| þ | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
| o | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
Financial Statements: |
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits |
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits |
Notes to Financial Statements |
Supplemental Schedule*: |
Schedule H, line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) |
| * | Other supplemental schedules required by Section 2520.103.10 of the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, have been omitted because they are not required or are not applicable. |
| JOHNSON & JOHNSON SAVINGS PLAN FOR UNION REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES |
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| By: | /s/ Kaye Foster-Cheek | |||
| Kaye Foster-Cheek | ||||
| Chairman, Pension Committee | ||||
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Financial Statements: |
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Supplemental Schedule*: |
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| * | Other supplemental schedules required by Section 2520.103.10 of the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), as amended, have been omitted because they are not required or are not applicable. |
| 2007 | 2006 | |||||||
Assets |
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Interest in Johnson & Johnson Pension
and Savings Plans Master Trust, at fair value |
$ | 42,848,996 | $ | 42,824,802 | ||||
Total investments |
42,848,996 | 42,824,802 | ||||||
Receivables |
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Employee contributions |
— | 38,198 | ||||||
Employer contributions |
— | 11,141 | ||||||
Total receivables |
— | 49,339 | ||||||
Total assets |
42,848,996 | 42,874,141 | ||||||
Liabilities |
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Accrued expenses |
20,741 | 4,339 | ||||||
Total liabilities |
20,741 | 4,339 | ||||||
Net assets available for benefits, at fair value |
42,828,255 | 42,869,802 | ||||||
Adjustment from fair value to contract value for
fully benefit-responsive investment contracts |
(62,368 | ) | 17,034 | |||||
Net assets available for benefits |
$ | 42,765,887 | $ | 42,886,836 | ||||
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Additions to net assets attributed to |
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Investment Income |
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Plan’s interest in the Johnson & Johnson Pension
and Savings Plans Master Trust net investment income |
$ | 1,338,390 | ||
Contributions |
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Employee contributions |
2,943,691 | |||
Employer contributions |
863,192 | |||
Total additions |
5,145,273 | |||
Deductions from net assets attributed to |
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Payments to participants |
5,099,431 | |||
Administrative expenses |
166,791 | |||
Total deductions |
5,266,222 | |||
Net increase / (decrease) |
(120,949 | ) | ||
Net assets available for benefits |
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Beginning of year |
42,886,836 | |||
End of year |
$ | 42,765,887 | ||
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| 1. | Description of the Plan | |
| General | ||
| The Johnson & Johnson Savings Plan for Union Represented Employees (the “Plan”) is a participant directed defined contribution plan which was established on January 1, 1993 by Johnson & Johnson (“J&J” or the “Company”). The Plan was designed to enhance the existing retirement program of eligible employees covered under collective bargaining agreements with the Company. The funding of the Plan is made through employee and Company contributions. The net assets of the Plan are held in the Johnson & Johnson Pension and Savings Plans Master Trust (the “Trust”). Transactions in the Trust are executed by the Trustee, State Street Trust Company (“State Street” or “Trustee”). The Plan’s interest in the Trust is allocated to the Plan based upon the total of each participant’s share of the Trust. | ||
| This brief description of the Plan is provided for general information purposes only. Participants should refer to the Plan document for complete information. | ||
| Contributions | ||
| In general, full-time employees 21 years or older represented by a collective bargaining unit participating in the Plan with at least one year of eligible service can contribute to the Plan. | ||
| Contributions are made to the Plan by participants through payroll deductions and by the Company on behalf of participants. Participating employees may contribute a minimum of $0.20 per hour up to a maximum of $3.00 per hour of the first forty hours worked in each payroll week, depending on the negotiated contract rate. All contributions are on a pre-tax basis and may not exceed $15,500 in 2007. | ||
| Participant contributions are invested in any of the four investment funds offered by the Plan at the direction of the participating employees. | ||
| Effective July 1, 2002, participants age 50 and over are eligible to contribute extra pre-tax contributions (“catch-up contribution”) above the annual Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) limitations up to $5,000 in 2007. Participants can elect an amount to be contributed from each paycheck as their catch-up contribution. This amount will be in addition to the pre-tax cents per hour contribution participants have elected. | ||
| After one year of eligible service, the Company contributes to the Plan an amount equal to 50% of the employee directed contributions on the first $0.20 to $1.50 per hour of the participant’s contribution (depending on the negotiated collective bargaining agreement), directly into the Johnson & Johnson Stock Fund. Participants have the option to elect that the Company matching contribution be invested in the current investment fund mix chosen by the participant. | ||
| Investments | ||
| Participants may invest in one or more of the four investment funds offered by the Plan. The investment mix chosen by the participant will apply to employee contributions while Company matching contributions are invested in the Johnson & Johnson Stock Fund unless participants elect to diversify. | ||
