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## NOTE 13 Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefi ts 

The funded status of our U.S. qualified and nonqualifi ed defi ned benefi t pension plans, our United Kingdom, Ireland and Norway defi ned benefi t pension plans, plus our U.S. other postretirement healthcare and life insurance benefi t plans for continuing operations, together with the associated balances and net periodic benefi t cost recognized in our consolidated financial statements as of December 31, are shown in the tables below. 

We are required to recognize in our consolidated balance sheets the overfunded and underfunded status of our defi ned benefi t postretirement plans. The overfunded or underfunded status is defined as the diff erence between the fair value of plan assets and the projected benefi t obligation. We are also required to recognize as a component of other comprehensive income the actuarial gains and losses and the prior service costs and credits that arise during the period. 

The following table summarizes the weighted-average assumptions used and components of our defi ned benefit postretirement plans. Th  e following tables also reflect a measurement date of December 31: 

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