arvinmeritor_11k.htm
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 11-K
 
(Mark One)
 
 
þ      
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009
 
OR
 
 
c      
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the transition period from _____________ to _____________.
 
Commission file number: 1-15983
 
A. Full title of the plan and address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:
 
ArvinMeritor, Inc. Savings Plan
 
B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:
 
ArvinMeritor, Inc.
2135 West Maple Road
Troy, Michigan 48084
 


ARVINMERITOR, INC.
SAVINGS PLAN
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM 1
 
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
     Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits 2
          as of December 31, 2009 and 2008
 
     Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits 3
          for the Year Ended December 31, 2009
  
     Notes to Financial Statements 4-10
 
SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009
 
     Form 5500, Schedule H, Part IV, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) 11
          as of December 31, 2009
 
SIGNATURES 12
 
EXHIBIT – Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 13



Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
To the ArvinMeritor, Inc. Employee Benefit Plan Committee and Participants
 
We have audited the accompanying statement of net assets available for benefits of ArvinMeritor, Inc. Savings Plan (the "Plan") as of December 31, 2009 and 2008 and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2009. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
 
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Plan is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets of the Plan as of December 31, 2009 and 2008 and the changes in net assets for the year ended December 31, 2009, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2009 is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audits of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.
 
/s/ Plante & Moran, PLLC
 
Clinton Township, Michigan
June 28, 2010
 


ARVINMERITOR, INC.
SAVINGS PLAN
 
STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008

2009       2008
ASSETS
Participant-directed investments
       Mutual funds $ 152,214,814 $ 114,651,223
       Common collective fund 37,554,966 31,557,833
       Common stock 54,550,233 7,589,474
       Participant loans 5,161,987 5,189,181
              Total investments at fair value 249,482,000 158,987,711
             
              Cash 307,773 5,004
             
              Accrued receivables 730,573 3,145,468
             
TOTAL ASSETS 250,520,346   162,138,183
             
LIABILITIES - Accrued administrative expenses   21,715 2,383
             
Net assets at fair value 250,498,631   162,135,800
             
Adjustment from fair value to contract value for  
       interest in common collective trust funds relating
       to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts (1,127,766 ) 295,829
             
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS $ 249,370,865 $ 162,431,629

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ARVINMERITOR, INC.
SAVINGS PLAN
 
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009

CONTRIBUTIONS
       Participant contributions $ 9,768,237
       Employer contributions, net of forfeitures 4,806,162
 
                     Total contributions, net of forfeitures 14,574,399
 
INVESTMENT INCOME  
       Dividends and interest 4,222,581
       Net appreciation in fair value of investments 90,014,370
 
                     Net investment income 94,236,951
 
DEDUCTIONS
       Benefits paid to participants (21,800,185 )
       Administrative expenses (71,929 )
 
                     Total deductions (21,872,114 )
 
INCREASE IN NET ASSETS 86,939,236
NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS
       Beginning of year 162,431,629
 
       End of year $ 249,370,865
 
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
 
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ARVINMERITOR, INC.
SAVINGS PLAN
 
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008, AND FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009
 
1. DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN
 
The following description of the amended and restated ArvinMeritor, Inc. Savings Plan (the “Plan”) is provided for general information purposes only. Participants should refer to the Plan document for more complete information.
 
General – The Plan is a defined contribution savings plan covering eligible salaried and certain non-union hourly employees of ArvinMeritor, Inc. and other affiliated companies (the “Company” or "ArvinMeritor"). Eligible employees may participate in the Plan immediately on the date they become employees. The Plan is administered by the Company’s Employee Benefit Plan Committee and the Plan Administrator. The trustee for the Plan assets is T. Rowe Price Trust Company. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”).
 
Employee Contributions – Eligible employees may elect to contribute up to 20% of their compensation, by electing to defer receipt of compensation (pre-tax contribution) or authorizing deductions from compensation (after-tax contribution), subject to the limits prescribed under the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”). Participants can elect to have their contributions invested in 5% increments in various investment funds.
 
The Plan allows participants who are at least age 50 by the end of the plan year to make additional pre-tax contributions up to the limits prescribed under the IRC.
 
Employer Matching Contributions – Participants are immediately eligible for matching contributions. The Company matches 100% of the participant’s contribution up to the first 3% of eligible compensation deferred and 50% of the participant’s contribution on the next 3% of eligible compensation deferred. Company matching contributions are invested according to the investment mix participants have elected for their own contributions. Effective February 1, 2009, the Company suspended the employer matching contribution for all current and future plan participants. The Company match was reinstated effective November 16, 2009.
 
