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Retirement Plans and Postretirement Medical Benefits (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Change In Benefit Obligation, Plan Assets And The Funded Status Of Defined Benefit Pension Plans | The benefit obligations and funded status of defined benefit pension plans are as follows:
| United States |  | Foreign
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Accumulated benefit obligation | $ | 1,688,982 |  |  | $ | 1,866,914 |  |  | $ | 635,600 |  |  | $ | 698,176 |
Projected benefit obligation |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Benefit obligation - beginning of year | $ | 1,868,176 |  |  | $ | 1,622,591 |  |  | $ | 715,287 |  |  | $ | 672,773 |
Service cost | 134 |  |  | 6,908 |  |  | 2,229 |  |  | 3,565 |
Interest cost | 74,331 |  |  | 77,655 |  |  | 24,261 |  |  | 28,518 |
Plan participants' contributions | — |  |  | — |  |  | 8 |  |  | 59 |
Actuarial (gain) loss | (131,179 | ) |  | 306,718 |  |  | (15,375 | ) |  | 89,695 |
Foreign currency changes | — |  |  | — |  |  | (53,945 | ) |  | (52,750 | )
Plan Amendments | (428 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Settlement / curtailment | (3,678 | ) |  | (16,867 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Special termination benefits | — |  |  | — |  |  | 79 |  |  | 1,238 |
Benefits paid | (117,471 | ) |  | (128,829 | ) |  | (25,432 | ) |  | (27,811 | )
Benefit obligation - end of year | $ | 1,689,885 |  |  | $ | 1,868,176 |  |  | $ | 647,112 |  |  | $ | 715,287 |
Fair value of plan assets available for benefits |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair value of plan assets - beginning of year | $ | 1,593,463 |  |  | $ | 1,523,679 |  |  | $ | 574,992 |  |  | $ | 561,078 |
Actual return on plan assets | (19,173 | ) |  | 195,946 |  |  | 11,383 |  |  | 67,306 |
Company contributions | 7,649 |  |  | 19,534 |  |  | 14,194 |  |  | 15,323 |
Plan participants' contributions | — |  |  | — |  |  | 8 |  |  | 59 |
Settlement / curtailment | (3,678 | ) |  | (16,867 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Foreign currency changes | — |  |  | — |  |  | (45,033 | ) |  | (40,963 | )
Benefits paid | (117,471 | ) |  | (128,829 | ) |  | (25,432 | ) |  | (27,811 | )
Fair value of plan assets - end of year | $ | 1,460,790 |  |  | $ | 1,593,463 |  |  | $ | 530,112 |  |  | $ | 574,992 |
Amounts recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-current asset | $ | 271 |  |  | $ | 300 |  |  | $ | 11,566 |  |  | $ | 5,813 |
Current liability | (9,088 | ) |  | (6,590 | ) |  | (1,031 | ) |  | (1,008 | )
Non-current liability | (220,277 | ) |  | (268,423 | ) |  | (127,535 | ) |  | (145,100 | )
Funded status | $ | (229,094 | ) |  | $ | (274,713 | ) |  | $ | (117,000 | ) |  | $ | (140,295 | )
Schedule of Accumulated Benefit Obligations in Excess of Fair Value of Plan Assets | Information provided in the table below is only for pension plans with an accumulated benefit obligation in excess of plan assets at December 31, 2015 and 2014:
| United States |  | Foreign
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Projected benefit obligation | $ | 1,689,476 |  |  | $ | 1,867,788 |  |  | $ | 540,984 |  |  | $ | 583,317 |
Accumulated benefit obligation | $ | 1,688,573 |  |  | $ | 1,866,525 |  |  | $ | 529,593 |  |  | $ | 566,365 |
Fair value of plan assets | $ | 1,460,111 |  |  | $ | 1,592,774 |  |  | $ | 412,418 |  |  | $ | 437,209 |
Schedule of Amounts Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) |
Pretax amounts recognized in AOCI consist of: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| United States |  | Foreign
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Net actuarial loss | $ | 880,123 |  |  | $ | 918,641 |  |  | $ | 255,994 |  |  | $ | 253,257 |
Prior service credit | (512 | ) |  | (144 | ) |  | (740 | ) |  | (806 | )
Transition asset | — |  |  | — |  |  | (40 | ) |  | (49 | )
Total | $ | 879,611 |  |  | $ | 918,497 |  |  | $ | 255,214 |  |  | $ | 252,402 |
