UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 11-K
(Mark One):
(X) ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [NO FEE REQUIRED, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 7, 1996].
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1997
OR
( ) TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 [NO FEE REQUIRED].
For the transition period from to
Commission file no. 2-61045
A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from
that of the issuer named below:
THE SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PROGRAM FOR EMPLOYEES OF
UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION AND
PARTICIPATING SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the
address of its principal executive office:
UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION
39 OLD RIDGEBURY ROAD
DANBURY, CT 06817-0001
Total number of sequentially numbered pages in this filing
including exhibits thereto: 18
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INDEX
Page
Financial Statements
Statement of Net Assets Available for Benefits -
The Savings and Investment Program for Employees of
Union Carbide Corporation and Participating Subsidiary
Companies - December 31, 1997 and 1996 3
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits -
The Savings and Investment Program for Employees of
Union Carbide Corporation and Participating Subsidiary
Companies - Year Ended December 31, 1997 4
Notes to Financial Statements 5-9
Supplemental Schedules
Line 27a - Schedule of Assets Held for Investment Purposes -
December 31, 1997 10-13
Line 27d - Schedule of Reportable Transactions -
Year Ended December 31, 1997 14
Signature 15
Independent Auditors' Report 16
Exhibit Index 17
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THE SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PROGRAM FOR EMPLOYEES OF UNION CARBIDE
CORPORATION AND PARTICIPATING SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
STATEMENT OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS
As of December 31, 1997 and 1996
(millions of dollars)
1997 1996
ASSETS
Investments:
Union Carbide Corporation, Common Stock - 5,404,593
shares and 5,431,967 shares at market value......... $ 232.1 $ 222.0
Union Carbide Corporation stock held by the ESOP -
15,370,245 shares and 16,013,874 shares
Unallocated....................................... 349.3 386.8
Allocated......................................... 310.7 267.8
Praxair, Inc., Common Stock - 1,315,250 shares and
1,412,764 shares at market value.................... 59.2 65.3
United States Savings Bonds at current redemption
value............................................... 1.8 1.9
Short-term securities at market value................. 4.3 4.4
Fixed Income Fund - 9,062,244 units and
9,355,071 units - per unit value $79.14 and $74.24.. 717.2 694.5
Fidelity Equity-Income Fund, managed for the Trustee
by Fidelity Investments - 1,055,978 shares and
757,680 shares at market value...................... 55.4 32.4
Spartan U.S. Equity Index Fund, managed for the
Trustee by Fidelity Investments - 2,016,765 shares
and 1,610,423 shares at market value................ 70.6 43.4
Fidelity Magellan Fund, managed for the Trustee by
Fidelity Investments - 775,773 shares and 752,646
shares at market value.............................. 73.9 60.7
Fidelity Contrafund, managed for the Trustee by
Fidelity Investments - 1,136,953 shares and 850,686
shares at market value.............................. 53.0 35.9
Fidelity Growth Company Fund, managed for the
Trustee by Fidelity Investments - 686,565 shares
and 524,093 shares at market value.................. 29.7 21.2
Loans to participants................................... 58.9 55.2
Participants' contributions receivable.................. 0.9 -
Total assets............................ $2,017.0 $1,891.5
LIABILITIES
Amounts payable to participants......................... $ 0.3 $ 0.8
ESOP loan payable to Union Carbide Corporation.......... 79.8 91.5
Other liabilities....................................... 3.0 2.8
Total liabilities....................... $ 83.1 $ 95.1
Net assets available for benefits....... $1,933.9 $1,796.4
The Notes to Financial Statements on pages 5 through 9 should be read in
conjunction with this statement.
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THE SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PROGRAM FOR EMPLOYEES OF UNION CARBIDE
CORPORATION AND PARTICIPATING SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS
For the Year Ended December 31, 1997
(millions of dollars)
Investment income:
Dividends ....................................... $ 34.2
Interest ........................................ 51.6
85.8
Net change in appreciation
of investments .................................. 42.9
Contributions and deposits:
Amounts deposited by participating employees .... 49.6
Amounts contributed by participating employers .. 9.7
59.3
Allocation of ESOP Stock to participants .......... 58.5
Net additions .............................. 246.5
Withdrawals ....................................... (87.7)
Administration costs and expenses ................. (2.9)
Interest expense on ESOP loan ..................... (8.4)
Transfers from previous employers' plans .......... 1.9
Allocation of ESOP Stock to participants .......... (11.9)
Net increase ...................................... 137.5
Net assets available for benefits at:
Beginning of year .......................... 1,796.4
End of year ................................ $1,933.9
The Notes to Financial Statements on pages 5 through 9 should be read in
conjunction with this statement.
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THE SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PROGRAM FOR EMPLOYEES OF UNION CARBIDE
CORPORATION AND PARTICIPATING SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Investments are stated at market value, based upon quoted market prices plus
accrued income thereon, except for investments in United States Savings Bonds,
which are carried at current redemption value; loans to participants, which
are carried at face value, which approximates fair value, and certain
investment contracts, which are carried at contract value. Union Carbide
Corporation Convertible Preferred Stock which was held by the Employee Stock
Ownership Plan ("ESOP"), prior to the conversion by the ESOP Trustee into Union
Carbide Corporation Common Stock (see Note 4), was carried at fair value.
