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FORM 11-K
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Plan fiscal year ended December 31, 2005
Commission File Number 1-812
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
One Financial Plaza
Hartford, Connecticut 06103
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UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN
Index to Financial Statements
December 31, 2005 and 2004
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Participants and Administrator of the
United Technologies Corporation
Defined Contribution Retirement Plan:
In our opinion, the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the United Technologies Corporation Defined Contribution Retirement Plan (the “Plan”) at December 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2005 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. 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 of these statements 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, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP
Hartford, Connecticut
June 23, 2006
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UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
(Thousands of Dollars)
| December 31, 2005 |
December 31, 2004 | |||||
| Assets: | ||||||
| Investments, at fair value (Notes 3, 4, and 5) |
$ | 16,142 | $ | 15,876 | ||
| Net Assets Available for Benefits |
$ | 16,142 | $ | 15,876 | ||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
(Thousands of Dollars)
| Year Ended December 31, 2005 | |||
| Additions to net assets attributed to: | |||
| Investment Income: |
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| Plan interest in net appreciation and investment income of Master Trust (Note 5) |
$ | 993 | |
| Total Investment Income |
993 | ||
| Deductions from net assets attributed to: | |||
| Distributions to participants |
727 | ||
| Total Deductions |
727 | ||
| Net increase |
266 | ||
| Net Assets Available for Benefits, December 31, 2004 |
15,876 | ||
| Net Assets Available for Benefits, December 31, 2005 |
$ | 16,142 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
NOTE 1 - DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN
General. The United Technologies Corporation Defined Contribution Retirement Plan (the “Plan”) is a defined contribution savings and money purchase plan administered by United Technologies Corporation (“UTC”). It is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”). Eligible employees of UTC and certain of its subsidiaries were able to participate after completing one year of service. The following is a brief description of the Plan. For more complete information, participants should refer to the prospectus and summary plan description as well as the Plan document which are available from UTC.
During 1998, all active Plan participants became participants of the UTC Employee Savings Plan II. As of December 31, 2003, the UTC Employee Savings Plan II merged into the United Technologies Corporation Employee Savings Plan. Previously accumulated participant balances will remain in the Plan. No additional contributions will be made to the Plan. Participants will continue to be able to direct or withdraw their remaining investment balances in accordance with Plan provisions.
Certain reclassifications have been made to prior year amounts to conform to the current year presentation.
Contributions and Vesting. No participant or employer contributions were made during the 2005 and 2004 Plan years (see Note 8). All participants are fully vested in the Plan. The Plan offers nine mutual funds, seven commingled index funds, one stable value fund, and a company stock fund as investment options to participants. The Plan also includes a money market fund that is primarily used for transitioning or merging plans.
Participant Accounts. Each participant’s account is credited with Plan earnings and losses based on their respective account balances. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account.
Voting Rights. Common Stock held in the UTC Common Stock Fund is voted by the Trustee at shareowner meetings of UTC in accordance with the confidential instructions of the participants whose accounts are invested in these funds. All shares of employer stock in the UTC Common Stock Fund for which the Trustee receives voting instructions from participants to whose accounts the shares are allocated are voted in accordance with those instructions. All employer stock in the UTC Common Stock Fund for which the Trustee does not receive timely voting instructions are voted by the Trustee in accordance with the timely instructions it receives with respect to a plurality of the shares in the UTC Common Stock Fund.
Trustee and Recordkeeper. The Plan trustee holds all of the Plan’s assets. State Street Bank and Trust is the Plan trustee. Fidelity Institutional Retirement Services Company (“Fidelity”) provides participant account recordkeeping services.
Payment of Benefits. Generally, upon termination, benefits may be left in the Plan or paid in a lump sum or other distribution option to a terminating participant. At the participant’s election, the portion of a lump sum distribution attributable to an investment in the UTC Common Stock Fund investment option may be paid in shares of UTC Common Stock instead of cash. There were no distributions in UTC Common Stock for the year ended December 31, 2005.
NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES
Basis of Accounting. The financial statements of the Plan are prepared under the accrual method of accounting.
