Form 11-K
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549-1004

 

 

FORM 11-K

 

 

 

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014

OR

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                      to                     

Commission File Number 001-32686

 

 

VIACOM 401(k) PLAN

(Full title of the Plan)

 

 

VIACOM INC.

(Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan)

 

 

1515 Broadway

New York, NY 10036

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

 


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VIACOM 401(k) PLAN

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE AND EXHIBIT

DECEMBER 31, 2014

INDEX

 

     Page  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     1   

Financial Statements:

  

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits at December 31, 2014 and 2013

     2   

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the Year ended December 31, 2014

     3   

Notes to Financial Statements

     4   
     Schedule  

Supplemental Schedule:

  

Schedule H, line 4i—Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)

     S-1   

All other schedules required by Section 2520.103-10 of the Department of Labor Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 are omitted as not applicable or not required.

  

Signatures

     S-6   

Exhibits:

  

23.1 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

  


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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Participants and Administrator of

Viacom 401(k) Plan:

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the Viacom 401(k) Plan (the “Plan”) as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2014. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2014, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

The supplemental information in the accompanying schedule of assets held as of December 31, 2014 has been subjected to audit procedures performed in conjunction with the audit of the Viacom 401(k) Plan’s financial statements. The supplemental information is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the financial statements but includes supplemental information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The supplemental information is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our audit procedures included determining whether the supplemental information reconciles to the financial statements or the underlying accounting and other records, as applicable, and performing procedures to test the completeness and accuracy of the information presented in the supplemental information. In forming our opinion on the supplemental information in the accompanying schedule, we evaluated whether the supplemental information, including its form and content, is presented in conformity with the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. In our opinion, the supplemental information in the accompanying schedule is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the financial statements as a whole.

/s/ Samet & Company PC

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

June 23, 2015

 

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VIACOM 401(k) PLAN

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

(In thousands)

 

     December 31,  
     2014     2013  
ASSETS     

Investments:

    

Investments, at fair value

   $ 996,745      $ 920,182   

Fully benefit-responsive investment contracts, at fair value

     104,440        101,752   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investments

  1,101,185      1,021,934   

Receivables:

Employee contributions

  1,300      1,293   

Employer contributions

  4,579      756   

Participant loans receivable

  12,853      12,203   

Due from broker for securities sold

  441      1,008   

Investment income

  518      150   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total receivables

  19,691      15,410   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

  1,120,876      1,037,344   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
LIABILITIES

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

  761      592   

Due to broker for securities purchased

  411      1,546   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

  1,172      2,138   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net assets reflecting all investments at fair value

  1,119,704      1,035,206   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

  (2,972   (2,255
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits

$ 1,116,732    $ 1,032,951   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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VIACOM 401(k) PLAN

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

(In thousands)

 

     Year Ended
December 31, 2014
 

Additions to net assets attributed to:

  

Investment income:

  

Dividends

   $ 4,286   

Interest

     1,972   

Net appreciation in fair value of investments

     46,312   
  

 

 

 

Total investment gain

  52,570   

Interest income on participant loans receivable

  572   

Contributions:

Employee

  58,640   

Employer

  54,464   

Rollover

  4,842   
  

 

 

 

Total contributions

  117,946   
  

 

 

 

Total additions attributed to investments and contributions

  171,088   
  

 

 

 

Deductions from net assets attributed to:

Benefits paid to participants

  85,005   

Plan expenses

  2,302   
  

 

 

 

Total deductions

  87,307   
  

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets available for benefits

  83,781   
  

 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits, beginning of year

  1,032,951   
  

 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits, end of year

$ 1,116,732   
  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

 

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VIACOM 401(k) PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Tabular dollars in thousands)

NOTE 1—PLAN DESCRIPTION

Viacom Inc. (“Viacom” or the “Company”) established the Viacom 401(k) Plan (the “Plan”), effective on January 1, 2006.

The following is a brief description of the Plan and is provided for general information only. Participants should refer to the Plan document and the Summary Plan Description made available to them for more complete information regarding the Plan. In the event of a conflict between the following description and the Plan document, the Plan document will control.

The Plan, sponsored by the Company, is a defined contribution plan offered to substantially all of the Company’s employees. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), and is administered by the Viacom Retirement Committee, the members of which are appointed by the Chief Executive Officer of Viacom.

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (the “Trustee”) is the trustee and custodian of the Plan. In September 2014, Great-West Financial Retirement Plan Services, LLC (doing business as Empower Retirement (“Empower”)) acquired JPMorgan Retirement Plan Services LLC (“JPM RPS”) and became the recordkeeper for the Plan.

Related Party Transactions

Certain investments for the Plan are invested in funds managed by affiliates of the Trustee, and are considered a “party-in-interest” as such term is defined in ERISA. In addition, certain Plan investments are in shares of Class A and Class B common stock of the Company and qualify as a party-in-interest. The fair value of these investments was $94.6 million and $117.8 million at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2014, these investments depreciated $15.8 million related to the net of realized and unrealized gains and losses, and earned dividends of $1.7 million, which were reinvested into the Plan. During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Plan sold shares of Viacom Class A and Class B common stock for total proceeds of $15.0 million and purchased shares of Viacom Class B common stock at a cost of $7.6 million.

