Meritor Acquisition and 2022 Financial Results
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Significant declines in future financial and stock market conditions could diminish our pension plan asset performance and adversely impact our results of operations,
financial condition and cash flow.
We sponsor both funded and unfunded domestic and foreign defined benefit pension and other retirement plans. Our pension cost and the required contributions to our pension
plans are directly affected by the value of plan assets, the projected and actual rates of return on plan assets and the actuarial assumptions we use to measure our defined benefit
pension plan obligations, including the discount rate at which future projected and accumulated pension obligations are discounted to a present value. We could experience
increased pension cost due to a combination of factors, including the decreased investment performance of pension plan assets, decreases in the discount rate and changes in our
assumptions relating to the expected return on plan assets.
Significant declines in current and future financial and stock market conditions could cause material losses in our pension plan assets, which could result in increased pension
cost in future years and adversely impact our results of operations, financial condition and cash flow. Depending upon the severity and length of market declines and
government regulatory changes, we may be legally obligated to make pension payments in the U.S. and perhaps other countries and these contributions could be material.
We are exposed to risks arising from the price and availability of energy.
The level of demand for our products and services is influenced in multiple ways by the price and availability of energy. High energy costs generally drive greater demand for
better fuel economy in almost all countries in which we operate. Some of our engine products have been developed with a primary purpose of offering fuel economy
improvements, and if energy costs decrease or increase less than expected, demand for these products may likewise decrease. The relative unavailability of electricity in some
emerging market countries also influences demand for our electricity generating products, such as our diesel generators. If these countries add energy capacity by expanding
their power grids at a rate equal to or faster than the growth in demand for energy, the demand for our generating products could also decrease or increase less than would
otherwise be the case.
ITEM 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
None.
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