Subsequent Events

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

Subsequent Events

Subsequent Events

Pension

In April 2022, our U.K. defined benefit pension plan was amended, at the sole discretion of the Plan Trustees as legally allowed, to increase the capped inflation indexation for the April 2022 pension increase award to 7.5% in line with the December 2021 UK Retail Price Index (RPI). This plan amendment is expected to result in an increase of approximately $53 (GBP 40 million) in the projected benefit obligation (PBO) for this plan (approximately 1.4% of the plan PBO as of December 31, 2021). However, at this stage, we are still evaluating the full impact of this amendment including the associated impacts from the required remeasurement of the plan assets and obligations for updates to discount rates, actual returns and actuarial experience as of the effective date of the amendment. Refer to Note 19 - Employee Benefit Plans in the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the 2021 Annual Report for additional information regarding our U.K. defined benefit pension plan including its funding status as of December 31, 2021.

Secured Borrowing

In April 2022, we entered into a secured loan agreement with a financial institution where we sold $94 (119 million CAD) of finance receivables of our Canadian subsidiary to a special purpose entity (SPE). The purchase by the SPE was funded through an $85 (108 million CAD) amortizing secured loan to the SPE from the financial institution. The transaction was accounted for as a secured borrowing and the SPE is fully consolidated in our financial statements. As a result, the assets of the SPE are not available to satisfy any of our other obligations. Conversely, the credit holder of this SPE does not have legal recourse to the Company’s general credit.

The loan has a variable interest rate that was swapped to a fixed interest rate of 3.32% and it has an expected life of less than 3 years, with half of the loan projected to be repaid within the first year based on collections of the underlying portfolio of receivables.