Fair value of the Union Carbide Corporation Convertible Preferred Stock was the
greater of the market value of Union Carbide Corporation Common Stock or the
established floor price of $8.981. Subsequent to the conversion, Union Carbide
Corporation Common Stock held by the ESOP is carried at market value. Fixed
Income Fund investments consist of investment contracts with banks and
insurance companies, government, corporate and international securities and a
short-term investment fund of the trustee (see Note 6). Purchases and sales of
investments are recorded on the trade date. Unrealized appreciation and
depreciation of investments stated at market and fair values is recognized
currently in the financial statements.
Participants' accounts are credited with participant contributions and
allocations of (a) Union Carbide Corporation (the "corporation" or "UCC")
stock held by the ESOP representing company matching contributions and,
(b) investment fund earnings of the Savings and Investment Program for
Employees of Union Carbide Corporation and Participating Subsidiary Companies
(the "Program"). The allocation of investment fund earnings is based upon a
participant's interest in a respective investment fund.
The financial statements have been prepared on the accrual basis of
accounting. The preparation of financial statements requires management to
make estimates and assumptions that could affect the reported amounts of
assets at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of
changes in net assets available for benefits during the reporting period.
Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Note 2 - Description of the Program
The following brief description of the Program is provided for general
information purposes only. Participants should refer to the Summary Plan
Description.
Employees may elect to have the corporation pay from 1% to 17 1/2% of their
compensation to the Program, subject to certain Internal Revenue Code ("IRC")
restrictions (see Note 7). The amounts elected by employees up to 7 1/2% of
their compensation are considered basic deductions, while additional amounts
from 1/2% to 10% of their compensation are considered supplemental deductions.
Basic and supplemental deductions can be made on either an after-tax or a
before-tax basis. An employee may also elect to make a supplemental deposit
to the Program in cash on an after-tax basis.
Eligible participants receive monthly allocations, based on a weighted
average market price of UCC Common Stock, from the unallocated shares of
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THE SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PROGRAM FOR EMPLOYEES OF UNION CARBIDE
CORPORATION AND PARTICIPATING SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (Continued)
Note 2 - Description of the Program (Continued)
UCC stock held by the ESOP (see Note 4). This allocation, equal to 75% of
their basic deductions, represents the company matching contribution.
The Program maintains two trusts, one related to the ESOP portion of the
program ("ESOP Trust") and one related to the other investments (collectively
the "trusts").
Note 3 - Investment Programs
Participants have discretion over, and may invest their basic deductions and
their supplemental deductions in 1/2 percentage point increments in any or all
of: Union Carbide Corporation Common Stock, United States Savings Bonds, the
Fixed Income Fund, the Fidelity Equity-Income Fund, the Spartan U.S. Equity
Index Fund, the Fidelity Magellan Fund, the Fidelity Contrafund, the Fidelity
Growth Company Fund, or the Discounted (UCC) Company Stock Fund. A
participant may invest a supplemental deposit in any of these investment
programs except for the Discounted Company Stock Fund.
Investments in Praxair, Inc. ("Praxair") Common Stock are closed to new
participants and existing participants are limited to selling and are
prohibited from purchasing Praxair Common Stock through the Program.
Dividends earned on Praxair Common Stock are reinvested in the Fixed Income
Fund.
Note 4 - Employee Stock Ownership Plan
The ESOP is an integral part of the Program. Prior to October 1997, the ESOP
Trust owned all of the issued shares of a series of UCC convertible preferred
stock ("ESOP Preferred Stock") which it purchased from the corporation with
the proceeds from a 15-year 10% loan maturing in 2005 due to the corporation
and secured by the shares. In October 1997, the ESOP Trustee exercised its
right to convert all of the ESOP Preferred Stock into the corporation's common
stock at an exchange rate of one-to-one (together, "ESOP Stock"). The
corporation makes contributions to the ESOP trust (see Note 2) and dividend
payments on the shares held by the ESOP. In turn, the ESOP trustee makes
loan payments of interest and principal. As these payments are made, shares
of ESOP Stock are released and available for allocation to eligible
participants. Additional shares of ESOP Stock, representing the value of
dividends earned on allocated shares, are credited quarterly to participants
accounts.
During 1996, the Board of Directors of the corporation authorized an amendment
to the ESOP, effective in 1996, to add supplemental allocations of ESOP Stock
to eligible employees based upon a profit sharing formula. The supplemental
allocations are determined each year based on the corporation's quarterly
returns on capital. For the years ended December 31, 1997 and 1996, the
supplemental allocations of ESOP Stock totaled $32.4 million and
$29.5 million, respectively. These amounts were included in the ESOP
allocated balances at December 31, 1997 and 1996, respectively, and were
credited to eligible employees' accounts in February of the subsequent year.
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THE SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PROGRAM FOR EMPLOYEES OF UNION CARBIDE
CORPORATION AND PARTICIPATING SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (Continued)
Note 5 - Expenses
Transfer taxes and other costs and expenses, if any, associated with the sale
and transfer of UCC Common Stock, including stock held by the ESOP for a
participant's account, are deducted from the proceeds or charged to the
account. Fees of the trustees and investment managers are paid by the
Program. For the year ended December 31, 1997, the Program paid certain
administration costs and recordkeeping expenses of the Program. The
corporation paid those expenses not borne by the Program.
