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| Investment Valuation and Income Recognition – Master Trust |
| Master Trust investments are stated at fair value. Investments in mutual and common/commingled funds are valued at the net asset value of units 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. Traditional guaranteed investment contracts are stated at fair value based on a discounted cash flow method. |
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| Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis, and dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. |
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| From time to time, investment managers may use derivative financial instruments including foreign exchange forward 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. The Master Trust held no derivative instruments as of December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010. |
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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, 2011 and 2010. |
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| Guaranteed Investment Contracts |
| The Master Trust entered into benefit-responsive investment contracts, such as traditional guaranteed investment contracts and synthetic guaranteed investment contracts (“GICs”) with various third parties. These benefit-responsive investment contracts are held through the Honeywell Short Term Fixed Income Fund. Contract values represent contributions made to the investment contract plus earnings, less participant withdrawals and administrative expenses. |
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| Investment contracts held by a defined-contribution plan are required to be reported at fair value. However, contract value is the relevant measurement attribute for that portion of the net assets available for benefits of a defined-contribution plan attributable to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts because contract value is the amount participants would receive if they were to initiate permitted transactions under the terms of the plan. The Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits present the fair value of the investment contracts as well as the adjustment of the fully benefit-responsive investment contracts from fair value to contract value. The Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits is prepared on a contract value basis. |
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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 $16 million and $125 million at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. |
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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. As of December 31, 2011, the Master Trust did not hold any synthetic GICs. The contract value of the synthetic GICs was $740 million at December 31, 2010. Not included in the contract value of the synthetic GICs was $15 million at December 31, 2010 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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| The average yield rate of the Honeywell Short Term Fixed Income Fund was 2.45% for the year ended December 31, 2010. The average crediting interest rate of the Honeywell Short Term Fixed Income Fund was 2.36% for the year ended December 31, 2010. On December 1, 2011, the |