þ | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
o | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY INVESTMENT GROWTH PLAN |
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By: | /s/ Edward P. Rogel | |||
Edward P. Rogel | ||||
Chairman Administrative Committee |
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June 23, 2008 Date |
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2007 | 2006 | |||||||
Assets: |
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Plan interest in the Weyerhaeuser Company 401(k) and
Performance Share Plan Trust: |
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Participant directed investments at fair value: |
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Shares of registered investment company funds: |
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Vanguard 500 Index Fund |
$ | 590,139 | $ | 653,705 | ||||
Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund |
233,568 | 243,521 | ||||||
Vanguard Prime Money Market Fund |
62,420 | 52,567 | ||||||
Vanguard Target Retirement 2005 Fund |
18,762 | 8,560 | ||||||
Vanguard Target Retirement 2015 Fund |
75,596 | 40,483 | ||||||
Vanguard Target Retirement 2025 Fund |
47,601 | 21,526 | ||||||
Vanguard Target Retirement 2035 Fund |
25,371 | 12,328 | ||||||
Vanguard Target Retirement 2045 Fund |
16,602 | 8,172 | ||||||
Vanguard Target Retirement Income Fund |
4,929 | 1,098 | ||||||
Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund |
66,349 | 47,905 | ||||||
Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund |
216,392 | 164,662 | ||||||
Vanguard Wellesley Income Fund |
259,380 | 274,001 | ||||||
Weyerhaeuser Stable Value Fund |
353,133 | 425,760 | ||||||
Weyerhaeuser Company Stock Fund |
347,258 | | ||||||
Nonparticipant directed investment in Weyerhaeuser
Company Stock Fund at fair value |
| 437,361 | ||||||
Participant loans |
34 | 49 | ||||||
Total investments |
2,317,534 | 2,391,698 | ||||||
Employer contributions receivable |
1,350 | 3,656 | ||||||
Net assets reflecting all investments at fair value |
2,318,884 | 2,395,354 | ||||||
Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive
investment contracts |
(931 | ) | 5,205 | |||||
Net assets available for benefits |
$ | 2,317,953 | $ | 2,400,559 | ||||
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Additions: |
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Contributions: |
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Employer matching |
$ | 39,939 | ||
Employer performance share |
1,350 | |||
Participant |
100,192 | |||
Total contributions |
141,481 | |||
Net investment income from the
Weyerhaeuser Company 401(k) and
Performance Share Plan Trust |
167,111 | |||
Total additions |
308,592 | |||
Deductions: |
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Benefits paid to participants |
393,611 | |||
Net decrease prior to plan transfers |
(85,019 | ) | ||
Plan transfers, net |
2,413 | |||
Net decrease |
(82,606 | ) | ||
Net assets available for benefits: |
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Beginning of year |
2,400,559 | |||
End of year |
$ | 2,317,953 | ||
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(1) | Description of the Plan | |
The following description of the Weyerhaeuser Company Investment Growth Plan (the Plan) provides only general information. Participants should refer to the summary plan description and plan document for a more complete description of the Plans provisions. |
(a) | General | ||
The Plan is a defined contribution plan and was established April 1, 1968. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), as amended. | |||
Any salaried employee of Weyerhaeuser Company (the Company) or of a participating subsidiary and certain hourly employees who are eligible for salaried benefits are eligible to participate in the Plan. The president of the Company designates participating subsidiaries from among the eligible domestic corporations of which the voting stock is owned by the Company and/or one of its other subsidiaries. No person covered by a collective bargaining agreement may participate unless such agreement expressly provides for participation. | |||
Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company acts as the trustee, recordkeeper, and investment manager for the Plan. Therefore, the Vanguard investment transactions qualify as party-in-interest and related party transactions. | |||
(b) | Corporate Transaction | ||
Effective March 7, 2007, the Company completed a transaction combining its Fine Paper business and related assets with Domtar Inc., forming Domtar Corporation (Domtar). Under the terms of the transaction, Company shareholders were allowed to voluntarily exchange shares of Company common stock for Domtar common stock (Domtar Stock). Domtar Stock was not available as an investment option under the Plan. As a result of the transaction, certain Plan participants became employees of Domtar on the transaction effective date. Accordingly, these participants, as former employees of the Company, can elect to take distributions of their accounts in accordance with Plan provisions. | |||