The estimated amounts that will be amortized from AOCI into net periodic benefit cost in 2016 are as follows:
| United States |  | Foreign
Net actuarial loss | $ | 26,824 |  |  | $ | 5,804 |
Prior service credit | (60 | ) |  | (66 | )
Transition asset | — |  |  | (9 | )
Total | $ | 26,764 |  |  | $ | 5,729 |
Other changes in plan assets and benefit obligations for defined benefit pension plans recognized in other comprehensive income were as follows:
| United States |  | Foreign
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Net actuarial (gain) loss | $ | (8,003 | ) |  | $ | 214,593 |  |  | $ | 8,663 |  |  | $ | 61,525 |
Prior service credit | (428 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Amortization of net actuarial loss | (29,272 | ) |  | (25,369 | ) |  | (5,926 | ) |  | (8,268 | )
Amortization of prior service credit (cost) | 60 |  |  | (9 | ) |  | 66 |  |  | 57 |
Net transition asset | — |  |  | — |  |  | 9 |  |  | 10 |
Settlement / curtailment | (1,243 | ) |  | (4,528 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Total recognized in other comprehensive income | $ | (38,886 | ) |  | $ | 184,687 |  |  | $ | 2,812 |  |  | $ | 53,324 |
Other changes in plan assets and benefit obligation for nonpension postretirement benefit plans recognized in other comprehensive income were as follows:
| 2015 |  | 2014
Net actuarial (gain) loss | $ | (31,253 | ) |  | $ | 37,532 |
Curtailment | — |  |  | (2,160 | )
Amortization of net actuarial loss | (7,528 | ) |  | (5,949 | )
Amortization of prior service cost | (297 | ) |  | (159 | )
Other adjustments |  |  | 412 |
Total recognized in other comprehensive income | $ | (39,078 | ) |  | $ | 29,676 |
The estimated amounts that will be amortized from AOCI into net periodic benefit cost in 2016 are as follows:
Net actuarial loss | $ | 5,438 |
Prior service cost | 297 |
Total | $ | 5,735 |
Schedule Of Weighted Average Assumptions Used To Determine Net Periodic Benefit Costs | The weighted-average discount rates used to determine end of year benefit obligation and net periodic pension cost include:
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Discount rate used to determine benefit obligation |  |  |  |  |
U.S. | 4.20 | % |  | 3.90 | % |  | 4.40 | %
Canada | 3.95 | % |  | 3.80 | % |  | 4.65 | %
Discount rate used to determine net period benefit cost |  |  |  |  |
U.S. | 3.90 | % |  | 4.40 | % |  | 3.65 | %
Canada | 3.80 | % |  | 4.65 | % |  | 3.90 | %
Weighted-average actuarial assumptions used to determine end of year benefit obligations and net periodic benefit cost for defined benefit pension plans include:
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
United States |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Used to determine benefit obligations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Discount rate | 4.55% |  | 4.15% |  | 4.95%
Rate of compensation increase | N/A |  | N/A |  | 3.50%
Used to determine net periodic benefit cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Discount rate | 4.15% |  | 4.95% |  | 4.05%
Expected return on plan assets | 7.00% |  | 7.00% |  | 7.25%
Rate of compensation increase | N/A |  | 3.50% |  | 3.50%
Foreign |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Used to determine benefit obligations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Discount rate | 1.15 | % | - | 3.95% |  | 1.10 | % | - | 3.80% |  | 1.45 | % | - | 4.60%
Rate of compensation increase | 1.50 | % | - | 3.50% |  | 1.50 | % | - | 3.50% |  | 1.50 | % | - | 3.50%
Used to determine net periodic benefit cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Discount rate | 1.10 | % | - | 3.80% |  | 1.45 | % | - | 4.60% |  | 1.95 | % | - | 4.65%
Expected return on plan assets | 4.00 | % | - | 7.00% |  | 3.75 | % | - | 7.50% |  | 3.50 | % | - | 7.50%
Rate of compensation increase | 1.50 | % | - | 3.50% |  | 1.50 | % | - | 3.50% |  | 1.50 | % | - | 3.50%
