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Postretirement Benefits (Policy)
12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2012
Postretirement Benefits [Abstract]  
Postretirement Benefits

Postretirement Medical and Life Insurance Benefit Plans

We and certain of our operating subsidiaries provide multiple postretirement medical and life insurance benefit plans. We recognize the cost of benefits as the employees render service. Postretirement benefits are funded as incurred. At the end of the year, we discount our plan liabilities using an assumed discount rate. In estimating this rate, we, along with our third-party actuaries, review bond indices, consider yield curve analysis results and the past history of discount rates.

The actuarial present value of benefit obligations summarized below was based on the following assumption:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2012

 

2011

 

Weighted-average assumption as of June 30

 

 

 

 

 

Discount rate.................................................................................................

 

       3.78%

 

        5.29%

 

The net periodic benefit costs were determined utilizing the following beginning-of-the-year assumptions:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2012

 

     2011

 

  2010

 

Discount rate.........................................................................

 

   5.29%

 

             5.21%

 

           6.34%

 

Health care cost trend rate.................................................

 

10.00%

 

           10.00%

 

         10.00%