Note 6 - Fixed Income Fund
The Fixed Income Fund includes two bond portfolios actively managed by Pacific
Investment Management Company and Jennison Associates Capital Corporation.
The portfolios consist of government, corporate and international investment
grade securities. Pacific Life Insurance Company (previously Pacific Mutual
Life Insurance Company) and The Prudential Insurance Company of America were
contracted to provide, in most instances, liquidity guarantees ("wrapper
insurance") of these two bond portfolios in the event that participant book
value withdrawals exceed 5% of the market value of the portfolios at the
beginning of the calendar quarter.
The following is a summary of the Fixed Income Fund. Contract value represents
original deposits under the contract credited with contractual earnings and
charged for withdrawals. The contract value reported for contracts with banks
and insurance companies generally approximates fair value.
Fund Investments Carrying Value
December 31,
1997 1996
(millions of dollars)
Contracts with Banks and Insurance Companies,
at contract value.................................... $239.9 $273.9
Investments managed by Investment Firms under Wrapper
Insurance:
U.S. Government Securities, valued at market....... 215.9 271.5
Corporate Securities, valued at market............. 183.1 134.8
International Securities, denominated in
U.S. dollars, valued at market................... 8.6 6.3
Commercial Paper and U.S. Treasury Bills........... 0.3 9.8
Chase Manhattan Bank Enhanced Cash Investment Fund. 20.0 9.1
Unsettled Purchase and Sale Transactions........... (43.2) (35.1)
Wrapper Insurance.................................. (5.8) 1.6
Total Investments managed by Investment Firms.......... 378.9 398.0
Chase Manhattan Bank Enhanced Cash Investment Fund..... 98.4 22.6
Total Fixed Income Fund................................ $717.2 $694.5
The average yield ranged from 6.11% to 8.63% and 4.29% to 9.31% for the years
ended December 31, 1997 and 1996, respectively. The crediting interest rates,
the fixed rates of return for the contracts, ranged from 5.80% to 7.80% and
5.05% to 9.31% as of December 31, 1997 and 1996, respectively.
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THE SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PROGRAM FOR EMPLOYEES OF UNION CARBIDE
CORPORATION AND PARTICIPATING SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (Continued)
Note 6 - Fixed Income Fund (Continued)
The crediting interest rates for the contracts with banks and insurance
companies are determined at inception of the contracts. For those contracts
that provide for fluctuations in their crediting interest rates, the rates are
reset annually or daily and are based on an agreed upon method. The crediting
interest rates for the investments managed by investment firms under wrapper
insurance are reset quarterly and are based on such factors as the
individual bond portfolio's book value, duration, market value and current
yield. Additionally, the contract with The Prudential Insurance Company of
America establishes a minimum crediting interest rate of 2.0% per quarter.
Note 7 - Federal Income Taxes
The corporation has received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue
Service dated May 30, 1995 stating that the Program and related trusts are
designed in accordance with applicable sections of the IRC. The Program has
been amended since receiving the determination letter. However, the Program
administrator and the Program's tax counsel believe that the Program is
designed and is currently being operated in compliance with the applicable
requirements of the IRC.
Participant elective deferrals are subject to the maximum allowed by the IRC
for the 401(k) portion of the Program, which in 1997 was $9,500.
Employees are not subject to income tax on their salary reduction
contributions to the 401(k) portion of the Program, corporation payments or
other accumulations in their accounts until a distribution is made from the
Program. Employee after-tax contributions are generally not subject to income
tax upon distribution from the Program. An employee may withdraw an amount
equal to his/her after-tax contributions made prior to 1987 without incurring
any income tax. However, in the case of employee after-tax contributions made
after 1986 an employee may exclude from income only the portion of the
distribution that bears the same ratio to the total distribution as the
employee's after-tax contributions bears to the total value of the employee's
account. For employees making deferred contributions to the Program in
accordance with IRC Section 401(k), distributions are generally taxed as
ordinary income subject to special tax treatment afforded certain
distributions that qualify as lump sum distributions under the IRC.
