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EMPLOYEE BENEFITS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

EMPLOYEE BENEFITS [Abstract]

Schedule of Net Benefit Costs

The net periodic benefits costs were valued with a measurement date of January 1 for each year and consisted of the following components (in millions of dollars):

			For the Years Ended December 31,
			2024						2023						2022
SG&A
Service cost			$	2					$	2					$	4
Other (income) expense
Interest cost			5						5						4
Expected return on assets			(7)						(6)						(8)
Amortization of prior service credit			(9)						(10)						(10)
Amortization of unrecognized gains			(8)						(7)						(9)
Net periodic benefits			$	(17)					$	(16)					$	(19)

Schedule of Accumulated and Projected Benefit Obligations

Reconciliations of the beginning and ending balances of the postretirement benefit asset, which is calculated as of December 31 measurement date, the fair value of plan assets available for benefits and the funded status of the benefit asset follow (in millions of dollars):

			2024						2023
Benefit obligation at beginning of year			$	114					$	112
Service cost			2						2
Interest cost			5						5
Plan participants' contributions			3						3
Actuarial (gain) loss			(12)						2
Benefits paid			(9)						(10)
Benefit obligation at end of year			$	103					$	114
Plan assets available for benefits at beginning of year			$	173					$	162
Actual returns on plan assets			11						18
Plan participants' contributions			3						3
Benefits paid			(9)						(10)
Plan assets available for benefits at end of year			178						173
Noncurrent postretirement benefit asset			$	75					$	59

Schedule of Amounts Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The amounts recognized in AOCE consisted of the following (in millions of dollars):

			As of December 31,
			2024						2023
Prior service credit			$	13					$	23
Unrecognized gains			88						79
Deferred tax liability			(25)						(25)
Net accumulated gains			$	76					$	77

Schedule of Assumptions Used

The following assumptions were used to determine net periodic benefit costs as of January 1:

			For the Years Ended December 31,
			2024						2023						2022
Discount rate			4.73		%				4.92		%				2.57		%
Expected long-term rate of return on plan assets – net of tax			4.04		%				4.04		%				4.04		%
Initial healthcare cost trend rate (pre age 65)			7.20		%				7.50		%				6.50		%
Ultimate healthcare cost trend rate			4.50		%				4.50		%				4.50		%
Year ultimate healthcare cost trend rate reached			2033						2033						2030

The following assumptions were used to determine benefit obligations as of December 31:

			2024						2023						2022
Discount rate			5.39		%				4.73		%				4.92		%
Expected long-term rate of return on plan assets – net of tax			4.04		%				4.04		%				4.04		%
Initial healthcare cost trend rate (pre age 65)			6.90		%				7.20		%				7.50		%
Ultimate healthcare cost trend rate			4.50		%				4.50		%				4.50		%
Year ultimate healthcare cost trend rate reached			2033						2033						2033

Schedule of Allocation of Plan Assets

The plan assets available for benefits consisted of the following as of December 31 (in millions of dollars):

			2024						2023
Asset class
Level 1 inputs:
Mutual funds - corporate bonds fund			10						10
Level 2 Inputs:
Fixed Income:
Corporate bonds			48						56
Government/municipal bonds			8						9
Equity funds			101						88
Plan assets			167						163
Trust assets			11						10
Plan assets available for benefits			$	178					$	173

Schedule of Expected Benefit Payments

The Company forecasts the following benefit payments related to postretirement (which include a projection for expected future team member service) for the next ten years (in millions of dollars):

Year						Estimated Gross Benefit Payments
2025						$	9
2026						9
2027						9
2028						8
2029						8
2030-2034						41
Total						$	84

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