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Strengthening Our Balance Sheet
Intend to make $1.25B voluntary pension contribution by September 15th
– Funded partially
with proceeds from today’s debt offering
– Viewed as debt reduction by rating agencies
– Contribution is tax deductible and locks in cash benefit prior to potential tax reform
– Improved plan funding level provides significant PBGC1 premium savings
Will take additional steps to “de-risk” pension plan in 2H 2017
No required contributions expected during the next five years
We continue to target available
cash for debt reduction needed to support investment grade credit rating
1 Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
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De-Risking the Company
2014 2015 2016 2017 Contributions $353MM $750MM $750MM $1.25B
IP is taking meaningful and
deliberate steps to de-risk our pension plan
De-Risking
2004 2014 2016 2017 Pension plan Decision made to freeze Voluntary term-vested closed to new defined benefit pension plan buy out program entrants for active salary participants
reduced plan size by effective 12/31/18 ~10% and introduced new LDI1 policy
Will take additional measures to reduce risk in our pension plan 2H 2017
– Making changes to the plan’s asset allocation to emphasize more fixed income
– Reallocating the plan’s fixed income investments to longer duration maturities
– Expanding certain hedging strategies
– Exploring other risk mitigation options
1 Liability Driven Investment
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