $ 10,000,000
  ? 2005 Expected Benefit Payments (prior
  to window)
  $ 0
  ? ABO (with immediate retirement) $150,000,000
  ? ABO (with immediate retirement and
  enhanced window benefits)
  $225,000,000
  ? 2005 Expected Benefit Payments (with
  immediate retirement and enhanced
  window benefits)
  $ 17,000,000
  The expected future working years for various groups are as follows:
  ? All plan participants: 67,000
  ? All plan participants who accepted the
  early retirement window: 7,000
  Calculate the revised 2005 pension expense assuming no change in 2005 expected
  contributions to the plan.
  COURSE 8: Fall 2005 - 4 - STOP
  Retirement Benefits,
  Comprehensive Segment – Canada
  Morning Session
  Questions 1 – 5 pertain to the Case Study
  5. (11 points) NOC’s Chief Financial Officer is proposing selling bonds at an annual yield
  of 4% and contributing the proceeds to the Full-Time Hourly Union Pension Plan.
  Analyze the advantages and disadvantages of this proposal from the perspective of
  management, employees, owners, and other stakeholders.
  6. (11 points) A country with no social security or private pension system is considering
  adopting one of the following:
  ? A mandatory social security retirement program; or
  ? Government incentives to employers for sponsoring their own retirement
  programs.
  Compare and contrast these two proposals from the perspective of employees, employers,
  and the government.
  **END OF EXAMINATION**
  MORNING SESSION
  COURSE 8: Fall 2005 - 5 - GO TO NEXT PAGE
  Retirement Benefits,
  Comprehensive Segment – Canada
  Afternoon Session
  **BEGINNING OF EXAMINATION 8 – CANADA**
  COMPREHENSIVE SEGMENT
  Afternoon Session
  (Beginning with question 7)
  Questions 7 – 9 pertain to the Case Study
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