Schedule Of Target Allocation And Percentage Of Plan Assets For Domestic Pension Plan | The target asset allocation for 2016 and the actual asset allocations at December 31, 2015 and 2014, for the U.S. pension plans are as follows:
| Target allocation |  | Percent of Plan Assets at December 31,
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Asset category |  |  |  |  |
U.S. equities | 15 | % |  | 12 | % |  | 12 | %
Non-U.S. equities | 15 | % |  | 10 | % |  | 9 | %
Fixed income | 60 | % |  | 68 | % |  | 69 | %
Real estate | 5 | % |  | 6 | % |  | 5 | %
Private equity | 5 | % |  | 4 | % |  | 5 | %
Total | 100 | % |  | 100 | % |  | 100 | %
Schedule Of Target Allocation And Percentage Of Plan Assets For Foreign Pension Plan | The target asset allocation for 2016 and the actual asset allocations at December 31, 2015 and 2014, for the U.K. pension plan are as follows:
| Target Allocation |  | Percent of Plan Assets at December 31,
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Asset category |  |  |  |  |
U.K. equities | 20 | % |  | 23 | % |  | 28 | %
Non-U.K. equities | 20 | % |  | 20 | % |  | 29 | %
Fixed income | 40 | % |  | 40 | % |  | 40 | %
Real estate | 10 | % |  | 10 | % |  | — | %
Diversified growth | 10 | % |  | 5 | % |  | — | %
Cash | — | % |  | 2 | % |  | 3 | %
Total | 100 | % |  | 100 | % |  | 100 | %
Schedule Of Fair Value Measurement Of Plan Assets Domestic | United States Pension Plans
| December 31, 2015
| Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |  | Total
Money market funds | $ | — |  |  | $ | 7,493 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 7,493 |
Equity securities | 174,664 |  |  | 140,270 |  |  | — |  |  | 314,934 |
Commingled fixed income securities | — |  |  | 205,246 |  |  | — |  |  | 205,246 |
Debt securities - U.S. and foreign governments, agencies and municipalities | 143,449 |  |  | 21,424 |  |  | — |  |  | 164,873 |
Debt securities - corporate | — |  |  | 592,111 |  |  | — |  |  | 592,111 |
Mortgage-backed securities | — |  |  | 14,810 |  |  | 1,592 |  |  | 16,402 |
Asset-backed securities | — |  |  | 2,535 |  |  | — |  |  | 2,535 |
Private equity | — |  |  | — |  |  | 63,577 |  |  | 63,577 |
Real estate | — |  |  | — |  |  | 82,569 |  |  | 82,569 |
Securities lending collateral (1) | — |  |  | 154,690 |  |  | — |  |  | 154,690 |
Total plan assets at fair value | $ | 318,113 |  |  | $ | 1,138,579 |  |  | $ | 147,738 |  |  | $ | 1,604,430 |
Securities lending payable (1) |  |  |  |  |  |  | (154,690 | )
Cash |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4,072 |
Other |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6,978 |
Fair value of plan assets available for benefits |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 1,460,790 |
| December 31, 2014
| Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |  | Total
Money market funds | $ | — |  |  | $ | 10,758 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 10,758 |
Equity securities | 180,069 |  |  | 146,716 |  |  | — |  |  | 326,785 |
Commingled fixed income securities | — |  |  | 261,571 |  |  | — |  |  | 261,571 |
Debt securities - U.S. and foreign governments, agencies and municipalities | 184,209 |  |  | 25,131 |  |  | — |  |  | 209,340 |
Debt securities - corporate | — |  |  | 598,927 |  |  | — |  |  | 598,927 |
Mortgage-backed securities | — |  |  | 20,401 |  |  | 2,102 |  |  | 22,503 |
Asset-backed securities | — |  |  | 2,158 |  |  | — |  |  | 2,158 |
Private equity | — |  |  | — |  |  | 81,246 |  |  | 81,246 |
Real estate | — |  |  | — |  |  | 74,747 |  |  | 74,747 |
Securities lending collateral (1) | — |  |  | 131,901 |  |  | — |  |  | 131,901 |
Total plan assets at fair value | $ | 364,278 |  |  | $ | 1,197,563 |  |  | $ | 158,095 |  |  | $ | 1,719,936 |
Securities lending payable (1) |  |  |  |  |  |  | (131,901 | )
Cash |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4,621 |
Other |  |  |  |  |  |  | 807 |
Fair value of plan assets available for benefits |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 1,593,463 |
(1) Securities lending collateral is offset by a corresponding securities lending payable amount.