Note 8 - Allocation of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits by
Investment Program
The allocation of changes in net assets available for benefits by investment
program for the year ended December 31, 1997 is as follows:
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THE SAVINGS AND INVESTMENT PROGRAM FOR EMPLOYEES OF UNION CARBIDE
CORPORATION AND PARTICIPATING SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (Continued)
Note 8 - Allocation Of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits By Investment Program (Continued)
For the Year Ended December 31, 1997
(millions of dollars)
<CAPTION>
Dis- ESOP
counted Unal-
Total UCC Company ESOP located U.S. Fixed
Savings Common Stock Allo- and Savings Income
Program Stock Fund cated Other Bonds Fund
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Investment income:
Dividends............................... $ 34.2 $ 3.7 $ - $ 5.2 $ 7.8 $ - $ -
Interest................................ 51.6 - - - 0.1 0.1 47.7
85.8 3.7 - 5.2 7.9 0.1 47.7
Net change in appreciation
(depreciation) of investments........... 42.9 10.2 5.2 10.0 (20.7) - -
Contributions and deposits:
Amounts deposited by participating
employees............................. 49.6 0.9 16.5 - - 0.1 20.1
Amounts contributed by participating
employers............................. 9.7 - - - 9.7 - -
59.3 0.9 16.5 - 9.7 0.1 20.1
Allocation of ESOP Stock to participants.. 58.5 - - 58.5 - - -
Loan repayments (including interest)...... - 2.8 - - - - 20.6
Net additions (deductions)......... 246.5 17.6 21.7 73.7 (3.1) 0.2 88.4
Withdrawals............................... (87.7) (6.8) (2.0) (15.6) - (0.1) (49.2)
Administration costs and expenses......... (2.9) - - - (1.3) - (1.6)
Interest expense on ESOP loan............. (8.4) - - - (8.4) - -
Transfers from previous employers' plans.. 1.9 0.3 - - - - 0.6
Allocation of ESOP Stock to participants.. (11.9) - - - (11.9) - -
Loans to participants..................... - (2.2) (0.8) (0.8) - - (21.3)
Transfers among investment programs....... - (5.3) (12.4) (14.4) - (0.2) 5.8
Net increase (decrease)................... 137.5 3.6 6.5 42.9 (24.7) (0.1) 22.7
Net assets available for benefits at:
Beginning of year....................... 1,796.4 137.2 84.8 267.8 296.1 1.9 694.5
End of year............................. $1,933.9 $140.8 $ 91.3 $310.7 $271.4 $ 1.8 $717.2
<CAPTION>
Spartan Fidel-
Fidelity U.S. Fidel- ity
Equity- Equity Fidelity ity Growth Praxair
Income Index Magellan Contra- Company Common
Fund Fund Fund fund Fund Loans Stock
<S> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C> <C>
Investment income:
Dividends............................... $ 2.9 $ 1.5 $ 4.7 $ 5.0 $ 2.8 $ - $ 0.6
Interest................................ - - - - - 3.7 -
2.9 1.5 4.7 5.0 2.8 3.7 0.6
Net change in appreciation
(depreciation) of investments........... 8.5 14.4 10.5 4.3 1.6 - (1.1)
Contributions and deposits:
Amounts deposited by participating
employees............................. 2.2 2.1 3.4 2.6 1.7 - -
Amounts contributed by participating
employers............................. - - - - - - -
2.2 2.1 3.4 2.6 1.7 - -
Allocation of ESOP Stock to participants.. - - - - - - -
Loan repayments (including interest)...... 0.5 0.5 1.2 0.8 0.4 (26.8) -
Net additions (deductions)......... 14.1 18.5 19.8 12.7 6.5 (23.1) (0.5)
Withdrawals............................... (1.7) (3.0) (2.4) (1.8) (1.0) (1.7) (2.4)
Administration costs and expenses......... - - - - - - -
Interest expense on ESOP loan............. - - - - - - -
Transfers from previous employers' plans.. 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 - -
Allocation of ESOP Stock to participants.. - - - - - - -
Loans to participants..................... (0.4) (0.8) (1.2) (0.7) (0.1) 28.5 (0.2)
Transfers among investment programs....... 10.9 12.3 (3.2) 6.6 2.9 - (3.0)
Net increase (decrease)................... 23.0 27.2 13.2 17.1 8.5 3.7 (6.1)
Net assets available for benefits at:
Beginning of year....................... 32.4 43.4 60.7 35.9 21.2 55.2 65.3
End of year............................. $ 55.4 $ 70.6 $ 73.9 $ 53.0 $ 29.7 $ 58.9 $ 59.2
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CORPORATION AND PARTICIPATING SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
LINE 27a - SCHEDULE OF ASSETS HELD FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES
at December 31, 1997
(millions of dollars)
<CAPTION>
Identity of Issuer, Borrower Description of Investment (Maturity Value in millions of dollars) Cost Current Value
<S> <S> <C> <C>
* Union Carbide Corporation Common Stock, Par Value $1.00, Annual Dividend $0.90 $168.3 $232.1
* Union Carbide Corporation Common Stock (Unallocated), Par Value $1.00, Annual
Dividend $0.90 73.1 349.3
* Union Carbide Corporation Common Stock (Allocated), Par Value $1.00, Annual
Dividend $0.90 159.5 310.7
Praxair, Inc. Common Stock, Par Value $0.01, Annual Dividend $0.44 15.6 59.2
United States Government Series E Savings Bonds, $0.1 0.1 0.1
United States Government Series EE Savings Bonds, $2.4 1.2 1.7
Fidelity Investments Equity-Income Fund 35.5 55.4
Fidelity Investments Spartan U.S. Equity Index Fund 39.2 70.6
Fidelity Investments Magellan Fund 41.0 73.9
Fidelity Investments Contrafund 37.6 53.0
Fidelity Investments Growth Company Fund 22.7 29.7
Chase Manhattan Bank Enhanced Cash Investment Fund, Interest Rate 5.325%, $4.3 4.3 4.3
* Participant Loans 6.20% - 9.40%, Various Maturity Dates, $58.9 - 58.9
Fixed Income Fund
(Where no interest rate is stated, rate is floating.)