(c) | Weyerhaeuser Company Stock Fund Dividend and Voting Rights | ||
The portion of the Plan invested in the Weyerhaeuser Company Stock Fund is an Employee Stock Ownership Plan. Participants may elect to have any dividends due to them reinvested in the Weyerhaeuser Company Stock Fund or paid in cash. To the extent set forth by the terms of the Plan, participants may exercise voting rights by providing instructions to the trustee related to the number of whole shares of stock represented by the units of the Weyerhaeuser Company Stock Fund allocated to their accounts. Shares of stock for which the trustee does not receive instructions from participants are voted in the same proportions for and against, respectively as shares for which the trustee receives participant voting instructions. |
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(d) | Contributions | ||
The Plan includes a qualified cash or deferred arrangement described in Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) that allows participants to designate any whole percent of their eligible compensation to be contributed to the Plan, subject to certain limitations imposed under the IRC. | |||
Participant contributions may be suspended under certain circumstances, at the participants request or upon a hardship withdrawal. | |||
The Plan provides for a matching contribution to be made by the Company. During 2007, the first 7% of eligible compensation designated by each participant as the participants contribution is matched by the Company at a rate of 70%. All employer matching contributions are initially invested in the Weyerhaeuser Company Stock Fund. Effective January 1, 2007, participants may transfer employer matching contributions at any time. Prior to January 1, 2007, participants could diversify the investment of such contributions generally only upon reaching full vesting status. Participants with employer matching contributions merged into the Plan from certain merged plans could transfer their investment in the Weyerhaeuser Company Stock Fund at any time regardless of age and service. | |||
Performance share contributions under the Plan, if any, are determined annually by the Weyerhaeuser Company Board of Directors (the Board) in its sole and absolute discretion. Generally, such performance share contributions are based on measures established by the Board for this purpose and are stated as a percentage of eligible participants eligible pay. Performance share contributions (if any) are made to the following employee groups: |
| Employees of the Weyerhaeuser Real Estate Company (WRECO) and its subsidiaries, other than the President of WRECO and WRECO employees eligible for the WRECO Long-Term Incentive Plan, but including employees of Weyerhaeuser International, Inc. who are on foreign assignment on behalf of WRECO. | ||
| All salaried hourly-production employees of the Company. |
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(e) | Participant Accounts | ||
An individual account is maintained for each plan participant to reflect his or her share of the Plans income, participant contributions and employer contributions. Allocations of income are based on the number of units of the various investment funds assigned to each participants account. | |||
(f) | Vesting | ||
The interest of a participant in the employer contributions and earnings thereon becomes fully vested upon the earliest date of one of the following events: (1) attainment of the requisite vesting service as described below, (2) retirement at normal or early retirement age under the employers retirement plan, (3) attaining age 65, (4) death or total and permanent disability while in the employers employ, (5) termination of service due to a plant closure or (6) upon termination of the Plan. The Plan also provides 100% vesting for all involuntary terminations except for violations of certain Company employee conduct standards as set forth in the Plan. | |||
All employees on January 1, 2002, who are eligible to participate in the Plan on or after that date, are 100% vested in their matching contribution accounts. Employees hired after January 1, 2002 vest in their matching contributions and earnings thereon after six years of vesting service according to the following schedule. |
Percent | ||||
Years of vesting service | vested | |||
Less than two years of service |
0 | % | ||
Two years of service |
20 | |||
Three years of service |
40 | |||
Four years of service |
60 | |||
Five years of service |
80 | |||
Six or more years of service |
100 |
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(g) | Investment Options | ||
Participants are allowed to change their investment election for future contributions at any time. Participants have the option to invest up to 100% of their contributions, in 1% increments, in any of the fourteen investment options listed below: |
