PBGC, LandAmerica Work out Deal to Preserve Cash Balance Plan
The announcement said that although LandAmerica
believes the plan currently complies with funding
standards for ongoing pension plans under federal law,
the PBGC believes additional assets are needed to
complete a standard, fully funded termination of the plan
or to pay claims to the PBGC in the event the plan
terminates and is trusteed by the PBGC.
Under the agreement, if any LandAmerica subsidiary
subsequently is sold, LandAmerica may elect to escrow for
the pension plan 30% of net cash or cash equivalent
proceeds realized from such sale for the benefit of
funding a standard termination of the plan or, if the
plan is not terminated in a standard termination, to be
applied against any Bankruptcy Court approved claims of
the PBGC. In consideration for LandAmerica’s
agreement to escrow the proceeds, the PBGC will release
any and all such sold subsidiary or subsidiaries from any
liability arising from the cash balance pension plan,
according to the announcement.
Any escrowed assets not payable to the plan or the
PBGC will belong to LandAmerica.
The LandAmerica Cash Balance Plan is currently
administered by LandAmerica and has not been taken over
by the PBGC. The agreement comes after the PBGC
announced on May 11 that it would terminate and assume
responsibility for the LandAmerica pensions.
The agreement must be approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Richmond, Virginia.
The nation’s private pension insurer not only takes over insolvent pension plans, but also works out deals with plan sponsors to protect workers’ pensions (see PBGC, Health System Reach Agreement to Preserve Pensions ).
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