Contracts with Insurance Companies:
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Contract No. 1583, 7.35%, $27.1 $27.1 $27.1
Continental Assurance Company Contract No. GP-13088-006, 7.80%, Due 2/6/98, $42.5 42.5 42.5
Continental Assurance Company Contract No. GP-24019-006, 6.69%, Due 10/28/99, $65.7 65.7 65.7
John Hancock Mutual Life Ins. Co. Contract No. 7937 GAC, 6.11%, Due 7/1/98, $53.1 53.1 53.1
AUSA Life Insurance Company Contract No. UDA00001FR, 6.44%, Due 7/14/00, $51.5 51.5 51.5
Total Contracts with Insurance Companies $239.9 $239.9
United States Government Securities:
United States Government U.S. Treasury Bond, 0.00%, Due 10/06/01, $2.8 $2.2 $2.2
United States Government U.S. Treasury Note, 0.00%, Due 11/15/01, $21.9 17.5 17.6
United States Government U.S. Treasury Bond, 12.00%, Due 8/15/13, $6.2 9.0 9.5
United States Government Student Loan Marketing Assn MTN, 9.40%, Due 5/31/02, $1.1 1.2 1.2
United States Government Tennessee Valley Authority Note, 6.235%, Due 7/15/45, $6.0 6.0 6.4
United States Government U.S. Treasury Note, 7.50%, Due 11/15/01, $11.0 11.6 11.8
United States Government U.S. Treasury Note, 7.75%, Due 11/30/99, $13.2 13.8 13.8
United States Government U.S. Treasury Note, 7.875%, Due 8/15/01, $4.9 5.2 5.5
United States Government U.S. Treasury Note, 6.25%, Due 5/31/99, $4.0 4.1 4.1
United States Government GNMA, 5.00%, Due 1/15/28, $7.7 7.6 7.6
United States Government FHLMC Multiclass, 6.00%, Due 2/15/09, $3.2 2.9 3.2
United States Government FHLMC Multiclass, 9.00%, Due 12/15/05, $0.8 0.9 0.9
United States Government FNMA Gtd Remic Pass, 6.00%, Due 9/25/07, $2.5 2.1 2.5
United States Government FNMA Pass-Through Certificate 379701, 7.00%, Due 5/1/27, $3.7 3.6 3.7
United States Government FNMA Gtd Remic Pass, Due 9/17/07, $2.5 2.5 2.6
United States Government U.S. Treasury Note, 6.50%, Due 10/15/06, $9.4 9.8 9.9
United States Government GNMA TBA, 6.50%, Due 1/15/28, $0.6 0.6 0.6
United States Government GNMA 080022, 6.00%, Due 12/20/26, $3.8 3.8 3.9
United States Government GNMA 008089, 6.875%, Due 12/20/22, $5.1 5.1 5.2
United States Government GNMA 008830, 6.00%, Due 3/20/26, $1.8 1.8 1.9
United States Government GNMA 008909, 5.00%, Due 5/20/26, $4.8 4.5 4.8
United States Government GNMA 008781, 6.00%, Due 1/20/26, $2.9 2.9 3.0
United States Government GNMA 008863, 4.50%, Due 5/20/26, $5.7 5.4 5.7
United States Government GNMA 008913, 7.00%, Due 7/20/26, $4.3 4.3 4.5
United States Government GNMA TBA, 7.50%, Due 1/15/28, $1.7 1.8 1.8
United States Government FHLMC Multiclass, 9.05%, Due 6/15/19, $1.1 1.1 1.1
United States Government FHLMC Multiclass, 6.40%, Due 12/15/17, $5.2 5.2 5.2
United States Government FHLMC Multiclass, 6.50%, Due 7/15/21, $6.1 5.6 6.0
United States Government FHLMC Multiclass, 7.00%, Due 9/15/21, $6.5 2.3 0.7
* Party-in-interest to the Program.
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CORPORATION AND PARTICIPATING SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
LINE 27a - SCHEDULE OF ASSETS HELD FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES (CONTINUED)
at December 31, 1997
(millions of dollars)
Identity of Issuer, Borrower Description of Investment (Maturity Value in millions of dollars) Cost Current Value
United States Government FHLMC Multiclass, 7.00%, Due 8/15/22, $1.5 1.5 1.5
United States Government FHLMC 846183, Due 1/1/24, $5.1 5.2 5.3
United States Government FHLMC Gold C80374, 8.00%, Due 1/1/26, $0.2 0.2 0.2
United States Government FHLMC Gold D60672, 8.00%, Due 6/1/25, $0.1 0.1 0.1
United States Government FHLMC Gold D62854, 8.00%, Due 8/1/25, $0.1 0.1 0.1
United States Government FHLMC MMP 1689-L, Due 3/15/24, $0.2 0.2 0.2
United States Government FNMA Pass-Through Certificate 0029139, Due 7/1/26, $0.9 0.9 0.9
United States Government FNMA Pass-Through Certificate 0054844, Due 9/1/27, $0.2 0.2 0.2
United States Government FNMA Pass-Through Certificate 0060680, Due 2/1/28, $0.6 0.6 0.6
