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(a) Refer to description of 2003 Plan within this note for restrictions on availability. 

Employee stock options outstanding and exercisable under these plans as of December 27, 2003, were: 

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## Note 9 Pension benefits 

The Company sponsors a number of U.S. and foreign pension plans to provide retirement benefits for its employees. The majority of these plans are funded or unfunded defined benefit plans, although the Company does participate in a few multiemployer or other de- fined contribution plans for certain employee groups. Defined bene- fits for salaried employees are generally based on salary and years of service, while union employee benefits are generally a negoti- ated amount for each year of service. The Company uses its fiscal year end as the measurement date for the majority of its plans. 

## Obligations and funded status 

The aggregate change in projected benefit obligation, change in plan assets, and funded status were: 

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The accumulated benefit obligation for all defined benefit pension plans was $2.41 billion and $2.05 billion at December 27, 2003 and December 28, 2002, respectively. The projected benefit obliga- tion, accumulated benefit obligation, and fair value of plan assets for pension plans with accumulated benefit obligations in excess of plan assets were: 

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At December 27, 2003, a cumulative after-tax charge of $271.3 million ($397.6 million pretax) has been recorded in other compre- hensive income to recognize the additional minimum pension liabil- ity in excess of unrecognized prior service cost. Refer to Note 5 for further information on the changes in minimum liability included in other comprehensive income for each of the periods presented. 

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