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Notes to Financial Statement


Changes in the Company’s benefit obligation, plan assets and funded status for major plans are as follows:

    2000   1999
(in millions) U.S.   Non-U.S.   U.S.   Non-U.S.
                       
Change in Benefit Obligation                      
  Projected benefit obligation at January 1 $ 5,798   $ 1,905   $ 6,523   $ 1,998
  Service cost   89     33     107     33
  Interest cost   408     107     426     111
  Participant contributions   -     11     -     12
  Plan amendment   (67)     (3)     -     -
  Benefit payments   (578)     (104)     (876)     (118)
  Actuarial gain   (115)     (33)     (370)     (69)
  Settlements   -     (12)     -     -
  Curtailments   (5)     -     (12)     (16)
  Currency adjustments   -     (143)     -     (46)
Projected benefit obligation at December 31 $ 5,530   $ 1,761   $ 5,798   $ 1,905
Change in Change in Plan Assets                      
  Fair value of plan assets at January 1 $ 7,340   $ 1,917   $ 6,543   $ 1,824
  Actual return on plan assets   528     176     1,673     217
  Employer contributions   -     35     -     33
  Participant contributions   -     11     -     12
  Benefit payments   (578)     (104)     (876)     (112)
  Settlements   -     (12)     -     -
  Currency adjustments   -     (143)     -     (49)
  Other   -     -     -     (8)
Fair value of plan assets at December 31 $ 7,290   $ 1,880   $ 7,340   $ 1,917
Funded Status at December 31 $ 1,760   $ 118   $ 1,542   $ 12
  Unamortized:                      
    Transition asset:   (115)     (32)     (174)     (45)
    Net (gain) loss   (1,323)     21     (1,251)     94
    Prior service cost   3     12     72     23
Net amount recognized at December 31 $ 325   $ 119   $ 189   $ 84
 
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