Eligibility

Eligible full-time employees may become participants in the Plan following the attainment of age 21. Eligible part-time employees generally participate in the Plan on the first of the month after attainment of age 21 and completion of one thousand hours of service within the consecutive twelve-month period beginning with their date of hire or within any plan year (January 1 through December 31) thereafter.

Participant Accounts

Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contributions, applicable employer contributions and the participant’s share of the Plan’s income or losses in the investment options selected, net of certain plan expenses.

Plan participants have the option of investing their contributions and existing account balances among twenty investment options. These investment options include separately managed investment portfolios, common/collective trust funds, registered investment companies (mutual funds) and Viacom Class B common stock. Some plan participants are invested in Viacom Class A common stock, but that fund is closed to new investment. The securities held by these investment options are described in greater detail in Note 3.

Contributions

Participants are permitted to contribute up to 50% of annual eligible compensation, on a before-tax basis, subject to applicable Code limitations discussed below. Participants may also contribute eligible rollover amounts into the Plan.

Any eligible employee is deemed to have authorized the Company to make before-tax contributions to the Plan in an amount equal to 6% of the employee’s eligible compensation upon his or her date of hire. Deemed authorization takes effect following the 30th day the employee becomes eligible to participate in the Plan unless the employee elects not to participate in the Plan or to participate at a different contribution rate. The Plan’s designated default investment is a target retirement date asset allocation fund.

 

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The Code limited the amount of annual participant contributions that can be made on a before-tax basis to $17,500 for 2014. Compensation considered under the Plan based on Code limits could not exceed $260,000 for 2014. The Code also limited annual aggregate participant and employer contributions to the lesser of $52,000 or 100% of compensation in 2014. In 2014, the Plan utilized a safe harbor design for compliance with the nondiscrimination requirements applicable to deferrals and matching contributions in accordance with the provisions of the Code.

Each participant who has attained age 50 before the close of the calendar year is eligible to make catch-up contributions if the participant made the maximum contribution permitted under the Plan for a plan year. The limit for catch-up contributions was $5,500 in 2014.

The employer matching contribution is equal to 100% of the first 1% and 80% of the next 5% of eligible compensation contributed and employer matching contributions are invested according to the participant’s investment elections. Catch-up contributions are not treated as matchable contributions except when required by law. A match true-up contribution may be made at the end of the plan year to ensure participants receive the full company match.

Additionally, in 2013 the Company introduced a discretionary annual employer profit-sharing contribution; in 2014, the contribution equaled 1.5% of eligible compensation, but in future years the Company may make a lower or higher contribution (not anticipated to be in excess of 3% of eligible compensation) or no contribution at all depending on circumstances. Company profit-sharing contributions are discretionary, meaning they are not guaranteed and may not be made in any given year. In 2013, participants were required to be employed on the last day of the plan year and meet all other eligibility requirements in order to receive the Company profit-sharing contribution. For the plan year 2014, participants were required to be employed on the last day of the Company’s fiscal year 2014 and meet all other eligibility requirements in order to receive any profit-sharing contribution that was made. Certain active participants in the Viacom Pension Plan (the “Pension Plan”) as of December 31, 2012 may be eligible for additional annual employer non-elective contributions based upon their age and years of credited service under the Pension Plan as of January 1, 2013 for a period of time under the Plan.

Vesting

Participants in the Plan are immediately vested in their own contributions and earnings thereon. Employer matching and profit sharing contributions (“employer contributions”) vest at 100% after two years of service. Transition rules apply to participants of plans that were merged into the Plan.

If participants terminate employment prior to being vested in their employer contributions, upon distribution of the vested portion of their accounts, or, if earlier, a five-year break in service, the non-vested portion of their account is forfeited. Forfeitures may be used for future employer contributions and/or to pay administrative expenses. As of December 31, 2014, the Company had forfeitures, including interest earned on such amounts, of approximately $0.9 million. As of December 31, 2013, the Company had forfeitures of approximately $0.4 million. In 2014, employer contributions of approximately $1.0 million were forfeited and the Company utilized forfeitures of approximately $0.4 million and $0.1 million to pay administrative expenses and employer contributions, respectively.

Participant Loans Receivable

Participants may request a loan of up to the lesser of 50% of the participant’s vested account balance or $50,000, reduced by the highest outstanding balance of any Plan loan made to the participant during the twelve-month period ending on the day before the loan is made. The minimum loan available to a participant is $500. The interest rate on participant loans is currently one percentage point above the annual prime commercial rate (as published in The Wall Street Journal) on the first day of the calendar month in which the loan is approved, with principal and interest payable not less than quarterly through payroll deductions. Only one loan may be outstanding at any time. Participants may elect repayment periods from 12 to 60 months commencing as soon as administratively possible following the issuance of the loan. The Plan allows participants to elect a repayment period of up to 300 months for loans used for the acquisition of a principal residence. Repayments of loan principal and interest are allocated in accordance with the participant’s then current investment elections.

