FORM 11-K
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Plan Period Ended December 31, 2003
Commission File Number 1-812
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND de PUERTO RICO
SAVINGS PLAN
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
One Financial Plaza
Hartford, Connecticut 06103
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND de PUERTO RICO SAVINGS PLAN
Index to Financial Statements
December 31, 2003 and 2002
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| Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits as of December 31, 2003 and 2002 |
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| Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the Year Ended December 31, 2003 |
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HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND de PUERTO RICO SAVINGS PLAN
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Participants and Administrator of the
Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Savings Plan
In our opinion, the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Savings Plan (the “Plan”) at December 31, 2003 and December 31, 2002, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2003, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Our audits were conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedules of Assets (Held at End of Year) and Delinquent Participant Contributions are presented for the purpose of additional analysis and are not a required part of the basic financial statements but are supplementary information required by the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The supplemental schedules are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. The supplemental schedules have been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audits of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, are fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Hartford, Connecticut
June 18, 2004
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HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND de PUERTO RICO SAVINGS PLAN
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
| December 31, 2003 |
December 31, 2002 | |||||
| Assets: |
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| Investments (Note 3) |
$ | 3,654,738 | $ | 2,667,569 | ||
| Net Assets Available for Benefits |
$ | 3,654,738 | $ | 2,667,569 | ||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND de PUERTO RICO SAVINGS PLAN
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
| Year Ended December 31, 2003 |
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| Additions to net assets attributed to: |
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| Investment income: |
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| Interest |
$ | 400 | ||
| Dividends |
71,737 | |||
| Net appreciation in fair value of investments |
539,664 | |||
| Contributions: |
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| Participants’ |
513,500 | |||
| Employer’s |
200,322 | |||
| Total additions |
1,325,623 | |||
| Deductions from net assets attributed to: |
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| Distributions to participants |
(338,454 | ) | ||
| Total deductions |
(338,454 | ) | ||
| Net increase |
987,169 | |||
| Net Assets Available for Benefits, December 31, 2002 |
2,667,569 | |||
| Net Assets Available for Benefits, December 31, 2003 |
$ | 3,654,738 | ||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND de PUERTO RICO SAVINGS PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
NOTE 1 - DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN
General. The Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Savings Plan, formerly known as the Sundstrand de Puerto Rico Employee Savings Plan, (the “Plan”) is a defined contribution plan covering all employees of Hamilton Sundstrand de Puerto Rico, Inc., an indirect subsidiary of United Technologies Corporation (“UTC”). The following is a brief description of the Plan. A complete description of the provisions of the Plan can be obtained by referring to the prospectus and summary plan description as well as the Plan document which are available from UTC.
Contributions and Vesting. Eligible new hires are automatically participants in the Plan and will contribute 2% of compensation to the Plan, unless they elect out of plan participation or elect to contribute at a higher rate. Participants may elect to contribute, through payroll deductions, up to 8 percent of their eligible compensation, as defined by the Plan, subject to statutory limits. Participants direct the investment of their contributions into various investment options offered by the Plan. As of December 31, 2003, the Plan offered six investment options to participants: three Growth Funds; one Income Fund; one Money Market Fund; and UTC Common Stock.
The company matching contribution is 100 percent of the participant’s eligible contributions from the first 2% of base pay. Employer and participant contributions are deposited into the investment funds in accordance with the participants’ elections.
Participant contributions, plus actual earnings thereon, are fully vested at all times under the Plan. Employer contributions, plus actual earnings thereon, become fully vested after three years of eligible service.
Participant Accounts. Interest, dividends, realized and unrealized gains, and losses on investments of the funds are allocated directly to each participant’s account by Banco Popular based on the participant’s account balance. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s vested account. Forfeited balances of terminated participants’ nonvested employer contribution accounts are allocated to participant accounts in accordance with the Plan document. For the year ended December 31, 2003, no forfeitures were allocated to participant accounts.
Voting Rights. UTC Common Stock is voted by the Trustee at shareowner meetings of UTC in accordance with the confidential instructions of the participants whose accounts are invested in the stock. All shares of employer stock for which the Trustee receives voting instructions from participants to whose accounts the shares are allocated are voted in accordance with those instructions. All UTC Common Stock for which the Trustee does not receive timely voting instructions are voted by the Trustee in accordance with the timely instructions it receives with respect to a plurality of the shares.
Trustee and Recordkeeper. All of the Plan’s assets are held by Banco Popular, the Plan trustee, who also has participant account recordkeeping responsibilities.
Participant Loans. Participants may elect to borrow from their account balances a minimum of $500 up to a maximum of $50,000 or 50 percent of their account balances, whichever is less. The interest rate on participant loan withdrawals during 2003 was 9%.
Payment of Benefits. Generally, on termination of service due to death, disability, or retirement, benefits are paid in a lump sum to a terminating participant.