Master Trust. The Plan’s assets are kept in the United Technologies Corporation Employee Savings Plan Master Trust (the “Master Trust”) maintained by the Plan’s trustee. Under the Master Trust agreement, the assets of certain employee savings plans of UTC are combined. Participating plans purchase units of participation in the investment funds based on their contribution to such funds and the unit value of the applicable investment fund at the end of the trading day in which a transaction occurs. The unit value of each fund is determined at the close of each day by dividing the sum of uninvested cash, accrued income and the current value of investments by the total number of outstanding units in such funds. Income from the funds’ investments, other than the UTC Common Stock Fund, increases the participating plans’ unit values. UTC Common Stock Fund dividends increase the Plan’s units in that fund. Distributions to participants reduce the number of participation units held by the participating plans (see Note 5).
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UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
Investment Valuation and Income Recognition. The Income Fund’s investments in fully benefit-responsive investment contracts with insurance companies (see Notes 4 and 10) are stated at contract value, which approximates fair value. Contract value includes contributions plus earnings, less Plan withdrawals and expenses. All other funds are stated at net asset value per unit or share as determined by the Trustee utilizing published market data, as applicable.
Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date.
Plan Expenses. Plan administrative expenses, including Plan trustee and recordkeeper fees were paid directly by the employer in 2005.
Payment of Benefits. Benefit payments to participants or beneficiaries are recorded upon distribution.
Use of Estimates. The preparation of the Plan’s financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of net assets available for benefits and changes therein during the reporting period and, when applicable, disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Risks and Uncertainties. The Plan provides for various investment options in any combination of stocks, bonds, mutual funds and other investment securities. Investment securities are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, market and credit. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities and the level of uncertainty related to changes in the value of investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in risks in the near term would 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.
NOTE 3 – INVESTMENTS
The following presents the Plan’s participation in the Master Trust investments that represent 5 percent or more of the Plan’s net assets:
| December 31, | ||||||
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2005 | 2004 | ||||
| Income Fund, 104,822 and 111,074 units, respectively |
$ | 11,105 | $ | 11,150 | ||
| Equity Fund, 59,450 and 65,504 units, respectively |
$ | 1,824 | $ | 1,915 | ||
| UTC Common Stock Fund, 48,766 and 42,760 units, respectively |
$ | 1,834 | $ | 1,490 | ||
During 2005, the Plan’s investments (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year) appreciated in value as follows:
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| UTC Common Stock Fund |
$ | 134 | |
| Other Funds |
176 | ||
| $ | 310 | ||
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UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
NOTE 4 - INVESTMENT CONTRACTS WITH INSURANCE COMPANIES
The Plan’s Income Fund invests in investment contracts with insurance companies. Under these contracts, each insurance company guarantees repayment in full of the principal amount plus interest credited at a fixed rate for a specified period. Interest is credited to each contract based on an annual interest rate set each year by the individual insurance companies. This rate, which differs among contracts, takes into account any difference between prior year credited interest and the actual amount of investment earnings allocable to the contract in accordance with the established allocation procedures of the insurance company. The weighted average interest rates credited to participant accounts for 2005 and 2004 were 5.5 percent and 5.4 percent, respectively. There are no reserves against contract value for credit risk. The guaranteed contract value is $5,995,000,000 and the market value of the underlying Master Trust assets is $6,150,000,000, as of December 31, 2005.
NOTE 5 - INVESTMENT IN MASTER TRUST
UTC has entered into a Master Trust agreement with the Trustee. Under this agreement, certain savings plans of UTC combine their trust fund investments in the Master Trust.
Participating plans purchase units of participation in the investment funds based on their contribution to such funds along with income that the investment funds may earn, less distributions made to the plans’ participants. The Plan’s interest in the net assets of the Master Trust was less than 1 percent, at December 31, 2005 and 2004.