Participant loans receivable are measured at their unpaid principal balance plus any accrued but unpaid interest. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Related fees are recorded as administrative expenses and are expensed when they are incurred. No allowance for credit losses has been recorded as of December 31, 2014 or 2013. If a participant ceases to make loan repayments and the plan administrator deems the participant loan to be in default, the participant loan balance is reduced and a benefit payment is recorded.

 

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Included in the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits are Participant loans receivable of $12.9 million and $12.2 million, which carried interest rates ranging from 3.25% to 12.0%, as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Distributions and Withdrawals

Earnings on both employee and employer contributions are not subject to income tax until they are distributed or withdrawn from the Plan.

Participants in the Plan, or their beneficiaries, may receive their vested account balances in a lump sum or in installments in the event of retirement, termination of employment, disability or death. A participant must receive a required minimum distribution no later than the April 1st after the year in which the participant attains age 70 1/2 unless he/she is still employed. Installment payments to beneficiaries are available only if the participant was receiving installment payments at the time of death.

Participants in the Plan may withdraw certain eligible contributions at any time. Upon attainment of age 59 1/2, participants may withdraw all or part of their vested account. The Plan limits participants to a maximum of two non-hardship withdrawals in each calendar year. A participant may obtain a financial hardship withdrawal of the employee’s before-tax contributions provided that the requirements for hardship are met and only to the extent required to relieve such financial hardship. Additionally, the vested portion of employer matching contributions through December 31, 2009, vested profit-sharing contributions and certain predecessor plan contributions may be used toward a financial hardship withdrawal. There is no restriction on the number of hardship withdrawals permitted. Participants who take a hardship withdrawal are suspended from employee contributions to the Plan for 6 months.

When a participant terminates employment with the Company, the full value of the employee contributions and earnings thereon plus the value of all vested employer contributions and earnings thereon can be rolled over to a tax qualified retirement plan or an Individual Retirement Account or remain in the Plan rather than being distributed. If the vested account balance is $1,000 or less and the participant does not make an election to roll over the vested balance, it will be automatically paid in a single lump sum cash payment and taxes will be withheld from the distribution.

Plan Expenses

The Plan document permits Plan expenses to be paid from Plan forfeitures, from participant accounts or by the Company. The fees for investment of Plan assets are charged to the Plan’s investment funds, as reflected in the net asset value of the fund. Certain administrative expenses, such as legal, accounting and recordkeeping fees, may be paid by the Plan using forfeitures as described above or may be paid by the Company. Recordkeeping fees may also be paid from participant accounts. Trustee and custodian fees are paid from participant accounts. For 2014, $0.4 million was paid to JPM RPS and $0.4 million was paid to Empower for recordkeeping services.

NOTE 2—SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation

The financial statements are prepared on the accrual basis of accounting.

Securities Transactions

Investments are reported at fair value. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. See Note 3 for discussion of fair value measurements.

Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on the trade date. The average cost basis is used to determine gains or losses on dispositions of securities.

Interest income is accrued as earned and dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date.

Included in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits is the net appreciation in the fair value of the Plan’s investments, which consists of the realized gains or losses and the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on those investments.

Payment of Benefits

Benefits are recorded when paid.

Use of Estimates

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investments, that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of changes in net assets available for benefits during the reporting period. Estimates are based on past experience and other considerations reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

NOTE 3—FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS AND INCOME RECOGNITION

Fair Value Measurements and Income Recognition

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) provides the framework for measuring fair value. That framework provides a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (level 1 measurement) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (level 3 measurement). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under the FASB guidance are described as follows:

 

    Level 1—Inputs to the valuation methodology are unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the Plan has the ability to access.

 

    Level 2—Inputs to the valuation methodology include: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets; inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability; inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means. If the asset or liability has a specified (contractual) term, the Level 2 input must be observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

 

    Level 3—Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.

The asset or liability’s fair value measurement level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Valuation techniques used need to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.

The following is a description of the valuation methodology used for assets measured at fair value including the general classification of such instruments pursuant to the valuation hierarchy. There have been no changes in the methodologies used at December 31, 2014 and 2013.

Common Stocks: Common stocks are reported at fair value based on quoted market prices on national securities exchanges. All common stocks are classified within level 1 of the valuation hierarchy.

Common/Collective Trust Funds: The fair values of investments in common/collective trust funds are based on their net asset values (“NAV”) reported by the investment advisor in the financial statements of the common/collective trusts at year-end. Each common/collective trust provides for daily participant redemptions by the Plan at reported net asset values per share, with no advance notice requirement. The NAV is a quoted price in a market that is not active and classified within level 2 of the valuation hierarchy.

