Time Warner Cable funds pension with $289 million in 2012

Bloomberg

Time Warner Cable Inc., New York, contributed $289 million to its defined benefit pension plan in 2012, including a $137 million contribution in the fourth quarter, according to its fourth-quarter earnings statement.

It contributed $405 million to the pension plan in 2011.

The fair value of the company's pension plan assets as of Dec. 31, 2011, was $2.92 billion, with an unfunded amount of $50 million, according to Time Warner Cable's most recent 10-K filing.

The asset allocation as of Dec. 31, 2011, was 51.8% equities, 46.8% fixed income, and 1.4% cash and other investments.

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