Employer Pension Contributions – Eligible employees hired on or after October 1, 2005 receive a Pension Contribution into the Plan in lieu of accruing benefits under the Company's defined benefit plan. Effective January 1, 2008, eligible employees hired prior to October 1, 2005 who were not 50 years old with at least 10 years of service with the Company, or had at least 20 years of service with the Company began receiving Pension Contributions into the Plan in the same manner as salaried employees hired after October 1, 2005. Pension Contributions are fully funded by the Company and are made to all eligible employees regardless of whether they choose to contribute to the Plan. Pension Contributions range between 2% and 4% of participants’ compensation. Pension Contributions are invested according to the investment mix participants have elected for their own contributions.
 
Participant Accounts – Individual accounts are maintained for each plan participant. Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contributions, the Company’s matching contributions, Pension Contributions, if applicable, and an allocation of Plan earnings, and is charged with withdrawals and an allocation of Plan losses and administrative expenses.
 
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ARVINMERITOR, INC.
SAVINGS PLAN
 
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008, AND FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009
 
Allocations are based on participants’ account balances, as defined. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account.
 
Investments – Participants direct the investment of contributions into various investment options offered by the Plan. The Plan currently offers 20 mutual funds, a common collective trust fund and the Company’s common stock as investment options for participants.
 
Vesting – Amounts attributable to participant contributions and employer matching contributions are fully vested at all times. Pension Contributions vest in annual 20% increments beginning with the completion of the second year of service. Participants become fully vested after they reach six years of service. Forfeited Pension Contributions are netted against employer contributions.
 
Plan Withdrawals – Vested amounts contributed may be withdrawn by, or distributed to, a participant only upon (1) termination of employment or (2) attaining the age of 59½. Pre-tax withdrawals prior to attaining age 59½ are not permitted except in the event of retirement, disability or as a hardship distribution. Certain income tax penalties may apply to withdrawals or distributions prior to age 59½. Upon termination of service due to death, disability, retirement or other reasons, a participant would generally receive an amount equal to the value of the participant’s vested interest in their account as a lump-sum distribution.
 
Transfers The Company also sponsors a separate defined contribution savings plan for certain hourly employees. The Plan allows for employees changing status between union hourly and certain non-union hourly or salaried to move invested assets to the Plan that corresponds to their current status. During 2009, there were no transfers.
 
Participant Loans Participants may borrow from their accounts an amount not less than $1,000 and not greater than the lesser of (i) $50,000 less the amount of loans outstanding during the preceding 12-month period, (ii) amounts in the participant’s account attributable to participant contributions, or (iii) one-half of the participant’s vested account balance. The loans are secured by the balances in the respective participants' accounts.
 
Interest is charged at 1% over the prime rate in place at the loan origination date, which is defined as the base rate on corporate loans posted by at least 75% of the 30 largest U.S. banks. At year end, interest rates charged on outstanding balances ranged from 4.25% to 9.50%. The loans are repaid through payroll deductions over periods not to exceed 60 months unless they are for the purchase of a primary residence. Payments of principal and interest are reinvested under the participant’s current investment election for new contributions. Participants may have only one outstanding loan.
 
Plan Termination – Although the Company has not expressed any intent to terminate the Plan, it reserves the right to do so at any time. In the event of termination of the Plan, participants with Pension Contribution balances would become fully vested.
 
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ARVINMERITOR, INC.
SAVINGS PLAN
 
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008, AND FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009
 
2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
Basis of Accounting – The financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
Investment Valuation The Plan's investments are stated at fair value, except for a stable value common collective trust fund that primarily invests in benefit-responsive investment contracts (commonly referred to as a stable value fund), which is valued at contract value. Contract value represents investments at cost plus accrued interest income less amounts withdrawn to pay benefits. The fair value of the stable value common collective trust fund is based on discounting the related cash flows of the underlying guaranteed investment contracts based on current yields of similar instruments with comparable durations. Mutual funds and common stock are reported at fair value based on quoted market prices. Participant loans are reported at their outstanding balances, which approximate fair value. The methods described above may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values. Furthermore, while the Plan believes its valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in different fair value measurement at the reporting date.
 
Security Transactions and Investment Income – Purchases and sales of securities are reported on a trade-date basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recorded on the accrual basis.
 
