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## Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued) 33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 

## Change in Benefit Obligation 

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In 2002, the Company recorded a $41 million Other Benefits curtailment gain, which is included in discontinued operations, as a result of the sale of AIS. 

## Change in Plan Assets 

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The fair value of plan assets for the Company’s domestic and foreign plans was $9,661 million and $325 million, respectively, at December 31, 2003 and $8,898 million and $258 million, respec- tively, at December 31, 2002. 

## Funded Status – unrecognized components 

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The table above reconciles the difference between the benefit obli- gation and the fair value of plan assets to the amounts recorded on the Company’s balance sheet due to certain items that are amortized over future periods rather than recognized in the current period. 

## Funded Status – amounts recognized on the Balance Sheet 

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## Weighted-Average Year-End Benefit Obligation Assumptions 

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The Company’s foreign pension plan assumptions have been included in the table above. 

The tables below outline the components of net periodic benefit cost and related actuarial assumptions of the Company’s domestic and foreign Pension Benefits and Other Benefits plans. 

## Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost 

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