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HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND de PUERTO RICO SAVINGS PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES
Basis of Accounting. The financial statements of the Plan are prepared under the accrual method of accounting.
Investment Valuation and Income Recognition. The Plan’s investments are stated at fair value as determined by the Plan trustee, typically by reference to published market data. Shares of mutual funds are valued at the net asset value of shares held by the Plan at year end. The UTC Common Stock is valued at its year-end unit closing price. Participant loans are valued at cost, which approximates fair value.
Purchases and sales of investments are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is accrued when earned. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date.
Plan Expenses. Administrative expenses, such as trustee, custodial and recordkeeping fees, were paid directly by the employer in 2003.
Payments of Benefits. Benefit payments to participants or beneficiaries are recorded upon distribution.
Use of Estimates. The preparation of the Plan’s financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of net assets available for benefits during the reporting period and, when applicable, disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
NOTE 3 - INVESTMENTS
The following presents investments that represent 5 percent or more of the Plan’s net assets:
| December 31, | ||||||
| 2003 |
2002 | |||||
| Scudder Equity 500 Index Fund, 7,740 and 7,050 units, respectively |
$ | 976,912 | $ | 704,132 | ||
| UTC Common Stock, 7,513 and 6,960 units, respectively |
712,007 | 431,102 | ||||
| Scudder U.S. Bond Index Premier Fund, 50,144 and 43,241 units, respectively |
524,503 | 458,347 | ||||
| Deutsche Asset Management Money Market Fund, 454,287 and 384,850 units, respectively |
454,287 | 384,850 | ||||
| Vanguard Small Cap Index Fund, 10,774 and 10,975 units, respectively |
243,495 | 171,872 | ||||
| Participant Loans Receivable, at cost |
584,973 | 413,066 | ||||
During 2003, the Plan’s investments (including gains and losses on investments bought and sold, as well as held during the year) appreciated in value by $539,664. UTC Stock Fund appreciated by $220,988 and other fund investments appreciated by $318,676.
NOTE 4 - RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The Plan holds common shares of UTC, the Plan sponsor, and these qualify as exempt party-in-interest transactions.
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HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND de PUERTO RICO SAVINGS PLAN
Notes to Financial Statements
The Plan invests in UTC Common Stock. During the year ended December 31, 2003, the Plan purchased units of UTC Common Stock in the approximate amount of $76,250, sold units of UTC Common Stock in the approximate amount of $16,333, and had net appreciation on the UTC Common Stock in the approximate amount of $220,988. The total value of the Plan’s interest in UTC Common Stock was $712,007 and $431,102 at December 31, 2003 and 2002, respectively.
NOTE 5 - PLAN TERMINATION
Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Plan sponsor has the right under the Plan to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). In the event of Plan termination, participants will become fully vested in their account balances.
NOTE 6 - TAX STATUS
The Puerto Rico Department of Treasury ruled on June 1, 1994 that the Plan qualifies under section 165(a) of the Income Tax Act of 1954 (the “Act”), as amended. Therefore, the related trust is not subject to tax under present Puerto Rico income tax law. The Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter. However, the Plan administrator and legal counsel believe that the Plan is designed and is currently being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Act.
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HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND de PUERTO RICO SAVINGS PLAN
Schedule H, Line 4a – Schedule of Delinquent Participant Contributions
December 31, 2003
| Participant Contributions Transferred Late to Plan |
Total that Constitute Nonexempt Prohibited Transactions | |
| $1,248 | $1,248 |
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SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND de PUERTO RICO SAVINGS PLAN
Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
December 31, 2003
| (a) |
(b) Identity of issue, borrower, lessor or similar party |
(c) Description of investment, including maturity date, rate of interest, collateral, par or maturity value |
(d) Current Value | ||||
| Scudder |
Equity 500 Index Fund |
$ | 976,912 | ||||
| * |
United Technologies Corporation |
UTC Common Stock |
712,007 | ||||
| Scudder |
U.S. Bond Index Premier Fund |
524,503 | |||||
| Deutsche Asset Management |
Money Market Fund |
454,287 | |||||
| Vanguard Group of Investments |
Vanguard Small Cap Index Fund |
243,495 | |||||
| Scudder |
EAFE Equity Premier Fund |
158,561 | |||||
| * |
Plan Participants |
Participant Loans Receivable, 9 percent interest, terms ranging from 1 to 5 years |
584,973 | ||||
| $ | 3,654,738 | ||||||
| * | Indicates an identified person known to be a party-in-interest to the Plan |
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The Plan (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan), pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND de PUERTO RICO SAVINGS PLAN | ||||||||
| Dated: June 18, 2004 |
By: | /s/ Daniel M. Sessa | ||||||
| Daniel M. Sessa Director, Employee Benefits and Human Resources Systems United Technologies Corporation | ||||||||
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| (23 | ) | Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm * | |
| * | Submitted electronically herewith. |
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