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UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
The following is a summary of the financial information and data for the Master Trust and the portion attributable to the Plan:
United Technologies Corporation
Master Trust Statements of Net Assets
(Thousands of Dollars)
| December 31, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005 | 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Allocated | Unallocated | Total | Allocated | Unallocated | Total | |||||||||||||||||||
| Assets: |
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| Short-term investments |
$ | 63,183 | $ | — | $ | 63,183 | $ | 64,251 | $ | — | $ | 64,251 | ||||||||||||
| Investments: |
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| Equity: |
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| Mutual funds |
1,214,028 | — | 1,214,028 | 1,023,561 | — | 1,023,561 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Equity commingled index funds |
1,532,043 | — | 1,532,043 | 1,466,502 | — | 1,466,502 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Common stock |
3,611,273 | 1,634,474 | 5,245,747 | 3,361,344 | 1,601,116 | 4,962,460 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Debt: |
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| Fixed income commingled index funds |
29,483 | — | 29,483 | 27,634 | — | 27,634 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Income Fund investment contracts |
5,995,452 | — | 5,995,452 | 5,833,780 | — | 5,833,780 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Participant notes receivable |
104,446 | — | 104,446 | 95,615 | — | 95,615 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Subtotal |
12,549,908 | 1,634,474 | 14,184,382 | 11,872,687 | 1,601,116 | 13,473,803 | ||||||||||||||||||
| ESOP receivables |
7,369 | 173,349 | 180,718 | — | 165,755 | 165,755 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Interest and dividend receivable |
6,932 | — | 6,932 | 485 | — | 485 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total assets |
12,564,209 | 1,807,823 | 14,372,032 | 11,873,172 | 1,766,871 | 13,640,043 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Liabilities: |
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| Accrued liabilities |
(3,920 | ) | — | (3,920 | ) | (2,130 | ) | — | (2,130 | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Accrued ESOP interest |
— | (1,554 | ) | (1,554 | ) | — | (1,650 | ) | (1,650 | ) | ||||||||||||||
| ESOP debt |
— | (130,800 | ) | (130,800 | ) | — | (164,000 | ) | (164,000 | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Notes payable to UTC |
— | (255,033 | ) | (255,033 | ) | — | (231,933 | ) | (231,933 | ) | ||||||||||||||
| Total liabilities |
(3,920 | ) | (387,387 | ) | (391,307 | ) | (2,130 | ) | (397,583 | ) | (399,713 | ) | ||||||||||||
| Net Assets |
$ | 12,560,289 | $ | 1,420,436 | $ | 13,980,725 | $ | 11,871,042 | $ | 1,369,288 | $ | 13,240,330 | ||||||||||||
| Net assets of the Master Trust attributable to the Plan |
$ | 16,142 | $ | — | $ | 16,142 | $ | 15,876 | $ | — | $ | 15,876 | ||||||||||||
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United Technologies Corporation
Master Trust Statement of Changes in Net Assets
(Thousands of Dollars)
| Year Ended December 31, 2005 | ||||||||||||
| Allocated | Unallocated | Total | ||||||||||
| Additions: |
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| Interest and dividend income |
$ | 444,319 | $ | 28,100 | $ | 472,419 | ||||||
| Transfers from participating plans for purchase of units |
364,837 | 12,238 | 377,075 | |||||||||
| Allocation of 1,544,000 ESOP shares, at market |
82,735 | — | 82,735 | |||||||||
| Net appreciation on fair value of investments |
427,365 | 121,934 | 549,299 | |||||||||
| Total additions |
1,319,256 | 162,272 | 1,481,528 | |||||||||
| Deductions: |
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| Transfers out on behalf of participating plans |
(636,125 | ) | — | (636,125 | ) | |||||||
| Allocation of 1,544,000 ESOP shares, at market |
— | (82,735 | ) | (82,735 | ) | |||||||
| Master Trust and interest expense |
(2,065 | ) | (28,389 | ) | (30,454 | ) | ||||||
| Total deductions |
(638,190 | ) | (111,124 | ) | (749,314 | ) | ||||||
| Net increase prior to transfers |
681,066 | 51,148 | 732,214 | |||||||||
| Plan transfers: |
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| Assets transferred in |
8,590 | — | 8,590 | |||||||||
| Assets transferred out |
(409 | ) | — | (409 | ) | |||||||
| Net Plan transfers |
8,181 | — | 8,181 | |||||||||
| Increase in net assets |
689,247 | 51,148 | 740,395 | |||||||||
| Net Assets: |
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| Beginning of Year |
11,871,042 | 1,369,288 | 13,240,330 | |||||||||
| End of Year |
$ | 12,560,289 | $ | 1,420,436 | $ | 13,980,725 | ||||||
| Year Ended 2005 |
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| Amounts pertaining to Plan: |
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| Plan interest in net appreciation and investment income of Master Trust |
$ | 993 | ||
| Distributions to participants |
$ | (727 | ) | |
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NOTE 6 - RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Fidelity Institutional Operations Company and State Street Bank and Trust manage certain Plan investment options. These transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions.