United States Government FNMA Pass-Through Certificate 0062688, Due 5/1/28, $1.8 1.8 1.8
United States Government FNMA Pass-Through Certificate 0067694, Due 10/1/28, $0.8 0.8 0.8
United States Government FHLMC TBA Gold, 7.00%, Due 1/15/28, $7.6 7.6 7.7
United States Government FHLMC TBA Gold, 6.50%, Due 2/15/28, $3.0 3.0 3.0
United States Government FHLMC TBA Gold, 7.00%, Due 2/15/28, $11.5 11.5 11.6
United States Government FNMA Gtd Remic Pass, 7.00%, Due 11/25/06, $1.1 0.2 0.1
United States Government FNMA Gtd Remic Pass, 8.00%, Due 7/25/20, $1.4 1.4 1.4
United States Government FNMA Gtd Remic Pass, 8.00%, Due 12/25/06, $7.8 8.3 8.2
United States Government FNMA Pass-Through Certificate 0013205, 9.078%, Due 7/1/25, $1.9 1.9 1.9
United States Government FNMA Pass-Through Certificate 0070713, 9.00%, Due 1/1/98, $0.1 0.1 0.1
United States Government FNMA Pass-Through Certificate 0072163, 9.164%, Due 2/1/28, $0.9 0.9 0.9
United States Government FNMA Pass-Through Certificate 041732, Due 2/1/27, $0.5 0.5 0.5
United States Government FNMA Pass-Through Certificate 047935, Due 5/1/27, $0.4 0.4 0.4
United States Government FNMA Pass-Through Certificate 291254, Due 8/1/24, $0.9 0.9 0.9
United States Government FNMA Pass-Through Certificate 300309, 5.875%, Due 12/1/24, $2.1 2.1 2.1
United States Government FNMA Pass-Through Certificate 303298, Due 1/1/25, $2.4 2.4 2.5
United States Government FNMA Gtd Remic Pass, 6.50%, Due 7/18/12, $10.2 10.2 10.3
United States Government FHA Project, 9.68%, Due 2/1/24, $0.1 0.1 0.1
United States Government FHA Project, 7.46%, Due 8/25/23, $5.4 5.4 5.6
Total Government Securities $212.9 $215.9
Corporate Securities:
Columbia University Medium Term Note, 8.65%, Due 2/21/03, $0.8 $0.9 $0.9
Advanta Credit Card Master Trust Asset Backed Security 96-A, 6.00%, Due 11/15/05, $2.2 2.2 2.2
Advanta Mortgage Loan Trust Asset Backed Security 94-1, 6.30%, Due 7/25/25, $1.7 1.7 1.7
Associates Corp. N.A. Note, 6.625%, Due 5/15/01, $1.9 1.9 1.9
BankAmerica Asset Backed Security, 6.195%, 6/10/10, $3.7 3.7 3.7
Beneficial Corp. Medium Term Note, 6.60%, Due 6/22/01, $2.9 2.9 3.0
CIT Group Holdings Inc. Medium Term Sr. Note, 7.125%, Due 6/17/02, $1.6 1.6 1.6
First NBC Credit Card Master Trust Asset Backed Security, 6.15%, Due 9/15/04, $3.8 3.7 3.8
Ford Credit Auto Loan Master Trust Bond, 5.50%, Due 2/15/03, $5.0 5.0 5.0
Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust Bond, 6.30%, Due 1/15/01, $4.0 4.0 4.0
Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust Bond, 5.95%, Due 1/15/00, $7.0 7.0 7.0
Ford Motor Credit Co. Medium Term Note, 6.11%, Due 12/28/01, $3.2 3.1 3.3
Ford Motor Credit Co. Bond, 7.00%, Due 9/25/01, $2.6 2.5 2.7
General Electric Cap. Corp. Medium Term Note, 5.13%, Due 4/1/04, $1.8 2.0 2.0
GMAC Medium Term Note, 6.25%, Due 1/11/00, $4.0 4.0 4.1
Green Tree Financial Corp. Asset Backed Security, 6.42%, Due 5/15/29, $2.9 2.9 2.9
IBM Credit Receivables Lease Asset Trust, 4.55%, Due 11/15/00, $0.1 0.1 0.1
LB Mortgage Trust Mortgage Pass-Through Certificate 1992-1, 7.809%, Due 1/15/09, $2.3 2.3 2.4
MBNA Master Credit Card Trust Asset Backed Security, 6.55%, Due 1/15/07, $4.2 4.2 4.3
Metris Master Trust Asset Backed Security, 6.87%, Due 10/20/05, $2.7 2.7 2.8
Nynex Corp. Debenture, 9.55%, Due 5/1/10, $1.4 1.4 1.6
Penn. Power & Light Co. First Mortgage, 6.00%, Due 6/1/00, $4.5 4.5 4.5
PNC Student Loan Trust Asset Backed Security, 6.728%, Due 1/25/07, $1.0 1.0 1.0
Sears Roebuck Accep. Corp. Medium Term Note, 6.80%, Due 10/09/02, $1.9 1.9 2.0
Xerox Corp. Medium Term Note, 5.875%, Due 6/15/37, $1.9 1.9 1.9
Xerox Corp. Medium Term Note, 5.91%, Due 4/1/37, $4.5 4.5 4.6
AT&T Cap. Corp. Medium Term Note, 6.26%, Due 2/18/99, $3.7 3.7 3.8
AT&T Cap. Corp. Medium Term Note, Due 4/17/98, $0.6 0.6 0.6
Capital One Bank Medium Term Bank Note, 6.43%, Due 6/29/98, $5.4 5.4 5.4
* Party-in-interest to the Program.