Administrative Expenses – Administrative expenses for services required by the Plan document are paid by the Plan. All expenses not required by the Plan are paid by the Company. The amounts reported in the financial statements represent administrative expenses paid by the Plan.
 
Benefit Payments – Benefit payments to participants are recorded upon distribution.
 
Use of Estimates – The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and changes therein, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
Risks and Uncertainties – The Plan utilizes various investment instruments which are exposed to various risks related to, among other things, interest rate, foreign currency, credit, and overall market volatility. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect the amounts reported in the financial statements.
 
Change in Presentation/Reclassification – The Plan expanded the presentation of the investment categories in the fair value table in Note 4 from the prior year’s presentation in accordance with applicable authoritative guidance. The Plan also reclassified cash out of the investments section of Plan assets to the non-investment assets section of Plan assets as it is not an interest-bearing instrument.
 
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ARVINMERITOR, INC.
SAVINGS PLAN
 
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008, AND FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009
 
3. INVESTMENTS
 
The Plan’s significant investments as of December 31, 2009 and 2008 are as follows:
 
      2009       2008
Mutual funds - At fair value:
     Goldman Sachs Core International Equity Fund $ 11,460,169 $ 9,024,219
       T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Growth Fund 26,212,457 18,936,745
     T. Rowe Price Growth and Income Fund   22,494,383 18,110,945
     Vanguard Institutional Index Fund 16,626,462 13,928,174
     Pimco U.S. Total Return Admin 14,763,711   12,221,125
Common Collective Trust Fund - At contract value:
     T. Rowe Price Stable Value Common Trust Fund 36,427,200 31,853,662
Common stock - At fair value:
     ArvinMeritor, Inc. 54,550,233 7,589,474

During 2009, the Plan’s investments (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year) appreciated in value as follows:
 
      Mutual funds $ 33,145,427
Common stock - ArvinMeritor, Inc. 56,868,943
 
Net appreciation $ 90,014,370

4. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
 
Effective January 1, 2008, the Plan adopted the guidance in ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures. The guidance provides a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under ASC Topic 820 are described below:
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ARVINMERITOR, INC.
SAVINGS PLAN
 
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008, AND FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009
 
In instances where inputs used to measure fair value fall into different levels in the above fair value hierarchy, fair value measurements in their entirety are categorized based on the lowest level input that is significant to the valuation. The Plan's assessment of the significance of particular inputs to these fair value measurements requires judgment and considers factors specific to each asset or liability.
 
The Plan also holds other assets and liabilities not measured at fair value on a recurring basis, including accrued income, accrued liabilities and payables and unsettled trades. The fair value of these assets and liabilities is equal to the carrying amounts in the accompanying financial statements due to the short maturity of such instruments.
 
Investments measured at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31, 2009 are as follows:
 
     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total
Mutual Funds:
     Equity investments $ 95,664,105 $ - $ - $ 95,664,105
     Fixed income investments 14,763,711 - -   14,763,711
     Balanced investments   1,302,162 - - 1,302,162
     Retirement-year based investments 40,484,836   -   - 40,484,836
Common collective fund (1) - 37,554,966 - 37,554,966
Common stock - ArvinMeritor, Inc. 54,550,233 - - 54,550,233
Participant loans - - 5,161,987 5,161,987
 
Total investments at fair value $ 206,765,047 $ 37,554,966 $ 5,161,987 $ 249,482,000

Investments measured at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31, 2008 are as follows:
 
     Level 1       Level 2       Level 3       Total
Mutual Funds:
     Equity investments $ 72,737,893 $ - $ - $ 72,737,893
     Fixed income investments   12,221,125   - - 12,221,125
     Balanced investments 1,138,140 - - 1,138,140
     Retirement-year based investments 28,554,065 - -   28,554,065
Common collective fund (1) - 31,557,833   - 31,557,833
Common stock - ArvinMeritor, Inc. 7,589,474 - - 7,589,474
Participant loans - -  5,189,181 5,189,181
 
Total investments at fair value $ 122,240,697 $ 31,557,833 $  5,189,181 $ 158,987,711
 
(1) This category represents investments in the T. Rowe Price Stable Value Common Trust Fund that invests primarily in investment contracts, a variety of fixed income investments which may include corporate bonds, both U.S. and non-U.S. municipal securities, and wrapper contracts. Investments are valued at the net asset value per share multiplied by the number of shares held as of the measurement date.

