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| Investment Valuation and Income Recognition – Master Trust |
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| Master Trust investments are stated at fair value. Investments in mutual and common/commingled funds are valued at the net asset value of shares held at year-end. Common stocks, including Honeywell Common Stock, traded on a national securities exchange, are valued at the last reported sales price or close price at the end of the year. Fixed income securities traded in the over-the-counter market are valued at the bid prices. Short-term securities are valued at amortized cost, which includes cost plus accrued interest, which approximates fair value. Investment contracts are stated at fair value based on discounted cash flow method. |
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| Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis, and dividend income is accrued on the ex-dividend date. Security transactions (purchases and sales) are accounted for on the trade date. |
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| From time to time, investment managers may use derivative financial instruments including forward exchange and futures contracts. Derivative instruments are used primarily to mitigate exposure to foreign exchange rate and interest rate fluctuations as well as manage the investment mix in the portfolio. |
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| The Plan’s interest in the Master Trust represents more than 5 percent of the Plan’s net assets at December 31, 2006 and 2005. |
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| Investment Contracts |
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| The Master Trust entered into benefit-responsive investment contracts, such as traditional guaranteed investment contracts (“GICs”) and synthetic guaranteed investment contracts, with various third parties. These benefit-responsive investment contracts are held through the Honeywell Short Term Fixed Income Fund and the Honeywell Secured Benefit Fund. Contract values represent contributions made to the investment contract plus earnings, less participant withdrawals and administrative expenses. |
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| A synthetic GIC provides for a fixed return on principal over a specified period of time through fully benefit-responsive wrapper contracts issued by a third party which are backed by underlying assets owned by the Master Trust. The contract values of the synthetic GICs were $616 million and $457 million at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Included in the contract values of the synthetic GICs are $6 million at December 31, 2006 and 2005, attributable to wrapper contract providers representing the amounts by which the value of the investment contracts is less than the value of the underlying assets. |
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| A traditional GIC provides for a fixed return on principal over a specified period of time through fully benefit-responsive contracts issued by a third party which are backed by assets owned by the third party. The contract values of the traditional GICs were $598 million and $648 million at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. |
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| The average yield rates of the Honeywell Short Term Fixed Income Fund and the Honeywell Secured Benefit Fund was 5.10% and 11.7%, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2006 and 5.95% and 11.7%, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2005. The average crediting interest rate of the Honeywell Short Term Fixed Income Fund and the Honeywell Secured Benefit Fund was 4.79% and 12.3%, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2006 and 3.95% and 12.3%, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2005. The Master Trust is exposed to credit |