(h) | Valuation Frequency | ||
Account balances are valued on a daily basis. | |||
(i) | Payment of Benefits | ||
Participant contributions made before 1983 and earnings thereon may be withdrawn at any time upon request. Participant contributions made after 1982 and amounts in the participants rollover portion |
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(j) | Participant Loans | ||
New loans are not allowed by the Plan. Certain loans were transferred from other plans that were previously merged into the Plan. The interest rates on outstanding loans as of December 31, 2007 range from 5% to 9.75%. The loans mature through May 31, 2012. | |||
(k) | Expenses of the Plan | ||
The employer generally pays the costs of administering the Plan, including fees and expenses of the trustee, the recordkeeper and the external auditor. Brokerage fees, stock transfer taxes and other investment management fees directly incurred by the trustee in buying and selling any assets of each fund are paid by the trust out of such fund as a part of the cost of such assets, or as a reduction of the proceeds received from the sale of such assets. Participants are charged a 2% redemption fee for transfers from the Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund (the International Fund) when the investment in the International Fund has been held for less than two months. The 2% fee is calculated on the amount transferred and is paid back into the International Fund. These fees, if any, are included as a component of net investment income in the statement of changes in net assets available for benefits. |
(2) | Summary of Accounting Policies |
(a) | Basis of Accounting | ||
The financial statements of the Plan are prepared under the accrual method of accounting in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. | |||
As described in Financial Accounting Standards Board Staff Position, FSP AAG INV-1 and SOP 94-4-1, Reporting of Fully Benefit-Responsive Investment Contracts Held by Certain |
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(b) | Participation in the Master Trust and Unit Accounting | ||
All of the Plans investments are held in the Weyerhaeuser Company 401(k) and Performance Share Plan Trust (the Master Trust) which was established to hold the investments of the Plan and other Weyerhaeuser Company 401(k) and Performance Share plans. As of December 31, 2007 and 2006, the Master Trust holds assets of four 401(k) plans of the Company. The Master Trust and the Plan use unit accounting for recordkeeping purposes. Each unit represents a portion of ownership in a fund. | |||
(c) | Investment Valuation and Interest in the Master Trust at Fair Value | ||
The interest in the Master Trust at fair value includes the value of fund assets plus any accrued income. Investments in shares of registered investment company funds are reported at fair value based on quoted market prices. The fair value of the Weyerhaeuser Stable Value Fund is calculated by discounting the related cash flows based on the Ryan yield curve and the fair values of the underlying investments and the wrapper contracts. The Weyerhaeuser Company Stock Fund is valued at fair value based on its year-end unit closing price (comprised of year-end market price plus cash equivalent position held if any). Participant loans are valued at cost. | |||
(d) | Income Recognition and Net Investment Income from the Master Trust | ||
Within the Master Trust, purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is accrued when earned. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend basis. The change in fair value of assets from one period to the next and realized gains and losses are recorded as net appreciation in fair value of investments. Total investment income of the Master Trust as presented in note 7 is allocated to each plan investing in the Master Trust based on the units of each fund held by the plan and plan specific participant loans. | |||
(e) | Risks and Uncertainties | ||
The Master Trust and Plan assets are invested in a variety of investments. Investment securities, in general, are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, credit and overall market volatility risks. 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 statements of net assets available for benefits. |
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(f) | Estimates | ||
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of additions and deductions during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. | |||
(g) | Payment of Benefits | ||
Benefits are recorded when paid. | |||
(h) | Impact of New Accounting Standards and Interpretation | ||
