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Postretirement Health Care and Life Insurance Benefits (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]    
Components of net periodic postretirement cost
Net periodic postretirement benefit credit included the following components:
 Year Ended December 31,
 202420232022
 (Dollars in millions)
Service cost for benefits earned$0.5 $0.5 $0.8 
Interest cost on accumulated postretirement benefit obligation9.1 10.2 7.0 
Expected return on plan assets(0.4)(0.5)(0.8)
Amortization of prior service credit(53.0)(53.8)(53.8)
Net actuarial gain(17.0)(2.6)(51.2)
Net periodic postretirement benefit credit$(60.8)$(46.2)$(98.0)
Net periodic pension cost included the following components:
 Year Ended December 31,
 202420232022
 (Dollars in millions)
Service cost for benefits earned$0.1 $0.1 $0.1 
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation6.5 20.1 21.4 
Expected return on plan assets(4.9)(17.6)(23.8)
Settlement— (2.2)— 
Net actuarial loss1.9 — 20.6 
Net periodic pension cost$3.6 $0.4 $18.3 
 
Amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss
The following includes pretax amounts recorded in “Accumulated other comprehensive income”:
 Year Ended December 31,
 202420232022
 (Dollars in millions)
Prior service credit arising during year$(6.5)$— $— 
Amortization: 
Prior service credit53.0 53.8 53.8 
Total recorded in “Accumulated other comprehensive income”
$46.5 $53.8 $53.8 
 
Reconciled amount of plan's funded status
The following table sets forth the plans’ funded status reconciled with the amounts shown in the consolidated balance sheets:
 December 31,
 20242023
 (Dollars in millions)
Change in benefit obligation:
Accumulated postretirement benefit obligation at beginning of period$178.0 $189.9 
Service cost0.5 0.5 
Interest cost9.1 10.2 
Plan amendments(6.5)— 
Benefits paid and administrative fees (net of Medicare Part D reimbursements)(18.8)(20.9)
Actuarial gain(16.9)(1.7)
Accumulated postretirement benefit obligation at end of period145.4 178.0 
Change in plan assets:
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of period14.3 17.4 
Actual return on plan assets0.5 1.5 
Employer contributions15.3 16.3 
Benefits paid and administrative fees (net of Medicare Part D reimbursements)(18.8)(20.9)
Fair value of plan assets at end of period11.3 14.3 
Funded status at end of period(134.1)(163.7)
Less: Current portion (included in “Accounts payable and accrued expenses”)13.7 15.3 
Noncurrent obligation (included in “Accrued postretirement benefit costs”)$120.4 $148.4 
The following summarizes the change in benefit obligation, change in plan assets and funded status of the Pension Plans:
 December 31,
 20242023
 (Dollars in millions)
Change in benefit obligation:
Projected benefit obligation at beginning of period$125.2 $580.9 
Service cost0.1 0.1 
Interest cost6.5 20.1 
Benefits paid(10.7)(36.1)
Actuarial (gain) loss(3.5)3.4 
Settlement— (443.2)
Projected benefit obligation at end of period117.6 125.2 
Change in plan assets:
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of period116.0 583.3 
Actual return on plan assets(0.5)23.1 
Employer contributions— (11.1)
Benefits paid(10.7)(36.1)
Settlement— (443.2)
Fair value of plan assets at end of period104.8 116.0 
Funded status at end of period$(12.8)$(9.2)
Amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheets:
Noncurrent obligation (included in “Other noncurrent liabilities”)$12.8 $9.2 
 
Weighted-average assumptions used to determine the benefit obligations
The weighted-average assumptions used to determine the benefit obligations for the plans as of the end of each year were as follows:
December 31,
 20242023
Discount rate5.70 %5.44 %
Measurement dateDecember 31, 2024December 31, 2023
The weighted-average assumptions used to determine net periodic postretirement benefit credit for the plans during each period were as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
 202420232022
Discount rate5.44 %5.70 %2.84 %
Expected long-term return on plan assets (pretax)5.75 %5.75 %5.75 %
Measurement dateDecember 31, 2023December 31, 2022December 31, 2021
The weighted-average assumptions used to determine the benefit obligations as of the end of each year were as follows:
December 31,
 20242023
Discount rate5.70 %5.40 %
Measurement dateDecember 31, 2024December 31, 2023
The weighted-average assumptions used to determine net periodic pension cost (credit) during each period were as follows:
Year Ended December 31,
202420232022
Discount rate5.40 %5.44 %2.95 %
Expected long-term return on plan assets4.40 %4.85 %3.20 %
Measurement dateDecember 31, 2023December 31, 2022December 31, 2021
 
Assumed health care cost trend rate  
The following presents information about the assumed health care cost trend rate:
Year Ended December 31,
 20242023
Pre-Medicare:
Health care cost trend rate assumed for next year6.50 %6.75 %
Rate to which the cost trend is assumed to decline (the ultimate trend rate)4.75 %4.75 %
Year that the rate reaches the ultimate trend rate20322032
Post-Medicare:
Health care cost trend rate assumed for next year (1)
6.15 %9.45 %
Rate to which the cost trend is assumed to decline (the ultimate trend rate)4.75 %4.75 %
Year that the rate reaches the ultimate trend rate20322032
(1)    An additional one-time increase of 3% was applied to claims in 2024 to reflect potential reductions in payments from Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services related to the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act in August 2022.
Schedule of Changes in Fair Value of Plan Assets
The following tables present the fair value of assets in the Non-Represented Trust by asset category and by fair value hierarchy:
December 31, 2024
Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
 (Dollars in millions)
U.S. equity securities$2.7 $— $— $2.7 
International equity securities0.7 — — 0.7 
Corporate bonds— 3.5 — 3.5 
U.S. government securities1.1 2.7 — 3.8 
Cash funds0.6 — — 0.6 
Total assets at fair value$5.1 $6.2 $— $11.3 
December 31, 2023
Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
 (Dollars in millions)
U.S. equity securities$3.0 $— $— $3.0 
International equity securities0.9 — — 0.9 
Corporate bonds— 5.2 — 5.2 
U.S. government securities1.8 2.8 — 4.6 
Cash funds0.6 — — 0.6 
Total assets at fair value$6.3 $8.0 $— $14.3 
 
Summary of estimated future benefit payments
The following benefit payments (net of retiree contributions and Medicare Part D reimbursements), which reflect expected future service, as appropriate, are expected to be paid by the Company or satisfied from Non-Represented Trust assets:
 Postretirement
Benefits
 (Dollars in millions)
2025$18.7 
202617.6 
202716.6 
202815.6 
202914.5 
Years 2030-203458.0 
The following benefit payments, which reflect expected future service, as appropriate, are expected to be paid in connection with the Company’s benefit obligation:
 Pension Benefits
 (Dollars in millions)
2025
$10.9 
2026
10.7 
2027
10.6 
2028
10.4 
2029
10.2 
Years 2030-2034
47.1