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CORPORATION AND PARTICIPATING SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
LINE 27a - SCHEDULE OF ASSETS HELD FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES (CONTINUED)
at December 31, 1997
(millions of dollars)
Identity of Issuer, Borrower Description of Investment (Maturity Value in millions of dollars) Cost Current Value
AT&T Cap. Corp. Medium Term Note, 6.02%, Due 12/1/98, $2.6 2.6 2.7
AMR Corp. Debenture, 10.00%, Due 2/1/01, $0.3 0.3 0.3
AMR Corp. Medium Term Note, 9.125%, Due 10/24/01, $1.3 1.4 1.4
Chrysler Financial Corp. Medium Term Note, 5.60%, Due 1/21/99, $1.5 1.5 1.6
Commonwealth Edison Co. First Mortgage S-79, 9.125%, Due 10/15/21, $1.0 1.1 1.1
CWMBS, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificate, 6.375%, Due 3/25/24, $2.2 2.1 2.2
DLJ Mortgage Accept. Corp. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificate, Due 12/25/22, $1.5 1.6 1.6
Ford Motor Credit Co. Medium Term Note, Due 8/14/00, $5.0 5.0 5.1
Ford Motor Credit Co. Medium Term Note, Due 11/9/98, $2.2 2.2 2.2
GE Cap. Mtg. Svc., Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificate, 6.50%, Due 4/25/24, $1.6 1.6 1.7
GE Cap. Mtg. Svc., Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificate, 7.50%, Due 3/25/19, $0.5 0.5 0.5
GE Cap. Mtg. Svc., Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificate, 8.00%, Due 7/25/23, $2.0 2.1 2.1
GMAC Medium Term Note, Due 3/3/99, $4.5 4.5 4.5
Greenwich Cap. Accept., Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificate, Due 1/25/23, $0.7 0.7 0.7
Housing Secs. Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificate, 6.50%, Due 7/25/09, $9.5 9.4 9.5
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Medium Term Note, 6.84%, Due 1/14/99, $3.0 3.0 3.1
Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Senior Note, Due 5/16/98, $3.5 3.0 3.4
Merrill Lynch & Co. Medium Term Note, Due 1/14/99, $6.0 5.9 6.0
Reilly Mortgage Associates LLP FHA Partnership Certificate, 7.45%, Due 10/1/23, $1.4 1.4 1.5
Reilly Mortgage Associates LLP Pass-Through Certificate, Due 2/1/23, $1.7 1.7 1.8
Residential Fndg Mtg. Sec. I, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificate, 7.50%, Due 6/25/27, $7.7 7.7 7.8
Residential Fndg Mtg. Sec. I, Inc. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificate, 8.00%, Due 12/25/22, $3.1 3.1 3.1
Resolution Trust Corporation Mortgage Pass-Through Security, 7.25%, Due 10/25/23, $2.0 2.0 2.0
Resolution Trust Corporation Mortgage Pass-Through Security, Due 1/25/20, $1.3 1.3 1.3
Resolution Trust Corporation Mortgage Pass-Through Security, 7.25%, Due 10/25/23, $0.2 0.3 0.3
Resolution Trust Corporation Mortgage Pass-Through Security, 7.50%, Due 8/25/23, $0.3 0.3 0.3
RJR Nabisco, Inc. Note, 8.625%, Due 12/1/02, $8.5 8.6 9.1
Ryland Accept. Corp. Collateralized Mortgage Bond, 9.00%, Due 1/20/19, $4.8 5.0 4.9
Ryland Mortgage Sec. Corp. Collateralized Mortgage Bond, 8.10%, Due 6/25/23, $2.3 2.4 2.4
Salomon Brothers Mtg. Secs. VII Mortgage Pass-Through Certificate, 7.20%, Due 8/25/23, $3.2 3.3 3.3
Salomon, Inc. Medium Term Senior Note, Due 4/5/99, $2.5 2.5 2.5
Salomon, Inc. Medium Term Senior Note, 6.36%, Due 4/1/98, $2.0 2.0 2.0
Sears Mortgage Sec. Corp. Mortgage Pass-Through Certificate, Due 4/25/23, $1.1 1.0 1.1
TCI Communications Inc. Medium Term Note, Due 4/3/02, $1.5 1.5 1.5
Time Warner, Inc. Debenture, 8.11%, Due 8/15/06, $0.6 0.5 0.7
Time Warner, Inc. Debenture, 8.18%, Due 8/15/07, $0.6 0.5 0.7
Time Warner, Inc. Note, 7.975%, Due 8/15/04, $0.3 0.3 0.3
Waste Management Note, 6.625%, Due 7/15/02, $1.9 1.9 2.0
Total Corporate Securities $179.1 $183.1
International Securities, denominated in U.S. dollars:
Province of Ontario, Canada Note, 8.00%, Due 10/17/01, $1.8 $2.0 $2.0
Province of Quebec, Canada Medium Term Note, 6.29%, Due 3/6/26, $2.8 2.8 2.9
Province of Quebec, Canada Medium Term Note, 5.735%, Due 3/2/26, $3.5 3.5 3.7
Total International Securities $8.3 $8.6
Cash Equivalents:
United States Government U.S. Treasury Bill, Due 3/12/98, $0.2 $0.2 $0.2
United States Government U.S. Treasury Bill, Due 4/16/98, $0.1 0.1 0.1
Total Cash Equivalents $0.3 $0.3
Chase Manhattan Bank Enhanced Cash Investment Fund, Interest Rate 5.325%, $118.4 $118.4 $118.4
Unsettled Purchase and Sale Transactions:
United States Government GNMA, 5.50%, Due 7/1/27 $9.2 $9.2
United States Government U.S. Treasury Note, 0.00%, Due 11/15/01 (7.4) (7.4)
* Party-in-interest to the Program.