Registered Investment Companies (Mutual Funds): Investments in registered investment companies are stated at the respective funds’ NAV, which is determined based on market values at the closing price on the last business day of the year. The NAV is a quoted price in an active market and classified within level 1 of the valuation hierarchy.

Synthetic Guaranteed Investment Contracts: The fair value of the synthetic guaranteed investment contracts (“GICs”) is based on the underlying investments. The underlying investments are common/collective trust funds, which are public investment vehicles, valued at the NAV as described above. Because the NAV is a quoted price in a market that is not active, they are classified within level 2 of the valuation hierarchy. The related wrapper contracts had a fair value of $26,314 and $27,374 at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The wrapper contracts are valued by INVESCO, the administrator of the fund using other significant observable inputs in a valuation model and are classified within level 2 of the valuation hierarchy. See Note 8 for further information on INVESCO and these contracts.

U.S. Government Securities: Short-term money market obligations are valued at $1.00 per share and are classified within level 2 of the valuation hierarchy.

 

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The following tables set forth, by level within the fair value hierarchy, the Plan’s investments at fair value as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 investments in 2014. The Plan has no investments classified within level 3 of the valuation hierarchy.

 

     Investments at Fair Value as of December 31, 2014  
     Quoted Prices In
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
Level 1
     Significant Other
Observable
Inputs
Level 2
     Total  

Common Stocks

        

Consumer

   $ 135,388       $ —        $ 135,388   

Information Technology

     43,383         —          43,383   

Health Care

     26,044         —          26,044   

Financial

     22,219         —          22,219   

Industrial

     11,255         —          11,255   

Energy

     7,266         —          7,266   

Other

     2,826         —          2,826   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks

$ 248,381    $ —     $ 248,381   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Common / Collective Trust Funds

Index

$ —     $ 273,910    $ 273,910   

Growth

  —       87,882      87,882   

Fixed Income

  —       74,857      74,857   

Target Date Funds

  —       249,670      249,670   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Common/Collective Trust Funds

$ —     $ 686,319    $ 686,319   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Registered Investment Companies

Growth

$ 44,018    $ —     $ 44,018   

Index

  12,073      —       12,073   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Registered Investment Companies

$ 56,091    $ —     $ 56,091   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Synthetic Guaranteed Investment Contracts (See Note 8)

$ —     $ 104,440    $ 104,440   

U.S. Government Securities

  —       5,954      5,954   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments At Fair Value

$ 304,472    $ 796,713    $ 1,101,185   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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     Investments at Fair Value as of December 31, 2013  
     Quoted Prices In
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
Level 1
     Significant Other
Observable
Inputs
Level 2
     Total  

Common Stocks

        

Consumer

   $ 162,343       $ —        $ 162,343   

Information Technology

     33,089         —          33,089   

Health Care

     21,081         —          21,081   

Financial

     17,908         —          17,908   

Industrial

     14,351         —          14,351   

Energy

     5,748         —          5,748   

Other

     4,900         —          4,900   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks

$ 259,420    $ —     $ 259,420   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Common / Collective Trust Funds

Index

$ —     $ 238,772    $ 238,772   

Growth

  —       90,653      90,653   

Fixed Income

  —       60,981      60,981   

Target Date Funds

  —       207,857      207,857   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Common/Collective Trust Funds

$ —     $ 598,263    $ 598,263   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Registered Investment Companies

Growth

$ 43,853    $ —     $ 43,853   

Index

  7,977      —       7,977   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Registered Investment Companies

$ 51,830    $ —     $ 51,830   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Synthetic Guaranteed Investment Contracts (See Note 8)

$ —     $ 101,752    $ 101,752   

U.S. Government Securities

  —       10,669      10,669   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments At Fair Value

$ 311,250    $ 710,684    $ 1,021,934   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

NOTE 4—RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

The Plan provides for various investment options that, along with the underlying securities, are exposed to various risks such as market, interest rate, and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities and the level of uncertainty related to changes in the value of such securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in risks in the near term could materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits.

NOTE 5—INVESTMENTS

Individual investments representing 5% or more of the Plan’s net assets available for benefits are identified below:

 

     At December 31,  
     2014      2013  

Blackrock Equity Index Fund

   $ 183,968       $ 158,322   

Viacom Inc. Class B Common Stock

   $ 93,993       $ 116,989   

Blackrock Mid Cap Equity Index Fund

   $ 89,942       $ 80,450   

Blackrock US Debt Index Fund

   $ 74,857       $ 60,981   

Capital Guardian International Equity Fund

   $ 63,956       $ 64,592   

 

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During the year ended December 31, 2014 the Plan’s investments (including gains and losses on investments bought, sold and held during the year) appreciated / (depreciated) as follows:

 

Common/Collective Trusts

$ 44,922   

Common stocks

  (1,325

Registered investment companies

  2,715   
  

 

 

 

Net appreciation in fair value of investments

$ 46,312   
  

 

 

 

NOTE 6—INCOME TAX STATUS

On May 14, 2014, the Plan received a determination from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) that the Plan satisfies the requirements of Section 401(a) of the Code and that the trust thereunder is exempt from federal income taxes under the provisions of Section 501(a) of the Code. Certain amendments have been made to the Plan since receiving the determination letter. However, the Plan Administrator and the Plan’s counsel believe that the Plan is designed and is currently being operated in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Code.