The Master Trust holds common shares of UTC, the Plan sponsor, and these qualify as exempt party-in-interest transactions.
The Plan invests in the UTC Common Stock Fund (the “Fund”), which is comprised of a short-term investment fund component and shares of common stock of UTC. The unit values of the Fund are recorded and maintained by Fidelity. During the year ended December 31, 2005, the Plan purchased units of the Fund in the approximate amount of $291,000, sold units of the Fund in the approximate amount of $81,000, and had net appreciation on the Fund in the approximate amount of $134,000. The total value of the Plan’s interest in the Fund was approximately $1,834,000 and $1,490,000 at December 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively.
NOTE 7 - PLAN TERMINATION
Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, UTC has the right under the Plan to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA.
NOTE 8 - TAX STATUS
The Internal Revenue Service has determined and informed UTC by letter dated April 28, 2003, that the Plan and related trust are designed in accordance with applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”). The Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter. However, the Plan administrator and tax counsel believe that the Plan is designed and currently being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC.
NOTE 9 – NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
On December 29, 2005, The Financial Accounting Standards Board (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”. (FSP) The FSP clarifies the definition of fully benefit-responsive investment contracts for contracts held by defined contribution plans. The FSP also establishes enhanced financial statement presentation and disclosure requirements for defined contribution plans subject to the FSP effective for financial statements for issued for periods ending after December 15, 2006.
UTC intends to adopt the FSP in the Plan’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2006. The effect of the FSP on the Plan’s financial statements is expected to be enhanced financial statement presentation and disclosure requirements including the following:
Benefit-responsive investment contracts (investments in bank collective investment funds that hold benefit-responsive investment contracts) will be presented at fair value on the statement of net assets available for benefits and the amount representing the difference between fair value and contract value of the investment contracts (or bank collective investment fund) shall be presented on the face of the statement of net assets available for benefits as a single amount, calculated as the sum of the amounts necessary to adjust the portion of net assets attributable to each fully benefit-responsive investment contract from fair value to contract value. The statement of changes in net assets available for benefits shall be prepared on a basis that reflects income credited to participants in the Plan and net appreciation or depreciation in the fair value of only those investment contracts that are not deemed to be fully benefit responsive.
A description of the nature of the benefit-responsive investment contracts, how they operate, and the methodology for calculating the interest crediting rate.
The average yield earned by the Plan for all fully benefit-responsive investment contracts for the year.
The average yield earned by the Plan for all fully benefit-responsive investment contracts with an adjustment to reflect the actual interest rate credited to participants in the Plan for the year.
A description of the events that limit the ability of the Plan to transact at contract value with the issuer.
A description of the events and circumstances that would allow issuers to terminate fully benefit-responsive investment contracts with the Plan and settle at an amount different from contract value.
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The Plan (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan), pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION DEFINED CONTRIBUTION RETIREMENT PLAN | ||||
| Dated: June 23, 2006 | By: | /s/ Natalie Morris | ||
| Natalie Morris Director, Employee Benefits and Human Resources Systems United Technologies Corporation | ||||
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| (23) | Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm * |
| * | Submitted electronically herewith. |
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