| In the third quarter of 1998, J&J incorporated a “dividend pass-through” feature into the Plan. Effective January 1, 2002, dividends are automatically reinvested in the Johnson & Johnson Stock Fund unless specific elections are made to receive payment via check. |
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| The 2007 dividend pass-through amount paid to participants of $5,410 is included in payments to participants in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits. | ||
| For all other funds the Trustee reinvests all dividend and interest income. | ||
| Vesting | ||
| A participant’s plan account, including participant contributions, Company contributions and earnings thereon, is always fully vested. As a result, there are no forfeitures under the Plan. | ||
| Payment of Benefits | ||
| Benefits are paid to participants upon termination, retirement, long-term disability or death. Participants can elect to defer payment until age 65. Distributions are paid in a lump sum payment for all fund balances. | ||
| A participant’s account may be distributed to his/her beneficiaries upon the participant’s death in the same manner described for participants. | ||
| Participants may withdraw pre-tax contributions only upon meeting certain hardship conditions. Participants are entitled to benefits provided by contributions (Company and participant) and investment earnings thereon, including realized and unrealized gains and losses, which have been allocated to the participant’s account balance. Participants have the option of receiving all or part of their balance in the Johnson & Johnson Stock Fund as either cash or in shares of Johnson & Johnson Common Stock (plus cash for fractional shares) for distributions other than a hardship. | ||
| Administrative Expenses | ||
| All third-party administrative expenses are paid by the Plan, unless otherwise provided for by the Company. | ||
| Termination | ||
| Although it has not expressed an intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. In the event of a partial or full Plan termination, all Plan funds must be used exclusively for the benefit of the Plan participants, in that each participant would receive the respective value in their account. |
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| 2. | Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | |
| Basis of Accounting | ||
| The financial statements of the Plan are prepared under the accrual method of accounting in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. | ||
| Investment Valuation and Income Recognition of the Trust | ||
| The Plan’s interest in the Trust is stated at fair value. The majority of the securities are traded on a national securities exchange and are valued at the last reported sales price on the last business day of the year. Securities not traded on a national securities exchange are valued using external pricing vendors, which may include the investment manager. Estimated fair market value for these securities, primarily fixed income, are typically made using pricing matrices or models. Where readily available, multiple pricing sources are used by the custodian bank to verify these estimates. | ||
| As the investment funds contain various underlying assets such as stock and short-term investments, the participant’s account balance is reported in units of participation, which allows for immediate transfers in and out of the funds. The purchase or redemption price of the units is determined by the Trustee, based on the current market value of the underlying assets of the funds. Each fund’s net asset value is the value of a single unit, which is computed by adding the value of the fund’s investments, cash and other assets, and subtracting liabilities, then dividing the result by the number of units outstanding. | ||
| Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Gains and losses on the sale of investment securities are determined on the average cost method. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income is recorded as earned on an accrual basis. | ||
| Net Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||
| The Plan presents, in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits, the Plan’s interest in the net appreciation (depreciation) of the fair value of investments held in the Trust, which consists of unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of the underlying investments and realized gains and losses on sales of investments. | ||
| Payment of Benefits | ||
| Benefits are recorded when paid. | ||
| Derivatives | ||
| The Trust will invest in securities from time to time that are denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. To hedge against adverse changes in foreign exchange rates relating to non-U.S. dollar denominated investments, the Trust can enter into forward foreign exchange contracts. Forward foreign exchange contracts qualify as a derivative under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (“SFAS No. 133”). The holder is exposed to credit risk for nonperformance and to market risk for changes in interest and currency rates. Those instruments involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit risk in excess of the amount recognized in the Statements of Net Assets Available For Benefits. The Trust attempts to mitigate this credit risk by utilizing the same policies in making commitments and conditional obligations as it does for on-balance sheet instruments, and through structured trading with reputable parties and continual monitoring procedures. Accordingly the Trust does not anticipate losses for nonperformance. The Trust does not require collateral or other security to support forward foreign exchange contracts. The Trust accounts for forward foreign exchange contracts at fair value. The Trust had forward exchange contracts outstanding at December 31, 2007 and 2006 in various currencies. At December 31, 2007 and 2006, the notional amount outstanding for these contracts in the Trust was $7,090,172 and $3,162,281, respectively, and the net currency (loss)/gain recognized during 2007 and 2006 by the Trust was $31,996 and ($94,770) respectively. The Trust held no other material derivative financial instruments at December 31, 2007 and 2006. |
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| Fair Value Measurements | ||
