Pension Plans and Other Post Retirement Benefits

6 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

PENSION PLANS AND OTHER POST RETIREMENT BENEFITS

The following table provides details of our defined benefit pension plans and long-term employee benefit obligations for Open Text Document Technologies GmbH (CDT), GXS GmbH (GXS GER), GXS Philippines, Inc. (GXS PHP) and other plans as of December 31, 2018 and June 30, 2018:



	As of December 31, 2018
	Total benefit obligation		Current portion of benefit obligation*		Non-current portion of benefit obligation
CDT defined benefit plan	$	32,326	$	661	$	31,665
GXS GER defined benefit plan	25,285		1,003		24,282
GXS PHP defined benefit plan	4,067		117		3,950
Other plans	5,795		427		5,368
Total	$	67,473	$	2,208	$	65,265



	As of June 30, 2018
	Total benefit obligation		Current portion of benefit obligation*		Non-current portion of benefit obligation
CDT defined benefit plan	$	32,651	$	655	$	31,996
GXS GER defined benefit plan	25,382		1,027		24,355
GXS PHP defined benefit plan	3,853		138		3,715
Other plans	6,095		442		5,653
Total	$	67,981	$	2,262	$	65,719

* The current portion of the benefit obligation has been included within "Accrued salaries and commissions", all within "Accounts payable and accrued liabilities" in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (see note 9 "Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities").

Defined Benefit Plans

CDT Plan

CDT sponsors an unfunded defined benefit pension plan covering substantially all CDT employees (CDT plan) which provides for old age, disability and survivors’ benefits. Benefits under the CDT plan are generally based on age at retirement, years of service and the employee’s annual earnings. The net periodic cost of this pension plan is determined using the projected unit credit method and several actuarial assumptions, the most significant of which are the discount rate and estimated service costs. No contributions have been made since the inception of the plan. Actuarial gains or losses in excess of 10% of the projected benefit obligation are being amortized and recognized as a component of net periodic benefit costs over the average remaining service period of the plan's active employees. As of December 31, 2018, there is approximately $0.3 million in accumulated other comprehensive income related to the CDT plan that is expected to be recognized as a component of net periodic benefit costs over the remainder of Fiscal 2019.

GXS GER Plan

As part of our acquisition of GXS Group, Inc. (GXS) in Fiscal 2014, we assumed an unfunded defined benefit pension plan covering certain German employees which provides for old age, disability and survivors' benefits. The GXS GER plan has been closed to new participants since 2006. Benefits under the GXS GER plan are generally based on a participant’s remuneration, date of hire, years of eligible service and age at retirement. The net periodic cost of this pension plan is determined using the projected unit credit method and several actuarial assumptions, the most significant of which are the discount rate and estimated service costs. No contributions have been made since the inception of the plan. Actuarial gains or losses in excess of 10% of the projected benefit obligation are being amortized and recognized as a component of net periodic benefit costs over the average remaining service period of the plan’s active employees. As of December 31, 2018, there is approximately $0.06 million in accumulated other comprehensive income related to the GXS GER plan that is expected to be recognized as a component of net periodic benefit costs over the remainder of Fiscal 2019.

GXS PHP Plan

As part of our acquisition of GXS in Fiscal 2014, we assumed a primarily unfunded defined benefit pension plan covering substantially all of the GXS Philippines employees which provides for retirement, disability and survivors' benefits. Benefits under the GXS PHP plan are generally based on a participant’s remuneration, years of eligible service and age at retirement. The net periodic cost of this pension plan is determined using the projected unit credit method and several actuarial assumptions, the most significant of which are the discount rate and estimated service costs. Aside from an initial contribution which has a fair value of approximately $0.03 million as of December 31, 2018, no additional contributions have been made since the inception of the plan. Actuarial gains or losses in excess of 10% of the projected benefit obligation are being amortized and recognized as a component of net periodic benefit costs over the average remaining service period of the plan’s active employees. As of December 31, 2018, there is approximately $0.3 million in accumulated other comprehensive income related to the GXS PHP plan that is expected to be recognized as a component of net periodic benefit costs over the remainder of Fiscal 2019.

