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This excerpt taken from the LUX 20-F filed Jun 29, 2007. New Accounting PronouncementIn the fourth quarter of 2006, the
Company adopted SFAS No. 158, which requires employers to recognize on the
balance sheet the projected benefit obligation of pension plans and the
accumulated postretirement benefit obligation for any other postretirement
plan. This requirement replaces the requirement of SFAS No. 87 to report a
minimum pension liability measured as the excess of the accumulated benefit
obligation over the fair value of plan assets and any recorded pension accrual.
SFAS No. 158 also requires employers to recognize in other comprehensive income
gains or losses and prior service costs or credits that occur during the period
but would not be recognized as net periodic benefit cost as
F-41 required by SFAS No. 87, 88, and 106. There is no change in the requirements related to the income statement recognition of net periodic benefit costs. The incremental effect of applying SFAS No. 158 on the consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2006 is as follows: |
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