Furthermore, Nebraska Medicine has an
overfunded pension plan that it plans to terminate in fiscal 2019.
An
overfunded pension plan should have allowed the Postal Service to scale back contributions, freeing funds for improved service or rate reductions.
Answer--An employer with an
overfunded pension plan can amend the plan to add postretirement health insurance as an additional incidental benefit.
Once the calculations are complete for all plans, the employer must aggregate the net balances of all
overfunded pension and other benefit plans into a single asset on the balance sheet.
(GE) could have major implications for government contractors with
overfunded pension plans.
* The Effect of Voluntary Terminations of
Overfunded Pension Plans on Shareholder Wealth," by Jack VanDerhei.
Corporate restructuring involves activities such as divestiture of underperforming businesses that do not "fit," spinoffs directly to shareholders, stock repurchases, debt swaps, acquisitions paid with "excess cash," and liquidation of
overfunded pension funds...In 1985 the Standard & Poor's 500 appreciated 26% in price.
The
overfunded pension plan, built in large part by employee contributions, can easily afford to pay more, say the retirees.
As part of the corporate restructuring, Union Carbide effected a reversion of pension plan funds from its
overfunded pension plan and used it to buy back company stock.
In IBM's case, it did have an
overfunded pension plan.