| In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements. This statement defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The statement is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and the Plan will adopt the statement and become effective in 2008. The Plan believes that the adoption of SFAS No. 157 will not have a material effect on its Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits and Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits. |
| Use of Estimates | ||
| The preparation of the Plan’s financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of net assets available for benefits at the date of the financial statements and the changes in net assets available for benefits during the reporting period and when applicable disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. | ||
| Risks and Uncertainties | ||
| The Plan provides for various investment options in funds which can invest in a combination of equity and fixed income securities. Investments are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, market and credit. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investments, 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 and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits. | ||
| Reporting of Fully Benefit-Responsive Investment Contracts | ||
| On December 29, 2005, the FASB released FASB Staff Position Nos. AAG INV-1 and SOP 94-4-1, Reporting of 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 (the “FSP”), which became effective for the Plan on December 31, 2006. The FSP requires that investment contracts held by a defined-contribution plan be reported at fair value. However, contract value is the relevant measurement criteria for that portion of the net assets available for benefits of a defined contribution plan attributable to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts because contract value is the amount participants would receive if they were to initiate permitted transactions under the terms of the Plan. As required by the FSP, the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits present the fair value of the investment contracts as well as the adjustment of the fully benefit-responsive investment contracts from fair value to contract value. The Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits is prepared on a contract value basis. |
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| 3. | Investments in Plan Trust | |
| Effective January 1, 2003, the assets of the Plan are maintained in the Johnson & Johnson Pension and Savings Plans Master Trust. The Plan holds approximately 0.30% and 0.32%, respectively, of the Trust’s net assets as of December 31, 2007 and 2006. The Plan’s sole investment is its interest in the Trust and therefore is greater than 5% of Plan assets. | ||
| Net assets, income, and expenses are allocated to the Plan based on the total of each participant’s share in the respective funds. | ||
| The following table represents the total value of investments in the Trust: |
| As of December 31, | ||||||||
| 2007 | 2006 | |||||||
Investments at fair value |
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Short term investment funds |
$ | 605,589,905 | $ | 538,645,020 | ||||
U.S. Government and Agency securities |
1,004,959,948 | 1,086,336,359 | ||||||
Corporate debt |
585,744,054 | 489,780,887 | ||||||
Preferred stock |
13,447,079 | 11,726,687 | ||||||
Common stock |
8,706,451,063 | 8,535,090,404 | ||||||
Common Collective Trusts |
2,394,683,035 | 1,710,530,369 | ||||||
Equities and other |
211,810,333 | 155,487,707 | ||||||
Deposits in group annuity contracts and synthetic GICs |
1,130,884,176 | 1,063,517,625 | ||||||
Total Trust investments at fair value |
14,653,569,593 | 13,591,115,058 | ||||||
Receivables |
120,905,382 | 105,521,725 | ||||||
Liabilities |
(299,589,886 | ) | (308,776,008 | ) | ||||
Adjustment from fair value to contract value for
fully benefit-responsive investment contracts |
(13,390,868 | ) | 4,133,018 | |||||
Net assets held in the Trust |
$ | 14,461,494,221 | $ | 13,391,993,793 | ||||
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| The net investment income of the Johnson & Johnson Pension and Savings Plans Master Trust was composed of the following: |
| For the | ||||
| Year Ended | ||||
| December 31, | ||||
| 2007 | ||||
Net appreciation/(depreciation) in fair value of investments |
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Short term investment funds |
$ | 39,548,410 | ||
U.S. Government and Agency securities |
16,063,669 | |||
Corporate debt |
319,586 | |||
Preferred stock |
(241,552 | ) | ||
Common stock |
322,073,698 | |||
Common Collective Trusts |
160,001,187 | |||
Equities and other |
14,174,568 | |||
| 551,939,566 | ||||
Interest |
169,127,618 | |||
Dividends |
231,147,530 | |||
Net investment income |
$ | 952,214,714 | ||
| 4. | Guaranteed and Synthetic Investment Contracts | |
| The Trust holds investments in traditional and synthetic guaranteed investment contracts (GICs). The weighted average insurance financial strength rating of the insurers for these contracts is AA. These investments are recorded at their fair values. The traditional GICs’ contract value represents contributions made under the contract and reinvested income, less any withdrawals. The synthetic GICs are recorded at the wrapper contract value, which represents the value of the underlying assets owned by the Trust plus the amount designed to smooth the impact of normal market fluctuations on those assets. Both the traditional and synthetic GICs are fully benefit-responsive. Participants may under most circumstances direct the withdrawal or transfer of all or a portion of their investment at contract value. Currently no reserves are needed against contract values for credit risk of the contract issuers or otherwise. | ||
| The traditional GICs provide a fixed return on principal over a specified period of time through fully benefit-responsive contracts issued by an insurance company, which are backed by the general account of that insurer. The contract value of the traditional GICs was $668,248,591 and $690,625,785 at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The fair value of the traditional GICs, as determined by using discounted cash flows, was $676,465,649 and $685,036,934 at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. | ||
