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Impact of a 0.5% Change in Key Assumptions

Dollars (millions)
  Pension Plans Other Plans
  Obligation Expense Obligation Expense
Discount rate                
  Decrease in assumption $ 42.5  $ 4.0  $ 19.5  $ 2.2 
  Increase in assumption   (38.3)   (3.6)   (18.3)   (2.1)
Expected long-term rate of return                
  Decrease in assumption   n/a    3.2    n/a    n/a 
  Increase in assumption   n/a    (3.2)   n/a    n/a 
Rate of compensation increase                
  Decrease in assumption   (6.9)   (1.4)   (0.2)   – 
  Increase in assumption   7.0    1.5    0.2    – 
Medical trend rate                
  Decrease in assumption   n/a    n/a    (15.2)   (2.8)
  Increase in assumption   n/a    n/a    17.7    3.3 
n/a = not applicable