Postretirement Benefit Plans

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Postemployment Benefits [Abstract]

Postretirement Benefit Plans

POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS

Defined Contribution Plans

Substantially all of ITT’s U.S. and certain international employees are eligible to participate in a defined contribution plan. ITT sponsors numerous defined contribution savings plans, which allow employees to contribute a portion of their pre-tax and/or after-tax income in accordance with specified guidelines. Certain plans require us to match a portion of the employee contributions. Company contributions charged to expense amounted to $14.5, $10.6 and $17.6 for 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Contributions during 2020 were impacted by a temporary suspension of select 401(k) benefits for certain U.S. participants as a cost reduction measure in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The ITT Stock Fund, an investment option in our U.S. based defined contribution plan, is considered an employee stock ownership plan and, as a result, participants in the ITT Stock Fund may receive dividends in cash or may reinvest such dividends into the ITT Stock Fund. The ITT Stock Fund held approximately 0.1 shares of ITT common stock at December 31, 2021.

Defined Benefit Plans

ITT currently sponsors a number of defined benefit pension plans, primarily outside of the U.S., which have approximately 950 active participants. As of December 31, 2021, international pension plans represented 86% of our total projected pension benefit obligation. There is one remaining U.S. pension plan, which is frozen to new participants. International plan benefits are primarily determined based on participant years of service, future compensation, and age at retirement or termination.

ITT also provides health care and life insurance benefits for eligible U.S. employees upon retirement. In some cases, the plan is still open to certain union employees, but the majority of these plans are closed to new participants. The majority of the liability pertains to retirees with postretirement medical insurance.

U.S. Qualified Pension Plan Termination

In 2020, the Company terminated its U.S. qualified pension plan by purchasing a group annuity contract from MassMutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual), which fully assumed the responsibility for paying and administering pension benefits to approximately five thousand plan participants and their beneficiaries. In connection with the plan termination, the Company settled all future obligations under the plan by providing lump sum payments to eligible participants who elected to receive them, and by transferring the remaining projected benefit obligation to the insurance company. Consequently, in 2020, the Company recognized a settlement charge of $136.9 within non-operating expenses, which primarily represents the acceleration of deferred charges previously included within accumulated other comprehensive loss and derecognition of the net assets of the plan. The termination was initially funded with plan assets of approximately $320 and cash of $8.4. In 2021, the funding was finalized, resulting in a gain of $3.4 presented within the non-operating postretirement (benefit) costs line in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Balance Sheet Information

The following table provides a summary of the funded status of our postretirement benefit plans and the presentation of the funded status within our Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2021 and 2020.

	2021						2020
	Pension		Other Benefits		Total		Pension		Other Benefits		Total
Fair value of plan assets	$	0.5	$	—	$	0.5	$	0.5	$	—	$	0.5
Projected benefit obligation	107.9		106.4		214.3		124.5		118.3		242.8
Funded status	$	(107.4)	$	(106.4)	$	(213.8)	$	(124.0)	$	(118.3)	$	(242.3)
Amounts reported within:
Non-current assets	$	0.2	$	—	$	0.2	$	0.2	$	—	$	0.2
Accrued liabilities	(5.5)		(8.6)		(14.1)		(5.8)		(9.2)		(15.0)
Non-current liabilities	(102.1)		(97.8)		(199.9)		(118.4)		(109.1)		(227.5)

A portion of our projected benefit obligation includes amounts that have not yet been recognized as expense in our results of operations. Such amounts are recorded within accumulated other comprehensive loss until they are amortized as a component of net periodic postretirement cost. The following table provides a summary of amounts recorded within accumulated other comprehensive loss at December 31, 2021 and 2020.

	2021						2020
	Pension		Other Benefits		Total		Pension		Other Benefits		Total
Net actuarial loss	$	30.0	$	28.4	$	58.4	$	40.9	$	39.2	$	80.1
Prior service cost (benefit)	0.3		(22.0)		(21.7)		0.4		(27.1)		(26.7)
Total	$	30.3	$	6.4	$	36.7	$	41.3	$	12.1	$	53.4

The following tables provide a rollforward of the benefit obligation, plan assets and funded status for our U.S. and international pension plans and our other employee-related defined benefit plans for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020.

