2018-04-01
The Liquidator of the Lucas South Africa Pension Fund has submitted a Section 15B surplus apportionment scheme to the Registrar for approval to distribute R9.064 million in actuarial surplus exclusively to former members as a proportional top-up to minimum benefit levels. Given the fund's liquidation status and insufficient surplus to fully cover all 2,075 former members, the allocation prioritizes traceable beneficiaries while establishing contingency reserves for unclaimed benefits and future asset recoveries. The scheme underwent a mandatory twelve-week consultation period and remains subject to Registrar approval before funds are allocated or future recoveries are distributed according to the proposed tiered structure.
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SURPLUS APPORTIONMENT SCHEME OF THE LUCAS SOUTH AFRICA PENSIONFUND (12/8/10121)(“the Fund” IN TERMS OF SECTION 15B(1)
The liquidator of the Fund, has determined the following scheme for the apportionment of actuarial surplus to be submitted to the Registrar for consideration.
The actuarial surplus apportionment is only sufficient to provide minimum benefits to former member and pensioners. (“First tier” distribution only);
The surplus apportionment date (SAD) is 30 June 2002 and was determined as follows..
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An application to advance the statutory valuation date was approved by the Financial Services Board.
The main reasons for the application were that the Fund is inexorably linked with the Prestolite Pension Fund (PF12/8/27521) which has a surplus apportionment date of 30 June 2002. For consistency it was desirable to perform the valuation and the calculations of any former member and pensioner minimum benefit upgrades for the Fund at the same date as the Prestolite Pension Fund.
| Number | |
|---|---|
| Active members | 0 |
| Pensioners | 123 |
| Deferred pensioners | 0 |
| Former members | 2075 |
| R'000 | R'000 | |
|---|---|---|
| ASSETS | ||
| 7.1 | Fair value of assets | 0 |
| 7.2 | Actuarial value of assets*¹ | 37,762 |
| 7.3 | Investment reserve account* | 0 |
| TOTAL ASSETS | 37,762 | |
| LIABILITIES | ||
| 7.4 | Active members | 0 |
| 7.5 | Pensioners | 23,557 |
| 7.6 | Deferred pensioners | 0 |
| 7.7 | Provision for closure and liquidation² | 2,342 |
| 7.8 | Provision for rectification adjustment to Prestolite³ | 1,090 |
| 7.9 | Provision for adjustment for D&L i.r.o. pensioners⁴ | 449 |
| TOTAL LIABILITIES | 27,438 | |
| CONTINGENCY RESERVES | ||
| 7.10 | Surplus apportionment cost reserve | 1,260 |
| TOTAL CONTINGENCY RESERVES | 1,260 | |
| SURPLUS⁵ | 9,064 |
¹The actuarial value of assets includes the discounted value of the estimated net future recoveries of assets as agreed with the Financial Services Board on 26 March 2010. ²The provision for future closure and liquidation expenses has been included for consistency with the inclusion of the future recoveries as agreed with the Financial Services Board on 26 March 2010. ³The provision is the present value of the payment of an additional amount to the Prestolite Pension Fund as a result of the rectification, based on the additional assets recovered to date (refer Section 6.2 of the valuation report). ⁴The provision is the present value of the repayment due to the initial recovery being based on incorrect pensioner liabilities (refer Section 6.5 of the valuation report). ⁵Surplus equals Total Assets – Total Liabilities – Total Contingency Reserves
The investigation was conducted for the time period commencing on 1 January 1980 until the surplus apportionment date of the Fund.
Acting on the Liquidator's instructions, the actuary has determined the amount of surplus utilised at the effective date of each such instance, and accumulated such amount to the surplus apportionment date:
| Description | Effective Date | Paragraph in section 15B(6) under which the instance falls | Amount of surplus utilised at the effective date accumulated to the surplus apportionment date (note 1) | Whether the Liquidator is applying for this to be excluded from the apportionment (Yes / No) (note 2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The cost of benefit improvements for executives | 1/10/1991 | (b)(i) | 2,971 | No |
| Total excluding items for which the Liquidator will be applying for exemption | 2,971 |
| R'000 | |
|---|---|
| SURPLUS AS REVEALED IN THE VALUATION⁶ | 9,064 |
| SURPLUS UTILISED IMPROPERLY⁷ | 0 |
| ACTUARIAL SURPLUS⁸ | 9,064 |
| R'000 | |
|---|---|
| Pensioners | 0 |
| Former Members | 23,005 |
| TOTAL TOP-UP COST | 23,005 |
⁶Refer to § 7 ⁷The Liquidator has partly recovered the assets and these have already been included in the actuarial surplus in the valuation. It would not be prudent to include any further amounts until they are recovered. Future recoveries will therefore be added to the distributable surplus and used to increase the surplus benefit payments to stakeholders ⁸Actuarial surplus equals surplus as revealed in the valuation plus surplus utilised improperly
| R'000 | % | |
|---|---|---|
| FIRST TIER DISTRIBUTION | ||
| Pensioners | 0 | 0% |
| Former members | 9,064 | 100% |
| RESIDUAL DISTRIBUTION | ||
| Former members⁹ | 0 | 0 |
| Active members | 0 | 0 |
| Pensioners | 0 | 0 |
| Deferred pensioners | 0 | 0 |
| Employer | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL¹⁰ | 9,064 | 100% |
| Class of stakeholder | Manner in which the actuarial surplus will be applied for their benefit |
|---|---|
| Former members | Cash payment to provide a proportionate top-up to the minimum benefit. |
| Active members | Not applicable |
| Pensioners | Not applicable |
| Deferred pensioners | Not applicable |
| Employer | Not applicable |
Note that there were no active members or deferred pensioners at the surplus apportionment date and that the minimum pension increases for pensioners were not affordable.