As of December 31, 2014, there were no uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken that would require recognition of a liability (or asset) or disclosure in the financial statements. The Plan is subject to routine audits by taxing jurisdictions; however, there are currently no audits for any tax year in progress. The Plan Administrator believes it is no longer subject to income tax examinations for years prior to 2011.

NOTE 7—TERMINATION PRIORITIES

Although the Company anticipates that the Plan will continue indefinitely, it reserves the right by action of the Viacom Board of Directors or Retirement Committee to amend or terminate the Plan provided that such action does not retroactively reduce earned participant benefits. In the event of Plan termination, participants would become fully vested. Upon termination, the Plan provides that the net assets of the Plan would be distributed to participants based on their respective account balances.

NOTE 8—INVESTMENT IN FULLY BENEFIT-RESPONSIVE INVESTMENT CONTRACTS

The Plan accounts for guaranteed investment contracts in accordance with the accounting and reporting guidance related to Fully Benefit-Responsive Investment Contracts Held by Certain Investment Companies Subject to the AICPA Investment Company Guide and Defined-Contribution Health and Welfare and Pension Plans. Contract value is the relevant measurement attribute for that portion of the net assets available for plan benefits of a defined-contribution plan attributable to fully benefit-responsive contracts because contract value is the amount participants would receive if they were to initiate permitted transactions under the terms of the Plan. The Plan invests in investment contracts through the INVESCO Fund (the “Fund”). As required by the guidance, the guaranteed investment contracts are presented on the face of the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits at fair value with an adjustment to contract value in arriving at net assets available for benefits. The Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits is prepared on a contract value basis.

The Fund invests primarily in fully benefit-responsive investment contracts in a wrapper contract structure (also known as synthetic GICs). In a wrapper contract structure, the underlying investments are owned by the Fund and held in trust for plan participants and are of high quality fixed income securities or investment funds. The Fund purchases a wrapper contract from an insurance company or bank. The wrapper contract amortizes the realized and unrealized gains and losses on the underlying fixed income investments, typically over the expected duration of the investment through adjustments to the future interest crediting rate (which is the rate earned by participants in the fund for the underlying investments which resets on a monthly basis). The issuer of the wrapper contract provides assurance that the adjustments to the interest crediting rate do not result in a future interest crediting rate that is less than zero. An interest crediting rate less than zero would result in a loss of principal or accrued interest.

The key factors that influence future interest crediting rates for a wrapper contract include: the level of market interest rates, the amount and timing of participant activity into/out of the wrapper contract, the investment returns generated by the fixed income investments that back the wrapper contract, and the duration of the underlying investments backing the wrapper contract.

Changes in market interest rates affect the yield to maturity and the market value of the underlying investments; therefore, they can have a material impact on the wrapper contract’s interest crediting rate. In addition, participant withdrawals and transfers from the Fund are paid at contract value but funded through the market value liquidation of the underlying investments, which also impacts the

 

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interest credit rating. The resulting gains and losses in the market value of the underlying investments relative to the wrapper contract value are represented on the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits as the Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts. If the adjustment from fair value to contract value is positive for a given contract, this indicates that the wrapper contract value is greater than the market value of the underlying investments. The embedded market value losses will be amortized in the future through a lower interest crediting rate than would otherwise be the case. If the adjustment from fair value to contract value is negative, this indicates that the wrapper contract value is less than the market value of the underlying investments. The amortization of the embedded market value gains will cause the future interest crediting rate to be higher than it otherwise would have been.

All wrapper contracts provide for a minimum interest crediting rate of zero percent. In the event that the interest crediting rate should fall to zero and the requirements of the wrapper contract are satisfied, the wrapper issuers will pay to the Plan the shortfall needed to maintain the interest crediting rate at zero. This ensures that participants’ principal and accrued interest are protected.