| The synthetic GIC provides a return over a period of time through a fully benefit-responsive contract, or wrapper contract, which is backed by the underlying assets owned by the Trust. The portfolio of assets, overall of AA+ credit quality, underlying the synthetic GIC includes mortgages, corporate, and United States Treasury Notes and Bonds. The contract value of the synthetic GIC was $449,244,716 and |
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| $377,024,858 at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The fair value of the synthetic GICs, as determined by using discounted cash flows, was $454,418,527 and $378,480,691 at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. | ||
| The crediting interest rates for the synthetic GIC is calculated on a quarterly basis using the contract value, and the market value, yield and duration of the underlying securities, and cannot be less than zero. The crediting interest rates for the traditional GICs are agreed to in advance with the issuer. The crediting interest rate for the contracts at December 31, 2007 and 2006 was 5.03% and 4.53%, respectively. Effective April 2007, the crediting rate is calculated on a monthly basis, and no longer on a quarterly basis. In the event of extreme changes in interest rates, the crediting rate may be adjusted to reflect current market condition | ||
| Key factors that could influence future average interest crediting rates include, but are not limited to: participant directed cash flows; changes in interest rates; total return performance of the fair market value bond strategies underlying the synthetic GIC contract; default or credit failures of any of the securities, investment contracts, or other investments held in the Plan; the initiation of an extended termination (immunization) of the synthetic GIC contract. | ||
| The average market value yield of the contracts for 2007 and 2006 was 4.86% and 4.35%, respectively (calculated by taking the average of the monthly market value weighted yields of the investments). The average yield earned by the contracts that reflects the actual interest credited to participants for 2007 and 2006 was 4.60% and 4.20%, respectively (calculated by dividing annualized earnings credited to participants by the market value of the Interest Income Fund). | ||
| There are certain events not initiated by Plan participants that limit the ability of the Plan to transact with the issuer of a GIC at its contract value. Specific coverage provided by each traditional GIC and synthetic GIC may be different from each issuer, and can be found in the individual traditional GIC or synthetic GIC contracts held by the Plan. Examples of such events include: the Plan’s failure to qualify under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended; full or partial termination of the Plan; involuntary termination of employment as a result of a corporate merger, divestiture, spin-off, or other significant business restructuring, which may include early retirement incentive programs or bankruptcy; changes to the administration of the Plan which decreases employee or employer contributions, the establishment of a competing Plan by the plan sponsor, the introduction of a competing investment option, or other Plan amendment that has not been approved by the contract issuers; dissemination of a participant communication that is designed to induce participants to transfer assets from this investment option; events resulting in a material and adverse financial impact on the contract issuer, including changes in the tax code, laws or regulations. The Plan Fiduciaries do not believe that the occurrence of any of the aforementioned events, which would limit the Plan’s ability to transact with the issuer of a GIC at its contract value with participants, is probable. | ||
| 5. | Tax Status | |
| The Internal Revenue Service has determined and informed the Company by a letter dated December 31, 2002, that the Plan and the Trust are in compliance with applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”). Although the Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter, the Plan Administrator and the Plan’s tax counsel believe that the Plan is currently designed and is currently being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC. |
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| 6. | Related Party Transactions | |
| Certain Plan investments are shares of institutional commingled funds managed by State Street Global Advisors, a division of State Street. State Street is the Trustee as defined by the Plan and, therefore, these transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions. As of December 31, 2007 the total market value of investments for the Plan in the institutional commingled funds managed by State Street was $1,838,441. | ||
| The Plan also invests in shares of the Company, which is managed by State Street Global Advisors. The Company is the plan sponsor and, therefore, these transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions. As of December 31, 2007 the market value of investments in the Johnson & Johnson Common Stock Fund managed by State Street was $27,237,502. | ||
| 7. | Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Form 5500 | |
| The net assets available for benefits per the December 31, 2007 and 2006 financial statements, for the years respectively, is less than the amounts per the Form 5500 by $24,097 and $6,000 resulting from the adjustment of synthetic GIC values from contract value to fair value. At December 31, 2007 and 2006, the net assets available for benefits per the Form 5500 were $42,765,887 and $42,892,836, respectively. |
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| Description of Investment | ||||||||||||
| Including Maturity Date, | ||||||||||||
| Identity of Issue, Borrower, Lessor, | Rate of Interest, Collateral, | Current | ||||||||||
| or Similar Party | Par or Maturity Value | Cost | Value | |||||||||
Plan’s interest in the Trust |
Plan’s interest in the Johnson & Johnson | — | $ | 42,848,996 | ||||||||
| Pension and Savings Plans Master Trust | ||||||||||||
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