In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109 (FIN 48), which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprises financial statements in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes. FIN 48 prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. FIN 48 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. FIN 48 was effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. The Plans adoption of FIN 48 on January 1, 2007 did not have a material impact on the statement of net assets available for benefits or statement of changes in net assets available for benefits. | |||
In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No.157, Fair Value Measurements, which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 applies only to fair value measurements already required or permitted by other accounting standards and does not impose requirements for additional fair value measures. SFAS No.157 was issued to increase consistency and comparability in reporting fair values. SFAS No. 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Plan does not expect the adoption of SFAS No. 157 to have a material impact on the statement of net assets available for benefits or statement of changes in net assets available for benefits. |
(3) | Plan Termination | |
Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA and the IRC. In the event of plan termination, participants will become fully vested in their accounts. | ||
(4) | Tax Status | |
The Plan has received a favorable determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service stating that the Plan qualifies under Section 401(a) of the IRC. The Plan has subsequently been amended. Management believes the Plan is designed and is currently being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of Section 401(a) of the IRC, and as a result, is exempt from federal income taxes under |
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(5) | Plan Transfers | |
Plan transfers represent the net amount of participant account balances transferred during the year to the Plan from other plans within the Master Trust as a result of the participants changing employment within the Company and the related changes in their eligibility status. | ||
(6) | Guaranteed Investment Contracts | |
Fully benefit-responsive guaranteed investment contracts (GICs) and synthetic guaranteed investment contracts (Synthetic GICs) (the Contracts) included in the Weyerhaeuser Stable Value Fund are valued at contract value, which represents the principal balance of the Contracts, plus accrued interest at the stated contract rate, less payments received and contract charges by the insurance companies. The GICs are issued by a variety of insurance companies. The GIC issuers are contractually obligated to repay the principal and a specified interest rate that is guaranteed to the Plan through the Master Trust. Participants may ordinarily direct the withdrawal or transfer of all or a portion of their investment at contract value. The Synthetic GICs are investments that simulate the performance of a traditional GIC through the use of Vanguard fixed income common commingled trust funds and benefit-responsive wrapper contracts issued by insurance companies to provide market and cash flow protection at stated interest rates. The contract value of the Synthetic GICs held in the Master Trust is comprised of wrappers and common commingled trust funds which total $(2.7) million and $357.9 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2007. The contract value of the Synthetic GICs held in the Master Trust was comprised of wrappers and common commingled trust funds which total $4.5 million and $390.9 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2006. | ||
The contracts do not permit the insurance companies to terminate the agreements prior to the scheduled maturity dates. There are no reserves against contract value for credit risk of the contract issuers or otherwise. | ||
Certain events may limit the ability of the Plan to transact at contract value with the issuer. Such events include the following: (a) amendments to the plan documents (including complete or partial plan termination or merger with another plan) (b) changes to the Plans prohibition on competing investment options or deletion of equity wash provisions; (c) bankruptcy of the plan sponsor or other plan sponsor events (e.g. divestitures or spin-offs of a subsidiary) which cause a significant withdrawal from the Plan or (d) the failure of the trust to qualify for exemption from federal income taxes or any required prohibited transaction exemption under ERISA. The plan administrator does not believe that the occurrence of any such value event, which would limit the Plans ability to transact at contract value with participants is probable. | ||
Under the terms of the Contracts, the crediting interest rates are determined quarterly based on the insurance companies applicable rate schedules. The aggregate average yield of the Contracts in the Master Trust for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 was 4.7% and 4.6%, respectively. The aggregate average yield credited to participants in the plans in the Master Trust for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 was 4.6% and 4.5%, respectively. |
