Eastman Kodak Completes Reversion Process For $1.023B In Excess Pension Assets Held In Kodak Retirement Income Plan; Reduces Term Loan Balance To $200M

Reduces Term Loan Balance to $200 Million and Substantially Lowers Interest Payments

Fulfills All Retirement Obligations to U.S. Pension Plan Participants

Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE:KODK) announced today that it has completed the reversion process for the $1.023 billion in excess pension assets held in the company-funded Kodak Retirement Income Plan ("KRIP"), the final step in the previously disclosed KRIP transition.

Approximately $767 million of the excess assets reverted to the company, including $609 million in cash and non-cash assets valued at $158 million, significantly strengthening Kodak's balance sheet and positioning it for future growth. Approximately $312 million of those cash proceeds have been used to pre-pay Kodak's term loans, reducing the balance to $200 million. Kodak is now in a net-positive cash position, with a cash balance exceeding $300 million after accounting for the excise tax due on the reverted assets.

All pension obligations to KRIP participants have been fully settled, and Kodak has directed $251 million of investment assets and $5 million of cash to fully fund a new defined benefit plan for current U.S.-based employees called the Kodak Cash Balance Plan ("KCBP"). KCBP will provide substantially the same benefits as those under the cash balance feature of KRIP for the foreseeable future without additional cash cost to the company.