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Employee benefit obligations (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Employee benefit obligations.  
Summary of employee obligations and assets of the defined benefit schemes included in the combined statement of financial position

Germany

UK*

U.S and Other**

Total

2024

2023

2024

2023

2024

2023

2024

2023

    

$'m

    

$'m

    

$'m

    

$'m

    

$'m

    

$'m

    

$'m

    

$'m

Obligations

 

(98)

 

(103)

 

(133)

 

(145)

 

(74)

 

(76)

(305)

 

(324)

Assets

 

 

 

143

 

167

 

58

 

52

 

201

 

219

Net (obligations)/assets

 

(98)

 

(103)

 

10

 

22

 

(16)

 

(24)

 

(104)

 

(105)

*The net employee benefit asset in the UK as at December 31, 2024 and 2023 is included within non-current assets on the statement of financial position.

**Net obligation of ‘Other’ defined benefit schemes at December 31, 2024 is $7 million (2023: $6 million).

Summary of amounts recognized in the combined income statement

Year ended December 31,

2024

2023

2022

    

$’m

    

$’m

    

$’m

Current service cost and administration costs:

 

  

 

  

 

  

Cost of sales – current service cost (note 9)

 

(8)

 

(8)

 

(11)

SG&A – current service cost (note 9)

 

(3)

 

(2)

 

(2)

 

(11)

 

(10)

 

(13)

Cost of sales - Exceptional past service charge

(4)

Finance expense (note 6)

 

(5)

 

(5)

 

(3)

 

(16)

 

(19)

 

(16)

Summary of amounts recognized in the combined statement of comprehensive income

Year ended December 31,

2024

2023

2022

    

$’m

    

$’m

    

$’m

Remeasurement of defined benefit obligation:

 

  

 

  

 

  

Actuarial gain arising from changes in demographic assumptions

 

4

 

4

 

1

Actuarial gain/(loss) arising from changes in financial assumptions

 

19

 

(12)

 

157

Actuarial loss arising from changes in experience

 

(9)

 

(2)

 

(13)

 

14

 

(10)

 

145

Remeasurement of plan assets:

 

 

  

 

  

Actual return less expected return on plan assets

 

(21)

 

(5)

 

(121)

Actuarial (loss)/gain for the year on defined benefit pension schemes

 

(7)

 

(15)

 

24

Actuarial gain/(loss) on other long term and end of service employee benefits

 

4

 

(1)

 

11

 

(3)

 

(16)

 

35

Summary of movement in the defined benefit obligations and assets

Obligations

Assets

2024

2023

2024

2023

    

$’m

    

$’m

    

$’m

    

$’m

At January 1,

 

(324)

 

(287)

 

219

 

202

Acquired (note 11)

(1)

Transfer

1

Interest income

 

 

 

10

 

10

Current service cost

 

(6)

 

(7)

 

 

Exceptional past service charge

 

 

(3)

 

 

Interest cost

 

(13)

 

(13)

 

 

Administration expenses paid

(1)

Remeasurements

 

14

 

(10)

 

(21)

 

(5)

Employer contributions

 

 

 

11

 

10

Employee contributions

 

(1)

 

(1)

 

1

 

1

Benefits paid

 

16

 

10

 

(16)

 

(10)

Exchange

 

9

 

(12)

 

(3)

 

11

At December 31, 

 

(305)

 

(324)

 

201

 

219

Summary of plan assets

At December 31, 

2024

2024

2023

2023

    

$’m

    

%

$’m

    

%

Target return funds

 

93

 

47

92

 

42

Bonds

 

49

 

24

73

 

33

Cash/other

 

59

 

29

54

 

25

 

201

 

100

219

 

100

Summary of ranges of the principal assumptions applied in estimating defined benefit obligations

Germany

UK

U.S.

2024

2023

2024

2023

2024

2023

    

%

    

%

    

%

    

%

    

%

    

%

Rate of inflation

 

2.00

2.00

 

3.00

 

2.95

 

2.20

 

2.20

Rate of increase in salaries

 

3.00

3.20

 

2.60

 

2.50

 

3.00

 

3.00

Discount rate

 

3.57

3.45

 

5.55

 

4.80

 

5.87

 

5.37

Summary of mortality assumptions for the countries with the most significant defined benefit plans

Germany

    

UK

    

    U.S.

2024

2023

2024

2023

2024

2023

    

Years

    

Years

    

Years

    

Years

    

Years

    

Years

Life expectancy, current pensioners

 

23

 

22

 

21

 

22

 

21

 

21

Life expectancy, future pensioners

 

25

 

25

 

23

 

23

 

23

 

22

Summary of principal defined benefit schemes

Europe

Europe

North

UK

Germany

America

Nature of the schemes

    

Funded*

    

Unfunded

    

Funded

2024

Active members

 

643

656

Deferred members

 

491

298

129

Pensioners including dependents

 

573

202

153

Weighted average duration (years)

 

12

15

14

2023

Active members

 

723

699

Deferred members

 

589

244

113

Pensioners including dependents

 

531

181

135

Weighted average duration (years)

 

13

16

14

*Census data is updated every 3 years as part of the full valuation for purpose of the UK pension regulator.

Summary of expected total benefit payments over the next five years

Subsequent

2025

2026

2027

2028

2029

five years

    

$’m

    

$’m

    

$’m

    

$’m

    

$’m

    

$’m

Benefits

 

22

18

20

20

21

111