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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />October 13, 2022 E-19 <br />ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS <br />Assumptions June 30, 2021 Valuation <br /> Basis for <br />Assumptions <br /> CalPERS 2021 experience study covering 2000 to 2019 experience <br /> Mortality improvement based on Society of Actuaries tables <br /> Inflation based on our estimate for the Plan’s very long time horizon <br /> Age-based claims are based on Society of Actuaries publications <br /> Participation and coverage assumptions based in part on Plan <br />experience <br /> Capital market assumptions based on 2021 Bartel Associates <br />stochastic analysis, taking into account capital market assumptions <br />of investment advisory firms <br /> Medical trend: <br />• Short-term healthcare trend was developed in consultation with <br />Axene Health Partners’ healthcare actuaries <br />• Long-term healthcare trend was developed using Society of <br />Actuaries’ Getzen Model of Long-Run Medical Cost Trends <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />October 13, 2022 E-20 <br />DEFINITIONS <br /> OPEB <br />Accrual <br />Accounting <br />• Project future employer-provided benefit cash flows for current active <br />employees and current retirees <br />• Discount projected cash flow to valuation date using discount rate <br />(assumed return on assets used to pay benefits) and other actuarial <br />assumptions to determine present value of projected future benefits <br />(PVB) <br />• Allocate PVB to past, current, and future periods using the actuarial <br />cost method <br />• Actuarial cost method used for this valuation is the Entry Age Normal <br />Cost method which determines Normal Cost as a level percentage of <br />payroll (same method used by CalPERS) <br />• Normal Cost is amount allocated to current fiscal year <br />• Actuarial Accrued Liability (AAL) is amount allocated to prior service <br />with employer <br />• Unfunded AAL (UAAL) is AAL less plan assets pre-funded in a <br />segregated and restricted trust <br /> PayGo Cost • Cash subsidy is employer pay-as-you-go benefit payments for retirees <br />• Implied subsidy is difference between actual cost of retiree benefits <br />and retiree premiums subsidized by active employee premiums