The surplus due to any stakeholder as a result of a surplus apportionment scheme approved by the Registrar shall be increased or decreased with fund return from the surplus apportionment date until the surplus is awarded, paid or allocated.
The Liquidator approved the surplus apportionment scheme.
⁹It may be necessary to split the residual surplus apportioned to former members between different tranches of former members ¹⁰The total must equal the actuarial surplus as determined in § 9
| Full Name: | Raymond Scott Hislop |
|---|---|
| Address: | PO Box 84041 Greenside Johannesburg 2034 |
| Telephone number: | 011 4779084 |
| Mobile number: | 082 5706124 |
| E-mail address: | None |
| Occupation: | Retired Chartered Accountant |
| Relation to Fund: | None |
The former member records were extracted from the Administrator's systems (01/06/1992 – 01/03/2000 Old Mutual and 01/03/2000 – 30/11/2002 Sovereign Fairsure / CCI Integrated (received data from Tennant)) and advertisements were placed for members to register their details.
A copy of the advertisements placed by the Liquidator are enclosed.
| Number | % | |
|---|---|---|
| Former members for whom the calculations could be performed and who could be traced to make payment: | 414 | 20% |
| Former members for whom the calculations could be performed but who cannot be traced: | 1573 | 76% |
| Former members, who have been traced but in respect of whom insufficient information could be obtained to enable the calculations to be performed (note 3): | 0 | 0% |
| Former members, who have neither been traced, nor in respect of whom the Liquidator has obtained sufficient information to enable the calculations to be performed (note 3): | 88 | 4% |
| Total | 2075 | 100% |
Notes: (1) The Liquidator is required to provide its best estimate of the total number of former members who left the fund between 1 January 1980 and the surplus apportionment date. (2) The Liquidator may have been able to obtain sufficient data from the administrators of the fund or the employer to enable the calculations to be performed, but cannot trace the former members. The top up benefits due to these former members should be reflected in the accounts of the fund as
outstanding benefits. The Liquidator of the Fund is required to explain the further steps envisaged in tracing these former members:
A tracing agent will be employed to obtain former member details for those who have not responded. There is an allowance in the expense budget for this tracing exercise.
(3) Where the fund has not been able to trace the members at all, and the fund has insufficient information to enable the calculations to be performed, or the fund has traced the members but has not been successful in obtaining sufficient information to enable the benefit to be calculated, the Liquidator may set aside a contingency reserve or may offer these members an amount in settlement of any claim they might have.
The report by the person who represented the interests of former members on the steps taken to identify former members and obtain sufficient information to enable the calculations of any top up benefit, and on the equity of the apportionment to them, is enclosed with this application.
Is the apportionment directly or indirectly based on any written agreement between the employer, the fund, the members and / or any third party?
No
Start date of 12-week period: 28 March 2011 End date of 12-week period: 20 June 2011
A copy of the information pack given to members, including any written statements and a copy of any presentation made to this scheme documentation.
The objections have been considered by the Liquidator of the fund. The complaints are summarised in Appendix I which also contains the response by the Liquidator.
The apportionment described above is, in the opinion of the Liquidator, reasonable and equitable in respect of all classes of stakeholders.
The following claims¹¹against the fund were not taken into account when determining the distribution of actuarial surplus:
Not applicable.
(noting that such claims should exclude any claims which have been recognised as liabilities by the Liquidator and the valuator)
¹¹These do not refer to outstanding benefits or creditors, both of which should be taken into account as liabilities if transferred; these refer to pending litigation or complaints in which members or former members are demanding adjustment to amounts previously paid or to accrued liabilities which are being transferred.
Surplus apportioned to former members who cannot be traced shall constitute unclaimed benefits.
Any over budgeted amounts shall be included in distributable surplus within the bounds of practicality, prior to the final payments being made.
The surplus due to any stakeholder as a result of a surplus apportionment scheme approved by the Registrar shall be increased or decreased with fund return from the surplus apportionment date until the surplus is awarded, paid or allocated.
In terms of the communication to stakeholders, the Liquidator has decided that any future recoveries, after deducting associated expenses in excess of the provision made, will be apportioned to stakeholders as follows:
The payments to former members may be effected in a number of instalments as the financial position of the Fund allows. A number of claims of members are still being ratified at this stage and these will be included in the apportionment if possible.
DECLARATION
I, in my capacity as Liquidator of the Lucas South Africa Pension Fund (12/8/10121) declare that the information given above and in the Forms hereto is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, correct and complete.
[Signature]
SIGNATURE ANTONY LOUIS MOSTERT FULL NAME IN PRINT
CAPACITY 9/10/11 DATE