BAE SYSTEMS PLC UK pension funding arrangements (9145X)
30 November 2017 - 6:01PM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 9145X
BAE SYSTEMS PLC
30 November 2017
30(th) November 2017
BAE Systems plc Pension Funding Arrangements
BAE Systems completes revised UK pension funding
arrangements
The information in this announcement includes inside information
relating to BAE Systems plc
BAE Systems plc today announces that, after consultation with
the UK Pensions Regulator, it has reached agreements with each of
the Trustee Boards of its UK defined benefit pension schemes on the
2017 triennial funding valuations and deficit recovery plans.
At the 31 March 2017 funding valuation date, the aggregate of
the deficits across the UK schemes was GBP2.1bn, broadly similar to
the position at the last valuation in 2014.
The current annual deficit recovery payments of cGBP205m will
increase by GBP15m to cGBP220m in 2018. Deficit contributions will
further increase in line with any percentage growth in dividend
payments made by the BAE Systems group (the "Group").
Under the new deficit recovery plans, these annual payments
would subsequently fall by cGBP50m in 2022 and end in 2026.
The schemes' liabilities have been calculated using an asset led
discount approach. Liabilities have also reduced due to both actual
and forecast mortality rates since the last valuation.
The agreements reached are underpinned by contingency plans.
These include a commitment by the Group to a further GBP50m of
deficit funding into the largest scheme prior to the next triennial
valuation in the event that the scheme funding level was to fall
below pre-determined parameters.
The next triennial funding valuation and review of contingency
plans is scheduled for 2020.
For completeness, the annual deficit contributions into the
Group's US schemes are expected to remain at $80m through 2022.
For further information please
contact:
Investors Media Relations
Rowan Pearman,
Martin Cooper, Director, Media Relations
Investor Relations Director Telephone: +44 (0)7721
Telephone: +44 (0)1252 383040 107716
Email: investors@baesystems.com Email: rowan.pearman@baesystems.com
Issued by
David Parkes - Company Secretary
BAE Systems plc
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