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CORPORATION AND PARTICIPATING SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
LINE 27a - SCHEDULE OF ASSETS HELD FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES (CONTINUED)
at December 31, 1997
(millions of dollars)
Identity of Issuer, Borrower Description of Investment (Maturity Value in millions of dollars) Cost Current Value
United States Government GNMA, 5.50%, Due 7/1/27 (9.2) (9.2)
United States Government GNMA, 5.00%, Due 1/15/28 (7.6) (7.6)
United States Government FHLMC 846183, Due 1/1/24 0.2 0.2
United States Government FHLMC TBA Gold, 6.50%, Due 1/15/28 3.0 3.0
United States Government GNMA TBA, 8.50%, Due 1/15/28 3.7 3.7
United States Government U.S. Treasury Note, 6.50%, Due 10/15/06 0.1 0.1
United States Government FHLMC TBA Gold, 7.00%, Due 1/15/28 (7.6) (7.6)
United States Government FHLMC TBA Gold, 6.50%, Due 1/15/28 (3.0) (3.0)
United States Government U.S. Treasury Note, 6.50%, Due 10/15/06 (3.9) (3.9)
United States Government GNMA TBA, 6.50%, Due 1/15/28 (0.6) (0.6)
United States Government GNMA TBA, 8.50%, Due 1/15/28 (3.7) (3.7)
United States Government GNMA TBA, 7.50%, Due 1/15/28 (1.8) (1.8)
United States Government FHLMC TBA Gold, 7.00%, Due 2/15/28 (8.0) (8.0)
United States Government FHLMC TBA Gold, 7.00%, Due 2/15/28 (3.5) (3.5)
United States Government FHLMC TBA Gold, 6.50%, Due 2/15/28 (3.0) (3.0)
Ryland Accept. Corp. Collateralized Mortgage Bond, 9.00%, Due 1/20/19 (0.1) (0.1)
Total Unsettled Purchase and Sale Transactions ($43.2) ($43.2)
Total Fixed Income Fund (exclusive of $5.8 million wrapper insurance) $715.7 $723.0
GRAND TOTALS $1,313.8 $2,021.9
* Party-in-interest to the Program.
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CORPORATION AND PARTICIPATING SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES
Line 27d - Schedule of Reportable Transactions
Year Ended December 31, 1997
(millions of dollars)
Identity of Purchase Cost of Current
Party Involved Price Asset Value
Description Selling Expense Net Gain
of Asset Price Incurred (Loss)
Series of transactions in the same security:
Chase Manhattan Bank $ 1.00 $ 660.3 $ 660.3
Enhanced Cash Investment Fund n/a - n/a
Chase Manhattan Bank n/a 569.3 569.3
Enhanced Cash Investment Fund 1.00 - -
Union Carbide Corporation 40.50 - 56.81 89.8 89.7
Common Stock n/a 0.1 n/a
Union Carbide Corporation n/a 65.0 92.3
Common Stock 41.37 - 56.12 0.1 27.2
U.S. Government 103.23 - 106.63 69.6 69.6
Treasury Note, 7.50%, Due 11/15/01 n/a - n/a
U.S. Government n/a 58.0 57.8
Treasury Note, 7.50%, Due 11/15/01 102.73 - 105.91 - (0.2)
n/a = not applicable
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Committee of the Program has duly caused this Annual Report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
The Savings and Investment Program for
Employees of Union Carbide Corporation
and Participating Subsidiary Companies
Date: June 22, 1998 By: /s/John K. Wulff
Name: JOHN K. WULFF
Title: Vice-President, Chief
Financial Officer
and Controller
Union Carbide Corporation
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Independent Auditors' Report
To the Program Administrators of The Savings and Investment
Program for Employees of Union Carbide Corporation and
Participating Subsidiary Companies:
We have audited the accompanying statement of net assets available for
benefits of The Savings and Investment Program for Employees of Union Carbide
Corporation and Participating Subsidiary Companies ("the Program") as of
December 31, 1997 and 1996, and the related statement of changes in net assets
available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 1997. These financial
statements are the responsibility of the Program's management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on
our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. 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 Program as
of December 31, 1997 and 1996, and the changes in net assets available for
benefits for the year ended December 31, 1997, in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles.
Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic
financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedules of the
Program are presented for the purpose of additional analysis and are not a
required part of the basic financial statements, but are supplementary
information required by the Department of Labor's Rules and Regulations for
Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974. These supplemental schedules are the responsibility of the Program's
management. The supplemental schedules have been subjected to the auditing
procedures applied in the audits of the basic financial statements and, in our
opinion, are fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic
financial statements taken as a whole.
/s/KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
Stamford, Connecticut
June 12, 1998
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Page
No. Exhibit No.
23 Independent Auditors' Consent 18
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Exhibit 23
Independent Auditors' Consent
To the Program Administrators of The Savings and Investment
Program for Employees of Union Carbide Corporation and
Participating Subsidiary Companies:
We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (No. 33-58931) of Union Carbide Corporation of our report, dated
June 12, 1998, relating to the statement of net assets available for benefits
of The Savings and Investment Program for Employees of Union Carbide
Corporation and Participating Subsidiary Companies as of December 31, 1997 and
1996 and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits
for the year ended December 31, 1997, and all related schedules, included in
this annual report on Form 11-K.
/s/KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
June 19, 1998
Stamford, Connecticut
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