Schedule Of Fair Value Measurement Of Plan Assets Foreign | Foreign Plans
| December 31, 2015
| Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |  | Total
Money market funds | $ | — |  |  | $ | 7,596 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 7,596 |
Equity securities | 33,855 |  |  | 183,110 |  |  | — |  |  | 216,965 |
Commingled fixed income securities | — |  |  | 138,220 |  |  | — |  |  | 138,220 |
Debt securities - U.S. and foreign governments, agencies and municipalities | — |  |  | 73,573 |  |  | — |  |  | 73,573 |
Debt securities - corporate | — |  |  | 27,279 |  |  | — |  |  | 27,279 |
Real estate | — |  |  | — |  |  | 39,177 |  |  | 39,177 |
Diversified growth funds | — |  |  | — |  |  | 20,513 |  |  | 20,513 |
Total plan assets at fair value | $ | 33,855 |  |  | $ | 429,778 |  |  | $ | 59,690 |  |  | $ | 523,323 |
Cash |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6,376 |
Other |  |  |  |  |  |  | 413 |
Fair value of plan assets available for benefits |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 530,112 |
| December 31, 2014
| Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |  | Total
Money market funds | $ | — |  |  | $ | 6,684 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 6,684 |
Equity securities | 99,570 |  |  | 190,924 |  |  | — |  |  | 290,494 |
Commingled fixed income securities | — |  |  | 151,017 |  |  | — |  |  | 151,017 |
Debt securities - U.S. and foreign governments, agencies and municipalities | — |  |  | 85,711 |  |  | — |  |  | 85,711 |
Debt securities - corporate | — |  |  | 26,154 |  |  | — |  |  | 26,154 |
Total plan assets at fair value | $ | 99,570 |  |  | $ | 460,490 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 560,060 |
Cash |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10,859 |
Other |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4,073 |
Fair value of plan assets available for benefits |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 574,992 |
Schedule Of Changes In Fair Value Of Level 3 Assets Domestic | The following table summarizes the changes in the fair value of Level 3 assets for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014: United States Pension Plans
| Mortgage-backed securities |  | Private equity |  | Real estate |  | Total
Balance at December 31, 2013 | $ | 2,634 |  |  | $ | 87,470 |  |  | $ | 67,917 |  |  | $ | 158,021 |
Realized gains | 12 |  |  | 11,174 |  |  | 285 |  |  | 11,471 |
Unrealized gains | 59 |  |  | 1,886 |  |  | 6,140 |  |  | 8,085 |
Net purchases, sales and settlements | (603 | ) |  | (19,284 | ) |  | 405 |  |  | (19,482 | )
Balance at December 31, 2014 | 2,102 |  |  | 81,246 |  |  | 74,747 |  |  | 158,095 |
Realized gains | 10 |  |  | 14,288 |  |  | 1,027 |  |  | 15,325 |
Unrealized gains (losses) | 28 |  |  | (6,844 | ) |  | 7,043 |  |  | 227 |
Net purchases, sales and settlements | (548 | ) |  | (25,113 | ) |  | (248 | ) |  | (25,909 | )
Balance at December 31, 2015 | $ | 1,592 |  |  | $ | 63,577 |  |  | $ | 82,569 |  |  | $ | 147,738 |
Foreign Pension Plans
| Diversified growth funds |  | Real estate |  | Total
Balance at December 31, 2014 | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Unrealized gains | (119 | ) |  | (1,685 | ) |  | (1,804 | )
Net purchases, sales and settlements | 20,632 |  |  | 40,862 |  |  | 61,494 |
Balance at December 31, 2015 | 20,513 |  |  | 39,177 |  |  | 59,690 |
Schedule Of Change In Benefit Obligation, Plan Assets And The Funded Status Of Nonpension Benefit Plans | The benefit obligation and funded status for nonpension postretirement benefit plans are as follows:
| 2015 |  | 2014
Benefit obligation |  |  |
Benefit obligation - beginning of year | $ | 253,980 |  |  | $ | 231,153 |
Service cost | 2,455 |  |  | 2,683 |
Interest cost | 8,799 |  |  | 9,951 |
Plan participants' contributions | 4,332 |  |  | 5,418 |
Actuarial (gain) loss | (31,253 | ) |  | 37,532 |
