BA 年金 基金 '直面するing £1bn 穴を開ける'

By Daily Mail Reporter
Updated: 00:00 BST, 18 October 2002

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PLUNGING 株式市場s have knocked a £1bn 穴を開ける in the British 航空路s 年金 基金 and may cost the troubled 航空機による as much as £100m in 付加 年次の 最高の，を越す-up 支払い（額）s, 仲買人 CSFB has 警告するd.

The 穴を開ける is equal to 80% of BA's £1.3bn market value. Other 専門家s say the 赤字 may be as much as £1.5bn. It has burgeoned from more than £300m at the start of the year. The 赤字 警告 comes just a month after the 航空機による was kicked out of the FTSE 100 索引.

BA is already 支払う／賃金ing £120m a year into its の近くにd final-salary 年金 計画／陰謀s, covering 101,000 労働者s. It said it was too 早期に to say whether it would have to 増加する 支払い（額）s. It 追加するd that it did not calculate the 赤字 in the same way as CSFB.

The 仲買人 used new accounting 支配するs that will 結局 軍隊 companies to 報告（する）／憶測 the 影響s of 株 price 落ちるs and rises on their 年金 基金s. BA's 基金 has 投資するd more than half its £10bn 資産s in the 株式市場 and has been hard 攻撃する，衝突する by 落ちるing 株 prices.

分かれて, WH Smith 直面するs a £16m 年金s 攻撃する，衝突する to 利益（をあげる）s because of new accounting 指導基準s. It will raise 年次の 出資／貢献s from £4m to £20m. Its 赤字 has ballooned to £131m from a £6m 黒字／過剰.

The 株 rose 13 1/2p to 342p as 年次の 利益（をあげる）s from UK 小売 sales rose 7% to £97m. Group 人物／姿／数字s fell from £114m to £89m, because of a 低迷 in US sales. （株主への）配当s were held at 19p.