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(7) | Interest in Master Trust | |
At December 31, 2007 and 2006, the Plans interest in the net assets of the Master Trust was approximately 78%. The following table presents the values of investments held by the Master Trust as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 and the investment income for the year ended December 31, 2007: |
December 31, | ||||||||
2007 | 2006 | |||||||
(Dollar amounts in thousands) | ||||||||
Investments: |
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Investments in shares of registered
investment company
funds and Company stock at fair value: |
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Weyerhaeuser Company Stock Fund including cash
equivalents of $1,669 and $0, respectively |
$ | 473,264 | $ | 588,963 | ||||
Vanguard 500 Index Fund |
760,117 | 851,401 | ||||||
Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund |
292,429 | 308,784 | ||||||
Vanguard Prime Money Market Fund |
77,543 | 64,629 | ||||||
Vanguard Target Retirement 2005 Fund |
22,402 | 11,531 | ||||||
Vanguard Target Retirement 2015 Fund |
91,134 | 50,354 | ||||||
Vanguard Target Retirement 2025 Fund |
56,678 | 25,542 | ||||||
Vanguard Target Retirement 2035 Fund |
30,135 | 14,831 | ||||||
Vanguard Target Retirement 2045 Fund |
19,245 | 9,723 | ||||||
Vanguard Target Retirement Income Fund |
6,512 | 1,812 | ||||||
Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund |
77,650 | 57,850 | ||||||
Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund |
263,162 | 202,207 | ||||||
Vanguard Wellesley Income Fund |
316,549 | 333,341 | ||||||
Investments in Weyerhaeuser Stable Value Fund at fair value
(wrapper contracts at $0 fair value): |
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Traditional guaranteed investment contracts |
69,823 | 100,026 | ||||||
Synthetic guaranteed investment contracts |
360,585 | 386,408 | ||||||
Vanguard Prime Money Market Fund |
56,818 | 78,374 | ||||||
Pending trades and other |
(1,008 | ) | 373 | |||||
Participant loans |
36 | 53 | ||||||
Total investment at fair value |
2,973,074 | 3,086,202 | ||||||
Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully
benefitresponsive investment contracts |
(1,283 | ) | 6,910 | |||||
Total investments |
$ | 2,971,791 | $ | 3,093,112 | ||||
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For the year | ||||
ended | ||||
December 31, | ||||
2007 | ||||
(Dollar amounts | ||||
in thousands) | ||||
Investment income: |
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Net appreciation in fair value of investments: |
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Weyerhaeuser Company Stock Fund |
$ | 40,392 | ||
Vanguard 500 Index Fund |
30,656 | |||
Vanguard Extended Market Index Fund |
10,872 | |||
Vanguard Target Retirement 2005 Fund |
585 | |||
Vanguard Target Retirement 2015 Fund |
2,858 | |||
Vanguard Target Retirement 2025 Fund |
1,554 | |||
Vanguard Target Retirement 2035 Fund |
853 | |||
Vanguard Target Retirement 2045 Fund |
491 | |||
Vanguard Target Retirement Income Fund |
114 | |||
Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund |
1,274 | |||
Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund |
26,641 | |||
Vanguard Wellesley Income Fund |
800 | |||
Dividend income |
70,976 | |||
Interest income |
24,197 | |||
Net investment income |
$ | 212,263 | ||
(8) | Subsequent Events |
(a) | Change of Plan Name | ||
Effective January 1, 2008, the name of the Plan was changed to the Weyerhaeuser Company Salaried 401(k) Plan. | |||
(b) | Corporate Transaction | ||
On March 17, 2008, the Company announced the sale of its Containerboard Packaging and Recycling business to International Paper. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions. The transaction is currently expected to close in the second half of 2008. International Paper has committed financing for the entire purchase price. The Companys Containerboard Packaging and Recycling business and International Paper will continue to operate separately until the transaction closes. | |||
Upon completion of the sale transaction, certain Plan participants will become employees of International Paper on the transaction effective date. Accordingly, these participants, as former employees of the Company, will be able to elect to take distributions of their accounts in accordance with Plan provisions. |
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Identity of issuer, | ||||||
borrower, lessor, | Current | |||||
or similar party | Description of investment | value | ||||
*Participant loans
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Participant loans with interest rates ranging from 5% to | |||||
9.75% and maturity through May 31, 2012 | $ | 34 |
* | Represents a party-in-interest. |
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