Foreign currency changes | (3,289 | ) |  | (2,096 | )
Curtailment | — |  |  | (2,160 | )
Benefits paid | (23,146 | ) |  | (28,501 | )
Benefit obligation - end of year (1) | $ | 211,878 |  |  | $ | 253,980 |
Fair value of plan assets |  |  |
Fair value of plan assets - beginning of year | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Company contribution | 18,814 |  |  | 23,083 |
Plan participants' contributions | 4,332 |  |  | 5,418 |
Benefits paid | (23,146 | ) |  | (28,501 | )
Fair value of plan assets - end of year | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Amounts recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets |  |  |
Current liability | $ | (19,406 | ) |  | $ | (22,113 | )
Non-current liability | (192,472 | ) |  | (231,867 | )
Funded status | $ | (211,878 | ) |  | $ | (253,980 | )
(1) | The benefit obligation for the U.S. nonpension postretirement plans was $198 million and $231 million at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
Pretax amounts recognized in AOCI consist of:
| 2015 |  | 2014
Net actuarial loss | $ | 59,174 |  |  | $ | 97,955 |
Prior service cost | 2,060 |  |  | 2,356 |
Total | $ | 61,234 |  |  | $ | 100,311 |
Schedule of Costs of Retirement Plans | The components of net periodic benefit cost for nonpension postretirement benefit plans were as follows:
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Service cost | $ | 2,455 |  |  | $ | 2,683 |  |  | $ | 3,684 |
Interest cost | 8,799 |  |  | 9,951 |  |  | 9,503 |
Amortization of prior service cost | 297 |  |  | 159 |  |  | 128 |
Amortization of net actuarial loss | 7,528 |  |  | 5,949 |  |  | 7,433 |
Curtailment | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2,920 |
Net periodic benefit cost | $ | 19,079 |  |  | $ | 18,742 |  |  | $ | 23,668 |
The components of net periodic benefit cost (income) for defined benefit pension plans were as follows:
| United States |  | Foreign
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Service cost | $ | 134 |  |  | $ | 6,908 |  |  | $ | 13,981 |  |  | $ | 2,229 |  |  | $ | 3,565 |  |  | $ | 6,272 |
Interest cost | 74,331 |  |  | 77,655 |  |  | 74,370 |  |  | 24,261 |  |  | 28,518 |  |  | 27,365 |
Expected return on plan assets | (104,004 | ) |  | (103,822 | ) |  | (107,608 | ) |  | (35,421 | ) |  | (39,137 | ) |  | (34,769 | )
Amortization of net transition asset | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (9 | ) |  | (10 | ) |  | (9 | )
Amortization of prior service (credit) cost | (60 | ) |  | 9 |  |  | 380 |  |  | (66 | ) |  | (57 | ) |  | 112 |
Amortization of net actuarial loss | 29,272 |  |  | 25,369 |  |  | 32,494 |  |  | 5,926 |  |  | 8,268 |  |  | 14,445 |
Special termination benefits | — |  |  | — |  |  | 548 |  |  | 79 |  |  | 1,238 |  |  | 935 |
Settlement / curtailment | 1,243 |  |  | 4,528 |  |  | 2,638 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Net periodic benefit cost (income) | $ | 916 |  |  | $ | 10,647 |  |  | $ | 16,803 |  |  | $ | (3,001 | ) |  | $ | 2,385 |  |  | $ | 14,351 |
Schedule of Effect of One-Percentage-Point Change in Assumed Health Care Cost Trend Rates | A 1% change in the assumed health care cost trend rates would have the following effects:
| 1% Increase |  | 1% Decrease
Effect on total of service and interest cost components | $ | 389 |  |  | $ | (326 | )
Effect on postretirement benefit obligation | $ | 7,841 |  |  | $ | (6,730 | )
Schedule of Expected Benefit Payments | The following benefit payments, which reflect expected future service, are expected to be paid.
| Pension Benefits |  | Nonpension Benefits
Years ending December 31, |  |  |
2016 | $ | 125,403 |  |  | $ | 19,475 |
2017 | 123,478 |  |  | 18,799 |
2018 | 124,090 |  |  | 18,088 |
2019 | 125,622 |  |  | 17,515 |
2020 | 127,960 |  |  | 16,846 |
2021 - 2025 | 644,862 |  |  | 75,468 |
| $ | 1,271,415 |  |  | $ | 166,191 |

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