	2021								2020
	U.S. Pension		Int’l Pension		Other Benefits		Total		U.S. Pension		Int’l Pension		Other Benefits		Total
Change in benefit obligation
Benefit obligation – January 1	$	15.5	$	109.0	$	118.3	$	242.8	$	310.4	$	98.4	$	116.6	$	525.4
Service cost	—		1.4		0.7		2.1		—		1.5		0.8		2.3
Interest cost	0.3		0.7		1.8		2.8		6.9		1.0		2.8		10.7
Actuarial (gain) loss(a)	(0.1)		(6.3)		(8.2)		(14.6)		45.0		3.3		4.0		52.3
Benefits paid	(0.9)		(3.2)		(6.2)		(10.3)		(18.9)		(3.6)		(5.9)		(28.4)
Settlement	—		(0.2)		—		(0.2)		(327.9)		(0.6)		—		(328.5)
Foreign currency translation	—		(8.3)		—		(8.3)		—		9.0		—		9.0
Benefit obligation – December 31	$	14.8	$	93.1	$	106.4	$	214.3	$	15.5	$	109.0	$	118.3	$	242.8

(a)In 2021, the actuarial gain is primarily due to an increase in discount rates. In 2020, the actuarial loss is primarily due to a decrease in discount rates in addition to the annuity premium in connection with the U.S. qualified pension plan termination.

	2021								2020
	U.S. Pension		Int’l Pension		Other Benefits		Total		U.S. Pension		Int’l Pension		Other Benefits		Total
Change in plan assets
Plan assets – January 1	$	—	$	0.5	$	—	$	0.5	$	319.9	$	0.6	$	1.3	$	321.8
Actual return on plan assets	—		—		—		—		20.0		—		—		20.0
Employer contributions	0.9		3.4		6.2		10.5		9.3		4.1		4.6		18.0
Benefits and expenses paid	(0.9)		(3.2)		(6.2)		(10.3)		(21.3)		(3.6)		(5.9)		(30.8)
Settlement	—		(0.2)		—		(0.2)		(327.9)		(0.6)		—		(328.5)
Plan assets – December 31	$	—	$	0.5	$	—	$	0.5	$	—	$	0.5	$	—	$	0.5
Funded status at end of year	$	(14.8)	$	(92.6)	$	(106.4)	$	(213.8)	$	(15.5)	$	(108.5)	$	(118.3)	$	(242.3)

The accumulated benefit obligation for all defined benefit pension plans was $105.5 and $121.6 at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Information for pension plans with an accumulated benefit obligation in excess of plan assets is included in the following table.

	2021		2020
Projected benefit obligation	$	107.6	$	124.2
Accumulated benefit obligation	105.3		121.3
Fair value of plan assets	—		—

Statements of Operations Information

The following table provides the components of net periodic postretirement cost and other amounts recognized in other comprehensive loss for each of the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 as they pertain to our defined benefit pension plans.

	2021						2020						2019
	U.S. Pension		Int’l Pension		Total		U.S. Pension		Int’l Pension		Total		U.S. Pension		Int’l Pension		Total
Net periodic postretirement cost - pension
Service cost	$	—	$	1.4	$	1.4	$	—	$	1.5	$	1.5	$	0.2	$	1.2	$	1.4
Interest cost	0.3		0.7		1.0		6.9		1.0		7.9		11.1		1.5		12.6
Expected return on plan assets	—		—		—		(7.2)		—		(7.2)		(14.8)		—		(14.8)
Amortization of net actuarial loss	0.2		1.6		1.8		4.8		1.5		6.3		4.3		0.8		5.1
Amortization of prior service cost	—		—		—		—		—		—		0.7		—		0.7
Net periodic postretirement cost	0.5		3.7		4.2		4.5		4.0		8.5		1.5		3.5		5.0
Settlement charge and other(a)	(3.4)		—		(3.4)		136.9		0.1		137.0		—		—		—
Total net periodic postretirement cost	(2.9)		3.7		0.8		141.4		4.1		145.5		1.5		3.5		5.0
Other changes in plan assets and benefit obligations recognized in other comprehensive income
Net actuarial (gain) loss	(0.1)		(6.3)		(6.4)		34.7		3.2		37.9		(10.2)		10.3		0.1
Amortization of net actuarial loss	(0.2)		(1.6)		(1.8)		(141.7)		(1.6)		(143.3)		(4.3)		(0.8)		(5.1)
Amortization of prior service cost	—		—		—		—		—		—		(0.7)		—		(0.7)
Foreign currency translation	—		(2.7)		(2.7)		—		2.9		2.9		—		(0.3)		(0.3)
Total change recognized in other comprehensive income	(0.3)		(10.6)		(10.9)		(107.0)		4.5		(102.5)		(15.2)		9.2		(6.0)
Total impact from net periodic postretirement cost and changes in other comprehensive income	$	(3.2)	$	(6.9)	$	(10.1)	$	34.4	$	8.6	$	43.0	$	(13.7)	$	12.7	$	(1.0)

(a)2021 includes income of $3.4 from a pricing adjustment associated with the termination and sale of the U.S. qualified pension plan. In 2020, the Company recorded a settlement charge of $136.9 related to the termination and sale of the U.S. qualified pension plan.

The following table provides the components of net periodic postretirement cost and other amounts recognized in other comprehensive loss for each of the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 as they pertain to other employee-related defined benefit plans.

