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Note 21 - Other Postretirement Benefits
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Postemployment Benefits [Abstract]  
Other Postretirement Benefits

NOTE 21:  OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS

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

The measurement date used to determine the net benefit obligation for Kodak's other postretirement benefit plans is December 31.

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

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Net benefit obligation at beginning of period

 

$

63

 

 

$

64

 

Interest cost

 

 

1

 

 

 

2

 

Plan participants’ contributions

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

Actuarial loss

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

Benefit payments

 

 

(3

)

 

 

(4

)

Net benefit obligation at end of period

 

$

63

 

 

$

63

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Underfunded status at end of period

 

$

(63

)

 

$

(63

)

 

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

 

 

 

As of December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Other current liabilities

 

$

(3

)

 

$

(3

)

Pension and other postretirement liabilities

 

 

(60

)

 

 

(60

)

 

 

$

(63

)

 

$

(63

)

 

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

 

 

 

As of December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Net actuarial gain

 

$

4

 

 

$

5

 

 

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

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Newly established loss

 

$

1

 

 

$

 

Amortization of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Net actuarial gain

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

Total gain recognized in Other comprehensive income

 

$

1

 

 

$

1

 

 

Other postretirement benefit cost included:

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Components of net postretirement benefit cost:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service cost

 

$

 

 

$

 

Interest cost

 

 

1

 

 

 

2

 

Amortization of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actuarial gain

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

Other postretirement benefit cost from continuing

   operations

 

$

1

 

 

$

1

 

 

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

 

 

 

As of December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Discount rate

 

 

2.21

%

 

 

2.93

%

Salary increase rate

 

 

1.80

%

 

 

1.80

%

 

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

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Effective rate for interest cost

 

 

2.67

%

 

 

3.26

%

Salary increase rate

 

 

1.80

%

 

 

2.35

%

 

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

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Healthcare cost trend

 

 

5.33

%

 

 

5.37

%

Rate to which the cost trend rate is assumed to decline

   (the ultimate trend rate)

 

 

3.14

%

 

 

3.14

%

Year that the rate reaches the ultimate trend rate

 

 

2039

 

 

 

2038

 

 

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

 

2021

 

$

3

 

2022

 

 

3

 

2023

 

 

3

 

2024

 

 

3

 

2025

 

 

3

 

2026-2030

 

 

16