The following are the details of the change in the benefit obligation for each of the above mentioned pension plans for the periods indicated:



	As of December 31, 2018												As of June 30, 2018
	CDT			GXS GER			GXS PHP			Total			CDT			GXS GER			GXS PHP			Total
Benefit obligation—beginning of period	$	32,651		$	25,382		$	3,853		$	61,886		$	28,881		$	23,730		$	4,495		$	57,106
Service cost	277			285			335			897			501			472			832			1,805
Interest cost	324			247			140			711			607			489			241			1,337
Benefits paid	(322		)	(498		)	(118		)	(938		)	(580		)	(974		)	(141		)	(1,695		)
Actuarial (gain) loss	208			494			(174		)	528			2,442			997			(1,313		)	2,126
Foreign exchange (gain) loss	(812		)	(625		)	31			(1,406		)	800			668			(261		)	1,207
Benefit obligation—end of period	32,326			25,285			4,067			61,678			32,651			25,382			3,853			61,886
Less: Current portion	(661		)	(1,003		)	(117		)	(1,781		)	(655		)	(1,027		)	(138		)	(1,820		)
Non-current portion of benefit obligation	$	31,665		$	24,282		$	3,950		$	59,897		$	31,996		$	24,355		$	3,715		$	60,066

The following are details of net pension expense relating to the following pension plans:



	Three Months Ended December 31,
	2018									2017
Pension expense:	CDT		GXS GER		GXS PHP			Total		CDT		GXS GER		GXS PHP			Total
Service cost	$	136	$	140	$	159		$	435	$	125	$	117	$	228		$	470
Interest cost	159		121		72			352		151		122		59			332
Amortization of actuarial (gains) and losses	175		33		(139		)	69		134		18		(62		)	90
Net pension expense	$	470	$	294	$	92		$	856	$	410	$	257	$	225		$	892



	Six Months Ended December 31,
	2018									2017
Pension expense:	CDT		GXS GER		GXS PHP			Total		CDT		GXS GER		GXS PHP			Total
Service cost	$	277	$	285	$	335		$	897	$	249	$	234	$	447		$	930
Interest cost	324		247		140			711		301		243		114			658
Amortization of actuarial (gains) and losses	351		66		(279		)	138		268		36		(123		)	181
Net pension expense	$	952	$	598	$	196		$	1,746	$	818	$	513	$	438		$	1,769

In determining the fair value of the pension plan benefit obligations as of December 31, 2018 and June 30, 2018, respectively, we used the following weighted-average key assumptions:



	As of December 31, 2018			As of June 30, 2018
	CDT	GXS GER	GXS PHP	CDT	GXS GER	GXS PHP
Assumptions:
Salary increases	3.50%	3.50%	6.50%	3.50%	3.50%	6.50%
Pension increases	2.00%	2.00%	N/A	2.00%	2.00%	N/A
Discount rate	2.02%	2.02%	7.50%	2.00%	2.00%	7.25%
Normal retirement age	65-67	65-67	60	65-67	65-67	60
Employee fluctuation rate:
to age 20	—%	—%	12.19%	—%	—%	12.19%
to age 25	—%	—%	16.58%	—%	—%	16.58%
to age 30	1.00%	—%	13.97%	1.00%	—%	13.97%
to age 35	0.50%	—%	10.77%	0.50%	—%	10.77%
to age 40	—%	—%	7.39%	—%	—%	7.39%
to age 45	0.50%	—%	3.28%	0.50%	—%	3.28%
to age 50	0.50%	—%	—%	0.50%	—%	—%
from age 51	1.00%	—%	—%	1.00%	—%	—%

Anticipated pension payments under the pension plans for the fiscal years indicated below are as follows:



	Fiscal years ending June 30,
	CDT		GXS GER		GXS PHP
2019 (six months ended June 30)	$	319	$	500	$	59
2020	682		1,006		118
2021	780		1,034		216
2022	868		1,041		246
2023	974		1,044		205
2024 to 2028	5,856		5,367		1,158
Total	$	9,479	$	9,992	$	2,002

Other Plans

Other plans include defined benefit pension plans that are offered by certain of our foreign subsidiaries. Many of these plans were assumed through our acquisitions or are required by local regulatory requirements. These other plans are primarily unfunded, with the aggregate projected benefit obligation included in our pension liability. The net periodic costs of these plans are determined using the projected unit credit method and several actuarial assumptions, the most significant of which are the discount rate and estimated service costs.