The following table details the individual synthetic guaranteed investment contracts at fair value and their adjustment to contract value of $101.5 million held by the Fund at December 31, 2014:

 

Contract Issuer

  

Security Name

   Issuer
Ratings
     Investments at
Fair Value
     Wrap Contracts
at Fair Value
     Adjustment to
Contract Value
 

Voya Retirement & Annuity

   Wrapper      A-/A3          $ —        
   IGT INVESCO Multi-Mgr A or Better Intermediate G/C Fund       $ 20,377         
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  20,377      —     $ (803

Transamerica

Wrapper   AA-/A1      26   
IGT Blackrock A or Better Intermediate Gov/Credit Fund   4,507   
IGT INVESCO Short-term Bond Fund   21,269   
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  25,776      26      (607

Pacific Life Insurance Co

Wrapper   A+/A1      —    
IGT INVESCO Multi-Mgr A or Better Core Fund   16,241   
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  16,241      —       (751
Prudential Ins Co Wrapper   AA-/A1      —    
IGT INVESCO A or Better Intermediate Gov/Credit Fund   4,482   
IGT INVESCO Short-term Bond Fund   6,499   
IGT Jennison A or Better Intermediate Gov/Credit Fund   4,505   
IGT PIMCO A or Better Intermediate Gov/Credit Fund   4,432   
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  19,918      —       (446

RGA

Wrapper   AA-/A1      —    
IGT INVESCO Short-term Bond Fund   22,102   
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  22,102      —       (365
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

$ 104,414    $ 26    $ (2,972
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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The following table details the individual synthetic guaranteed investment contracts at fair value and their adjustment to contract value of $99.5 million held by the Fund at December 31, 2013:

 

Contract Issuer

  

Security Name

   Issuer
Ratings
     Investments at
Fair Value
     Wrap Contracts
at Fair Value
     Adjustment to
Contract Value
 

ING Life & Annuity

   Wrapper      A-/A3          $ —       
   IGT INVESCO Multi-Mgr A or Better Intermediate G/C Fund       $ 19,812         
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  19,812      —     $ (681

Monumental Life Insurance Co

Wrapper   AA-/A1      27   
IGT Blackrock A or Better Intermediate Gov/Credit Fund   4,398   
IGT INVESCO Short-term Bond Fund   20,907   
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  25,305      27      (605

Pacific Life Insurance Co

Wrapper   A+/A1      —    
IGT INVESCO Multi-Mgr A or Better Core Fund   15,460   
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  15,460      —       (355

Prudential Ins Co

Wrapper   AA-/A1      —    
IGT INVESCO A or Better Intermediate Gov/Credit Fund   4,358   
IGT INVESCO Short-term Bond Fund   6,387   
IGT Jennison A or Better Intermediate Gov/Credit Fund   4,331   
IGT PIMCO A or Better Intermediate Gov/Credit Fund   4,347   
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  19,423      —       (277

RGA

Wrapper   AA-/A1      —    
IGT INVESCO Short-term Bond Fund   21,725   
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
  21,725      —       (337
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

$ 101,725    $ 27    $ (2,255
        

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The Company does not expect any employer initiated events that may cause premature liquidation of a contract at market value. The average yield to investments at fair value was approximately 1.41% and 1.30% for 2014 and 2013, respectively, and crediting interest rates to investments at fair value were approximately 1.95% and 1.80% at December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

NOTE 9—RECONCILIATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO IRS FORM 5500

The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for benefits per the financial statements to the Form 5500:

 

     At December 31,  
     2014      2013  

Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements

   $ 1,116,732       $ 1,032,951   

Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

     2,972         2,255   

Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants

     (99      (54

Deemed distribution of participant loans

     (277      (254
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits per the Form 5500

$ 1,119,328    $ 1,034,898   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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The following is a reconciliation of benefits paid to participants as reflected in the financial statements to the Form 5500:

 

     Year Ended
December 31, 2014
 

Benefits paid to participants per the financial statements

   $ 85,005   

Add: Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants at December 31, 2014

     99   

Less: Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants at December 31, 2013

     (54

Deemed loan offsets

     5   
  

 

 

 

Benefits paid to participants per the Form 5500

$ 85,055   
  

 

 

 

Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants are recorded on the Form 5500 for benefit claims that were processed and approved for payment prior to December 31, 2014 but were not paid as of that date.

The following is a reconciliation of additions attributed to investments and contributions per the financial statements to the Form 5500:

 

     Year Ended
December 31, 2014
 

Total additions attributed to investments and contributions per the financial statements

   $ 171,088   

Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

     717   
  

 

 

 

Total income per the Form 5500

$ 171,805   
  

 

 

 

The following is a reconciliation of net increase in net assets available for benefits per the financial statements to the Form 5500:

 

     Year Ended
December 31, 2014
 

Net increase in net assets available for benefits per the financial statements

   $ 83,781   

Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

     717   

Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants at December 31, 2014

     (99

Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants at December 31, 2013

     54   

Deemed loan offsets

     (5

Deemed distribution of participant loans

     (18
  

 

 

 

Net income per the Form 5500

$ 84,430   
  

 

 

 

NOTE 10—SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Subsequent events and transactions have been evaluated through the date the financial statements were available to be issued, and are incorporated herein as applicable.

