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Note 20 - Other Postretirement Benefits
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Notes to Financial Statements  
Postemployment Benefits Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 20: OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS

 

In Canada, Kodak provides medical, dental, life insurance, and survivor income benefits to eligible retirees.  The plan is closed to new participants. Information on the Canada other postretirement benefit plan is presented below.

 

The measurement date used to determine the net benefit obligation for the Canada other postretirement benefit plan is December 31.

 

Changes in Kodak’s benefit obligation and funded status were as follows (in millions):

 

  

Year Ended December 31,

 

(in millions)

  2023   2022 

Net benefit obligation at beginning of period

 $43  $52 

Interest cost

  2   1 

Actuarial gain

     (7)

Benefit payments

  (2)  (3)

Net benefit obligation at end of period

 $43  $43 
         

Underfunded status at end of period

  (43)  (43)

 

Amounts recognized in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Position consist of (in millions):

 

  

As of December 31,

 

(in millions)

  2023   2022 

Other current liabilities

 $(3) $(3)

Pension and other postretirement liabilities

  (40)  (40)
  $(43) $(43)

 

Amounts recognized in Accumulated other comprehensive income consist of (in millions):

 

  

As of December 31,

 

(in millions)

  2023   2022 

Net actuarial gain

 $10  $11 

 

Changes in benefit obligations recognized in Other comprehensive loss (income) consist of (in millions):

 

  

Year Ended December 31,

 

(in millions)

  2023   2022 

Newly established gain

 $  $7 

Total gain recognized in Other comprehensive loss (income)

 $  $7 

 

Other postretirement benefit cost included:

 

  

Year Ended December 31,

 

(in millions)

  2023   2022   2021 

Components of net postretirement benefit cost:

            

Service cost

 $  $  $ 

Interest cost

  2   1   1 

Amortization of:

            

Actuarial gain

  (1)      

Other postretirement benefit cost from continuing operations

 $1  $1  $1 

 

The weighted-average assumptions used to determine the net benefit obligations were as follows:

 

  

As of December 31,

 
  

2023

  

2022

 

Discount rate

  4.64%  5.15%

Salary increase rate

  1.85%  2.10%

 

The weighted-average assumptions used to determine the net postretirement benefit cost were as follows:

 

  

Year Ended December 31,

 
  

2023

  

2022

  

2021

 

Effective rate for interest cost

  5.13%  2.53%  1.81%

Salary increase rate

  2.10%  1.85%  1.70%

 

The weighted-average assumed healthcare cost trend rates used to compute the other postretirement amounts were as follows:

 

  

2023

  

2022

 

Healthcare cost trend

  5.73%  5.64%

Rate to which the cost trend rate is assumed to decline (the ultimate trend rate)

  3.32%  3.57%

Year that the rate reaches the ultimate trend rate

 

2040

  

2043

 

 

The following other postretirement benefits, which reflect expected future service, are expected to be paid (in millions):

 

2024

 $3 

2025

  3 

2026

  3 

2027

  3 

2028

  3 
2029 - 2033  12