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Issuer:     SIGNET JEWELERS LTD (SIG)
CIK:        0000832988
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2021-08-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000832988-21-000182
Event type: other_material
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 8.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Signet to transfer £16.85M to pension plan, expects $125-150M non-cash settlement charge
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- Agreement with trustee to buy bulk annuity from Rothesay for ~1,909 members.
- Total expected contribution up to £16.85M ($23.4M); initial £7M installment.
- Non-cash pre-tax settlement charges between $125M and $150M expected.
- Full buy-out will eliminate projected benefit obligation under the pension scheme.
- Rothesay assumes liability and administration for transferred participants.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/832988/000083298821000182/0000832988-21-000182-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/832988/000083298821000182/sig-20210729.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000832988-21-000182

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