 

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VIACOM 401(k) PLAN

SCHEDULE H, LINE 4i –SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR)

DECEMBER 31, 2014

(In thousands)

 

Identity of issuer, borrower, lessor or similar party

  

Description of investment

including maturity date, rate of

interest, collateral, par, or

maturity value

   Cost(1)    Current Value  

Common Stocks:

        

ADT CORP

         $ 516   

AOL INC

           429   

ADOBE SYSTEMS INC

           956   

AEGON NV AMER REGD CERT

           525   

ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING

           916   

ALLIANCE DATA SYSTEM

           1,340   

AMERICAN EXPRESS CO

           877   

AMERICAN TOWER

           809   

AMETEK INC

           1,050   

ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV SA

           972   

APACHE CORP

           1,379   

APPLE INC COMMON STOCK

           5,755   

ASTRAZENECA PLC ADR

           593   

AUTOZONE INC

           1,443   

BB&T CORP COM STK

           805   

BAIDU INC ADR

           622   

BAKER HUGHES INC

           976   

BANK OF AMERICA CORP

           2,043   

BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

           2,008   

BIOGEN IDEC INC

           1,729   

BLACKROCK INC NPV A

           1,293   

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO

           1,914   

CDW CORP

           881   

CIGNA CORP

           669   

CVS HEALTH CORP

           1,435   

CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS

           266   

CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL

           2,889   

CARMAX INC

           466   

CELANESE CORP COMMON

           660   

CELGENE CORP

           1,131   

CHEVRON CORP COMMON

           1,066   

CISCO SYSTEMS INC.

           693   

COACH INC COMMON STOCK

           413   

COBALT INTERNATIONAL

           238   

COGNIZANT TECH

           1,152   

COMCAST CORP COMMON

           2,992   

CONTINENTAL RESOURCES INC

           415   

CORNING INC

           917   

DR HORTON INC

           1,445   

DANAHER CORP

           557   

DISH NETWORK CORP

           598   

DUNKIN BRANDS GROUP INC

           959   

 

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Identity of issuer, borrower, lessor or similar party

  

Description of investment

including maturity date, rate of

interest, collateral, par, or

maturity value

   Cost(1)    Current Value  

EMC CORP / MA COMMON STOCK

         $ 848   

EAGLE MATERIALS INC

           770   

EBAY INC COMMON STOCK

           1,111   

EQUIFAX INC

           1,043   

EXPRESS SCRIPTS HLDG CO

           974   

FACEBOOK INC

           2,022   

FEDEX CORP

           1,858   

FLEETCOR TECHNOLOGIES INC

           1,246   

GEN ELEC CO

           718   

GILEAD SCIENCES INC

           2,106   

GLAXOSMITHKLINE ADR

           598   

GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC

           1,609   

GOOGLE INC CLA

           478   

GOOGLE INC-CL C

           3,024   

HARLEY DAVIDSON

           1,558   

HARMAN INTERNATIONAL

           924   

HEWLETT-PACKARD

           3,094   

HOME DEPOT INC

           2,634   

JB HUNT TRANSPORT

           463   

IMS HEALTH HOLDINGS INC

           735   

IHS INC A

           1,025   

ILLUMINA INC

           387   

INTUIT INC

           1,183   

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO

           1,158   

JUNIPER NETWORKS

           373   

KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN

           975   

KEURIG GREEN MOUNTAIN

           631   

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS NV

           406   

LAS VEGAS SANDS CORP

           1,328   

LENNAR CORP

           1,435   

LIBERTY INTERACTIVE CORP

           516   

LIBERTY VENTURES

           138   

LOWES COMPANIES INC

           1,744   

MARKEL CORP NPV

           809   

MASTERCARD INC

           1,929   

MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS

           590   

MCKESSON CORP

           225   

MEDIVATION INC

           580   

MEDTRONIC

           469   

MERCK & CO INC COMMON

           2,251   

METLIFE INC

           811   

MICROSOFT CORP COMMON

           5,176   

MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL

           1,462   

 

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Identity of issuer, borrower, lessor or similar party

  

