OTHER | NOTE 10 – OTHER Changes in Estimates Accounting for contracts using the percentage-of-completion method requires judgment relative to assessing risks, estimating contract sales and costs (including estimating award and incentive fees and penalties related to performance) and making assumptions for schedule and technical issues. Due to the number of years it may take to complete many of our contracts and the scope and nature of the work required to be performed on those contracts, the estimation of total sales and costs at completion is complicated and subject to many variables and, accordingly is subject to change. When adjustments in estimated total contract sales or estimated total costs are required, any changes from prior estimates are recognized in the current period for the inception-to-date effect of such changes. When estimates of total costs to be incurred on a contract exceed estimates of total sales to be earned, a provision for the entire loss on the contract is recorded in the period in which the loss is determined. Many of our contracts span several years and include highly complex technical requirements. At the outset of a contract, we identify and monitor risks to the achievement of the technical, schedule and cost aspects of the contract and assess the effects of those risks on our estimates of total costs to complete the contract. The estimates consider the technical requirements (e.g., a newly-developed product versus a mature product), the schedule and associated tasks (e.g., the number and type of milestone events) and costs (e.g., material, labor, subcontractor, overhead and the estimated costs to fulfill our industrial cooperation agreements, sometimes referred to as offset agreements, required under certain contracts with international customers). The initial profit booking rate of each contract considers risks surrounding the ability to achieve the technical requirements, schedule and costs in the initial estimated total costs to complete the contract. Profit booking rates may increase during the performance of the contract if we successfully retire risks surrounding the technical, schedule and cost aspects of the contract which decreases the estimated total costs to complete the contract. Conversely, our profit booking rates may decrease if the estimated total costs to complete the contract increase. All of the estimates are subject to change during the performance of the contract and may affect the profit booking rate. Comparability of our segment sales, operating profit and operating margin may be impacted favorably or unfavorably by changes in profit booking rates on our contracts accounted for using the percentage-of-completion method of accounting. Increases in the profit booking rates, typically referred to as risk retirements, usually relate to revisions in the estimated total costs that reflect improved conditions on a particular contract. Conversely, conditions on a particular contract may deteriorate resulting in an increase in the estimated total costs to complete and a reduction in the profit booking rate. Segment operating profit and margins may also be impacted favorably or unfavorably by other items. Favorable items may include the positive resolution of contractual matters, cost recoveries on restructuring charges, insurance recoveries and gains on sales of assets. Unfavorable items may include the adverse resolution of contractual matters; restructuring charges, except for significant severance actions which are excluded from segment operating results; reserves for disputes; asset impairments; and losses on sales of assets. Our consolidated net adjustments not related to volume, including net profit booking rate adjustments and other matters, increased segment operating profit by approximately $435 million and $840 million in the quarter and six months ended June 26, 2016 and $550 million and $1.0 billion in the quarter and six months ended June 28, 2015. These adjustments increased net earnings by approximately $280 million ($0.91 per share) and $545 million ($1.77 per share) in the quarter and six months ended June 26, 2016 and $355 million ($1.12 per share) and $675 million ($2.12 per share) in the quarter and six months ended June 28, 2015. Long-Term Debt Repayment In May 2016, we repaid $452 million of long-term notes with a fixed interest rate of 7.65% according to their scheduled maturities. We also had related variable interest rate swaps with a notional amount of $450 million mature, which did not have a significant impact on net earnings or comprehensive income. February 2015 Debt Issuance On February 20, 2015, we issued $2.25 billion of notes (the February 2015 Notes) in a registered public offering. The February 2015 Notes consist of $750 million maturing in 2025 with a fixed interest rate of 2.90%, $500 million maturing in 2035 with a fixed interest rate of 3.60% and $1.0 billion maturing in 2045 with a fixed interest rate of 3.80%. Restructuring Charges 2016 Actions During the first quarter of 2016, we recorded severance charges totaling approximately $99 million, of which $80 million related to our Aeronautics business segment and $19 million related to our IS&GS business segment. The charges consisted of severance costs associated with the planned elimination of certain positions through either voluntary or involuntary actions. Upon separation, terminated employees will receive lump-sum severance payments primarily based on years of service, the majority of which are expected to be paid by the end of 2016. As of June 26, 2016, we have paid approximately $34 million in severance payments associated with these actions, substantially all of which was paid during the quarter ended June 26, 2016. 