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ARVINMERITOR, INC.
SAVINGS PLAN
 
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008, AND FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009
 
The following table sets forth a summary of the changes in the fair value of the Plan's level 3 investment assets for the year ended December 31, 2009:
 
            Participant
  Loans
Balance, beginning of year $ 5,189,181
Loan issuances, payments and settlements - net (27,194 )
Balance, end of year $ 5,161,987

5. TAX STATUS
 
The Internal Revenue Service has determined and informed the Company by a letter dated September 25, 2003, that the Plan was designed in accordance with applicable sections of the IRC. The Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter.
 
The Plan requested an updated determination letter on January 29, 2008. The Plan Administrator believes that the Plan is currently designed and being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC and is exempt from federal taxes as of December 31, 2009 and 2008. Therefore, no provision for income taxes has been included in the Plan’s financial statements.
 
6. EXEMPT PARTY-IN-INTEREST TRANSACTIONS
 
Certain Plan investments are shares of mutual funds managed by T. Rowe Price Trust Company. T. Rowe Price Trust Company is the trustee as defined by the Plan and, therefore, these transactions qualify as exempt party-in-interest transactions.
 
At December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Plan held 4,879,269 and 2,662,973 shares, respectively, of common stock of ArvinMeritor with a fair value of $54,550,233 and $7,589,474, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2009, the Plan recorded no dividend income from common stock of ArvinMeritor.
 
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ARVINMERITOR, INC.
SAVINGS PLAN
 
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued)
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 AND 2008, AND FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009
 
7. RECONCILIATION TO FORM 5500
 
The net assets on the financial statements differ from the net assets on the Form 5500 due to a common collective trust fund being recorded at contract value on the financial statements and at fair value on the Form 5500. The net assets on the financial statements were lower than those on the Form 5500 at December 31, 2009 by $1,127,766 and higher at December 31, 2008 by $295,829. Additionally, the investment income on the Form 5500 for the year ended December 31, 2009 is higher than that on the financial statements by $1,423,595.
 
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ARVINMERITOR, INC.
SAVINGS PLAN
 
FORM 5500, SCHEDULE H, PART IV, LINE 4i - SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR)
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2009 EIN 38-3354643, Plan No. 333
                 
Description of Investment
Identity of Issuer, Including Maturity Date,
Borrower, Lessor Rate of Interest, Collateral, Cost Current
or Similar Party      Par or Maturity Value           Value
Mutual funds
     Alliance Bernstein      Value Fund **   $ 2,068,549
     Goldman Sachs      Core International Equity Fund   ** 11,460,169
     Lord Abbett        Small Cap Value ** 7,686,535
     Pimco      U.S. Total Return Admin ** 14,763,711
     Vanguard      Institutional Index Fund ** 16,626,462
*    T. Rowe Price      Mid-Cap Growth Fund ** 26,212,457
*    T. Rowe Price      Growth and Income Fund ** 22,494,383
*    T. Rowe Price        Growth Stock Fund ** 9,115,550
*    T. Rowe Price      Retirement 2005 Fund   **     122,042
*    T. Rowe Price      Retirement 2010 Fund ** 6,879,872
*    T. Rowe Price      Retirement 2015 Fund ** 1,477,932
*    T. Rowe Price      Retirement 2020 Fund ** 10,731,497
*    T. Rowe Price      Retirement 2025 Fund ** 1,233,905
*    T. Rowe Price      Retirement 2030 Fund ** 11,419,835
*    T. Rowe Price      Retirement 2035 Fund ** 889,674
*    T. Rowe Price      Retirement 2040 Fund ** 6,981,287
*    T. Rowe Price      Retirement 2045 Fund ** 541,072
*    T. Rowe Price      Retirement 2050 Fund ** 102,530
*    T. Rowe Price      Retirement 2055 Fund ** 105,190
*    T. Rowe Price      Retirement Income Fund ** 1,302,162
 
  Common collective trust fund
*    T. Rowe Price      Stable Value Common Trust Fund ** 37,554,966
 
*    ArvinMeritor ArvinMeritor, Inc. common stock ** 54,550,233
 
*    Participant loans Interest recorded at 1% over prime
       rate (4.25%-9.50%), and maturities
       up to 60 months 5,161,987
  $ 249,482,000

 * Party-in-interest
 
** Cost information not required
 
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SIGNATURES
 
The Plan. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Plan Administrator has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
ARVINMERITOR, INC. SAVINGS PLAN
 
 
 
By:  /s/ Danielle Riddell
Danielle Riddell, Plan Administrator

June 28, 2010
 
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