Description of investment

including maturity date, rate of

interest, collateral, par, or

maturity value

   Cost(1)    Current Value  

MONSTER BEVERAGE CORP

         $ 1,208   

NVR INC

           191   

NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO

           655   

NETAPP INC COMMON STOCK

           991   

NETFLIX INC COMMON STOCK

           752   

NEWS CORP COMMON STOCK

           133   

NOKIA CORP ADR

           252   

NOVARTIS AG ADR

           2,418   

NOW INC COMMON STOCK

           58   

PALL CORP

           349   

PFIZER

           1,171   

PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES

           606   

PRICELINE GROUP INC/THE

           1,368   

RALPH LAUREN CORP

           1,025   

REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS

           1,175   

ROCHE HOLDING AG ADR

           1,784   

ROSS STORES INC

           1,480   

SALESFORCE.COM INC

           1,142   

SANOFI ADR ECH REP 1/2

           1,461   

SCHLUMBERGER LTD COMMON

           1,674   

SCHWAB(CHARLES)CORP

           2,113   

SERVICENOW INC

           678   

SHERWIN-WILLIAMS CO

           1,121   

SPRINT CORP COMMON STOCK

           275   

STERICYCLE INC

           357   

SUNTRUST BANKS INC

           545   

SYMANTEC

           1,604   

SYNOPSYS INC

           652   

TD AMERITRADE HOLDING

           797   

TARGET CORP

           1,040   

TIME INC COMMON STOCK

           147   

TIME WARNER INC COMMON

           2,378   

TIME WARNER CABLE INC

           2,131   

TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY FOX

           1,344   

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC

           1,183   

VERTEX PHARMACEUTICAL

           948   

* VIACOM INC CLASS A

           636   

* VIACOM INC CLASS B

           93,993   

VISA INC COMMON STOCK

           1,339   

WADDELL & REED FINANCIAL

           249   

WAL-MART STORES INC

           1,932   

WELLS FARGO & CO COM STK

           2,878   

WHOLE FOODS MARKET INC

           699   

WYNDHAM WORLDWIDE

           872   

WYNN RESORTS

           968   

 

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Identity of issuer, borrower, lessor or similar party

  

Description of investment

including maturity date, rate of

interest, collateral, par, or

maturity value

   Cost(1)    Current Value  

YELP INC

         $ 714   

ACTAVIS PLC COMMON STOCK

           1,539   

WEATHERFORD

           258   

TYCO INTERNATIONAL PLC

           680   

TE CONNECTIVITY LTD

           1,012   

NIELSEN NV COMMON STOCK

           1,200   
        

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks

$ 248,381   
        

 

 

 

Registered Investment Companies:

DFA Investment Dimensions Group Inc.

  44,018   

Vanguard FTSE Social Index Fund

  12,073   
        

 

 

 

Total Registered Investment Companies

$ 56,091   
        

 

 

 

Common/Collective Trusts:

Blackrock Equity Index Fund

  183,968   

Blackrock Mid Cap Equity Index Fund

  89,942   

Blackrock US Debt Index Fund

  74,857   

Capital Guardian International Equity Fund

  63,956   

Capital Guardian Emerging Markets Equity Fund

  23,926   

*       JPMorgan Chase Smartretirement 2015 Fund

  5,167   

*       JPMorgan Chase Smartretirement 2020 Fund

  12,792   

*       JPMorgan Chase Smartretirement 2025 Fund

  28,055   

*       JPMorgan Chase Smartretirement 2030 Fund

  33,824   

*       JPMorgan Chase Smartretirement 2035 Fund

  45,367   

*       JPMorgan Chase Smartretirement 2040 Fund

  46,877   

*       JPMorgan Chase Smartretirement 2045 Fund

  42,737   

*       JPMorgan Chase Smartretirement 2050 Fund

  30,875   

*       JPMorgan Chase Smartretirement Income Fund

  3,976   
        

 

 

 

Total Common/Collective Trusts

$ 686,319   
        

 

 

 

U.S. Government Securities:

        

 

 

 

*       JP Morgan U.S. Government Fund

$ 5,954   
        

 

 

 

Synthetic Guaranteed Investment Contracts:

Voya Retirement & Annuity- Contract #60125

IGT MxMgr A+ Int G/C; Evergreen   20,377   

Transamerica- Contract #MDA00730TR

IGT BlackRock A+ Int G/C; Evergreen   4,507   
IGT Invesco ShrtTrm Bond; Evergreen   21,269   

Transamerica Wrapper at Fair Value

  26   

 

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Identity of issuer, borrower, lessor or similar party

  

Description of investment

including maturity date, rate of

interest, collateral, par, or

maturity value

   Cost(1)    Current Value  

Pacific Life Ins-Contract #G-27279.01.0001

   IGT MxMgr A+ Core, Evergreen       $ 16,241   

Prudential Ins Co-Contract
#GA-63010

   IGT Invesco A+ Int G/C; Evergreen         4,482   
   IGT Invesco ShrtTrm Bond; Evergreen         6,499   
   IGT Jennison A+ Int G/C; Evergreen         4,505   
   IGT PIMCO A+ Int G/C; Evergreen         4,432   

RGA-Contract #VIACM-1212-01

   IGT Invesco ShrtTrm Bond; Evergreen         22,102   
        

 

 

 

Total Synthetic Guaranteed Investment Contracts

$ 104,440   
        

 

 

 

Subtotal of Investments

$ 1,101,185   
        

 

 

 

Loans to Participants

Various maturities and interest rates ranging from 3.25% to 12.0% $ 12,853   
        

 

 

 

Grand Total

$ 1,114,038   
        

 

 

 

 

* Identified as a party-in-interest to the Plan.
(1) There are no non-participant directed investments.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the persons who administer the Plan have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    VIACOM 401(k) PLAN
Date: June 23, 2015     By:  

/S/ JOHN R. JACOBS

      John R. Jacobs
      Senior Vice President, Global Benefits
      (Member of the Viacom Retirement Committee)
    VIACOM INC.
    By:  

/S/ KATHERINE GILL-CHAREST

      Katherine Gill-Charest
      Senior Vice President, Controller
      (Chief Accounting Officer)

 

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