2015 Actions During the third and fourth quarters of 2015, we recorded severance charges totaling $102 million, of which $67 million related to our MST business segment and $35 million related to our IS&GS business segment (prior to our fourth quarter 2015 program realignment). The charges consisted of severance costs associated with the planned elimination of certain positions through either voluntary or involuntary actions. Upon separation, terminated employees will receive lump-sum severance payments primarily based on years of service, the majority of which are expected to be paid over the next several quarters. As of June 26, 2016, we have paid approximately $49 million in severance payments associated with these actions, of which approximately $17 million was paid in the quarter ended June 26, 2016. In connection with the Sikorsky acquisition, we assumed obligations related to certain restructuring actions committed to by Sikorsky in June 2015. Net of amounts we anticipate to recover through the pricing of our products and services to our customers, we also expect to incur an additional $40 million of costs in 2016 related to these actions. During the six months ended June 26, 2016 we incurred about $15 million of costs and the remaining $25 million are expected to be incurred during the second half of 2016. We expect to recover a substantial amount of the restructuring charges through the pricing of our products and services to the U.S. Government and other customers in future periods, with the impact included in the respective business segment’s results of operations. Income Taxes Our effective income tax rates were 27.1% and 24.3% for the quarter and six months ended June 26, 2016 and 30.8% and 30.7% for the quarter and six months ended June 28, 2015. The rates for both periods benefited from tax deductions for U.S. manufacturing activities and for dividends paid to our defined contribution plans with an employee stock ownership plan feature. The rates in the quarter and six months ended June 26, 2016 also benefited from the research and development tax credit, which was permanently extended and reinstated in the fourth quarter of 2015, and from additional tax benefits related to employee share-based payment awards which are now recorded as income tax benefit or expense in earnings effective with the adoption of an accounting standard update during the quarter ended June 26, 2016. We early adopted the accounting standard update during the second quarter of 2016 and are therefore required to report the impacts as though the accounting standard update had been adopted on January 1, 2016. Accordingly, we recognized additional income tax benefits of $11 million and $115 million during the quarter and six months ended June 26, 2016. The adjustments for the second quarter included only the quarterly impacts, whereas the adjustments for the first six months of 2016 include the second quarter impacts and the reclassification of income tax benefits of $104 million originally recognized in additional paid-in capital and cash flows from financing activities in the first quarter of 2016. Stockholders’ Equity Repurchases of Common Stock During the six months ended June 26, 2016, we repurchased 4.5 million shares of our common stock for $1.0 billion. The total remaining authorization for future common share repurchases under our share repurchase program was $2.6 billion as of June 26, 2016. As we repurchase our common shares, we reduce common stock for the $1 of par value of the shares repurchased, with the excess purchase price over par value recorded as a reduction of additional paid-in capital. If additional paid-in capital is reduced to zero, we record the remainder of the excess purchase price over par value as a reduction of retained earnings. Dividends We declared cash dividends totaling $1.0 billion ($3.30 per share) and $1.5 billion ($4.95 per share) during the quarter and six months ended June 26, 2016. The 2016 dividend amounts include the declaration of our 2016 third quarter dividend of $1.65 per share, which totaled $503 million. We declared cash dividends totaling $942 million ($3.00 per share) and $1.4 billion ($4.50 per share) during the quarter and six months ended June 28, 2015. The 2015 dividend amounts include the declaration of our 2015 third quarter dividend of ($1.50 per share), which totaled $471 million. Restricted Stock Unit Grants During the three months ended June 26, 2016, there were no significant grants of restricted stock units (RSUs). During the six months ended June 26, 2016, we granted certain employees approximately 0.7 million RSUs with a grant-date fair value of $206.69 per RSU. The grant-date fair value of these RSUs is equal to the closing market price of our common stock on the grant date less a discount to reflect the delay in payment of dividend-equivalent cash payments that are made only upon vesting, which is generally three years from the grant date. We recognize the grant-date fair value of RSUs, less estimated forfeitures, as compensation expense ratably over the requisite service period, which is shorter than the vesting period if the employee is retirement eligible on the date of grant or will become retirement eligible before the end of the vesting period. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss Changes in the balance of AOCL, net of tax, consisted of the following (in millions): Postretirement Other, net AOCL Balance at December 31, 2015 $ (11,314) $ (130) $ (11,444) Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications — (7) (7) Amounts reclassified from AOCL Recognition of net actuarial losses (a) 469 — 469 Amortization of net prior service credits (a) (123) — (123) Other — 1 1 Total reclassified from AOCL 346 (6) 340 Total other comprehensive income (loss) 346 (6) 340 Balance at June 26, 2016 $ (10,968) $ (136) $ (11,104) Balance at December 31, 2014 $ (11,813) $ (57) $ (11,870) Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications — (11) (11) Amounts reclassified from AOCL Recognition of net actuarial losses (a) 554 — 554 Amortization of net prior service credits (a) (129) — (129) Total reclassified from AOCL 425 — 425 Total other comprehensive income (loss) 425 (11) 414 Balance at June 28, 2015 $ (11,388) $ (68) $ (11,456) (a) Reclassifications from AOCL, net of tax, related to our postretirement benefit plans were recorded as a component of net periodic benefit cost for each period presented (Note 7). These amounts include $173 million and $213 million for the quarters ended June 26, 2016 and June 28, 2015, which are comprised of the recognition of net actuarial losses of $235 million and $277 million for the quarters ended June 26, 2016 and June 28, 2015 and the amortization of net prior service (credits) costs of $(62) million and $(64) million for the quarters ended June 26, 2016 and June 28, 2015. Recent Accounting Pronouncements In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers Topic 606 In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases Topic 842 On March 30, 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09, Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting In September 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-16 , Business Combinations Topic 805 In November 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-17, Income Taxes Topic 740 |