	2021		2020		2019
Net periodic postretirement cost - other postretirement
Service cost	$	0.7	$	0.8	$	0.7
Interest cost	1.8		2.8		4.0
Expected return on plan assets	—		—		(0.2)
Amortization of net actuarial loss	2.6		2.6		2.3
Amortization of prior service credit	(5.1)		(5.1)		(5.1)
Total net periodic postretirement cost	—		1.1		1.7
Other changes in plan assets and benefit obligations recognized in other comprehensive income
Net actuarial (gain) loss	(8.2)		3.9		3.4
Prior service cost	—		—		1.7
Amortization of net actuarial loss	(2.6)		(2.6)		(2.3)
Amortization of prior service credit	5.1		5.1		5.1
Total changes recognized in other comprehensive income	(5.7)		6.4		7.9
Total impact from net periodic postretirement cost and changes in other comprehensive income	$	(5.7)	$	7.5	$	9.6

Postretirement Plan Assumptions

The determination of projected benefit obligations and the recognition of expenses related to postretirement benefit plans are dependent on various assumptions that are judgmental and developed in consultation with external advisors. Management develops each assumption using relevant Company experience in conjunction with market-related data for each individual country in which such plans exist. Periodically, the Company performs experience studies to validate certain actuarial assumptions such as age of retirement, rates of turnover, utilization of optional forms of payments. The actuarial assumptions are based on the provisions of the applicable accounting pronouncements, review of various market data and discussion with our external advisors. Assumptions are reviewed annually and adjusted as necessary. Changes in these assumptions could materially affect our financial statements.

The following table provides the weighted-average assumptions used to determine projected benefit obligations and net periodic postretirement cost, as they pertain to our U.S. and non-U.S. defined benefit pension plans and other employee-related defined benefit plans.

	2021						2020
	U.S. Pension		Int’l Pension		Other Benefits		U.S. Pension		Int’l Pension		Other Benefits
Obligation Assumptions:
Discount rate	2.7	%	1.1	%	2.7	%	2.4	%	0.7	%	2.4	%
Rate of future compensation increase	N/A		3.3	%	N/A		N/A		2.9	%	N/A
Cost Assumptions:
Discount rate	2.4	%	0.7	%	2.4	%	3.2	%	1.0	%	3.2	%
Expected return on plan assets	N/A		1.0	%	N/A		4.0	%	1.0	%	6.0	%

The discount rate is used to calculate the present value of expected future benefit payments at the measurement date. The discount rate assumption is based on current investment yields of high-quality fixed income investments during the retirement benefits maturity period. The pension discount rate is determined by considering an interest rate yield curve comprising AAA/AA bonds, with maturities that are generally between zero and 30 years, developed by the plan's actuaries. Annual benefit payments are then discounted to present value using this yield curve to develop a single discount rate matching the plan's characteristics.

We estimate the service and interest components of net periodic benefit cost of the U.S. defined benefit plans by discounting the individual expected cash flows underlying the service cost and interest cost using the applicable spot rates from the yield curve used to discount the cash flows in measuring the benefit obligation.

The rate of future compensation increase assumption for foreign plans reflects our long-term actual experience and future and near-term outlook. The rate of future compensation increase assumption is not applicable for the U.S. plan because the plan is frozen.

The Company has updated the mortality assumption to reflect the most recent projection update.

The assumed rate of future increases in the per capita cost of health care (the health care trend rate) is 6.2% for pre-age 65 retirees and 5.6% for post-age 65 retirees for 2022, decreasing ratably to 4.5% in 2028. To the extent that actual experience differs from these assumptions, the effect will be amortized over the average future working life or life expectancy of the plan participants.

Fair Value of Plan Assets

As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, our plan assets were not considered material.

Contributions

Although we make contributions to our postretirement benefit plans when considered necessary or advantageous to do so, the minimum funding requirements established by local government funding or taxing authorities, or established by other agreements, may influence future contributions. Funding requirements under IRS rules are a major consideration in making contributions to our defined benefit pension plans in the U.S. In addition, we fund certain of our international pension plans in countries where funding is allowable and tax-efficient. During 2021 and 2020, we contributed $4.3 and $13.4, respectively, to our global pension plans which includes $8.4 associated with the termination of our U.S. qualified plan in 2020. We anticipate making contributions to our global pension plans of approximately $6 during 2022.

We contributed $6.2 and $4.6 to our other employee-related defined benefit plans during 2021 and 2020, respectively. We estimate that the 2022 contributions to our other employee-related defined benefit plans will be approximately $9.

Estimated Future Benefit Payments

The following table provides the projected timing of payments for benefits earned to date and the expectation that certain future service will be earned by current active employees for our pension and other employee-related benefit plans.

	U.S. Pension		Int’l Pension		Other Benefits
2022	$	0.9	$	4.7	$	8.5
2023	0.9		3.7		8.1
2024	0.9		3.9		7.8
2025	0.9		3.5		7.5
2026	0.9		3.7		7.0
2027 - 2031	4.4		18.7		31.1