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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 11-K
 
FOR ANNUAL REPORTS OF EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE, SAVINGS
AND SIMILAR PLANS PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 X   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017
 
OR
 
__ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the transition period from _______ to _______
 
COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 1-3619
 
A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:
 
PFIZER SAVINGS PLAN
FOR EMPLOYEES RESIDENT IN PUERTO RICO
 
B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:
 
PFIZER INC.
235 EAST 42ND STREET
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017






PFIZER SAVINGS PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES RESIDENT IN PUERTO RICO

Table of Contents

 
Page
 
 
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
 
Financial Statements
 
Statements of Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits as of December 31, 2017 and 2016
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits for the year ended December 31, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements
Beginning on page 4
 
 
Supplemental Schedules*
 
Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
Schedule H, Line 4j - Schedule of Reportable Transactions
 
 
Exhibit Index
 
 
Signature
*Note:
Other schedules required by 29 CFR 2520.103-10 of the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, have been omitted because they are not applicable.





Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


To the Savings Plan Committee
Pfizer Savings Plan for Employees Resident in Puerto Rico:

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for plan benefits of the Pfizer Savings Plan for Employees Resident in Puerto Rico (the Plan) as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the related statement of changes in net assets available for plan benefits for the year ended December 31, 2017, and the related notes (collectively, the financial statements). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for plan benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, and the changes in net assets available for plan benefits for the year ended December 31, 2017, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

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 are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Plan in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Accompanying Supplemental Information

The supplemental information in the accompanying Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2017 and Schedule H, Line 4j – Schedule of Reportable Transactions for the Year Ended December 31, 2017 has been subjected to audit procedures performed in conjunction with the audit of the Plan’s financial statements. The supplemental information is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the financial statements but includes supplemental 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 information is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our audit procedures included determining whether the supplemental information reconciles to the financial statements or the underlying accounting and other records, as applicable, and performing procedures to test the completeness and accuracy of the information presented in the supplemental information. In forming our opinion on the supplemental information, we evaluated whether the supplemental information, including its form and content, is presented in conformity with the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. In our opinion, the supplemental information in the accompanying Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2017 and Schedule H, Line 4j – Schedule of Reportable Transactions for the Year Ended December 31, 2017 is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the financial statements as a whole.


/s/ KPMG LLP


We have served as the Plan’s auditor since 1990.

Memphis, Tennessee
June 28, 2018

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PFIZER SAVINGS PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES RESIDENT IN PUERTO RICO
STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS

 
 
As of December 31,
(THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
 
2017
 
2016
Assets
 
 
 
 
Investments, at fair value
 
 
 
 
Pfizer Inc. common stock
 
$
87,543

 
$
81,058

Pfizer Inc. preferred stock
 
2,525

 
2,339

Common/collective trust funds
 
244,683

 
208,411

Mutual funds
 
34,432

 
28,983

Total investments, at fair value
 
369,183


320,791

 
 
 
 
 
Receivables
 
 
 
 
Participant contributions
 
344

 
328

Company contributions
 
2,382

 
2,109

Notes receivable from participants
 
9,536

 
9,894

Securities sold
 
63

 

Interest and other
 
193

 
177

Total receivables
 
12,518


12,508

Total assets
 
381,701

 
333,299

 
 
 
 
 
Liabilities
 
 
 
 
Investment management fees payable
 
4

 
5

Payable for securities purchased
 

 
4

Total liabilities
 
4


9

Net assets available for plan benefits
 
$
381,696


$
333,290

Amounts may not add due to rounding.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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PFIZER SAVINGS PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES RESIDENT IN PUERTO RICO
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS

(THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
 
Year Ended December 31, 2017
Additions/(reductions) to net assets attributed to:
 
 
Investment income
 
 
Net appreciation in investments
 
$
41,845

Common stock dividends
 
3,184

Pfizer Inc. preferred stock dividends
 
69

Interest and dividend income from other investments
 
2,226

Total investment income
 
47,324

Interest income from notes receivable from participants
 
393

Less: Investment management, redemption and loan fees
 
(203
)
Net investment and interest income
 
47,515

 
 
 
Contributions
 
 
Participant
 
13,278

Company
 
6,634

Rollovers into the Plan
 
222

Total contributions
 
20,134

Total additions
 
67,649

 
 
 
Deductions from net assets attributed to:
 
 
Benefits paid to participants
 
20,486

 
 
 
Net increase
 
47,163

 
 
 
Transfers into the Plan
 
1,243

 
 
 
Net assets available for plan benefits
 
 
Beginning of year
 
333,290

End of year
 
$
381,696

Amounts may not add due to rounding.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS





1. Description of the Plan

The following description of the Pfizer Savings Plan for Employees Resident in Puerto Rico (the Plan) provides only general information. Participants should refer to the Plan document for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.
General

The Plan is a defined contribution plan. Participation in the Plan is open to any employee of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals LLC (the Company or Plan Sponsor) or an affiliate which has, with the consent of the Plan Sponsor or Pfizer Inc. (the Parent), adopted the Plan and who is included within a group or class designated by the Plan Sponsor as set forth in the Plan document. The Plan excludes any employees covered by another Company-sponsored defined contribution plan. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), and the New Puerto Rico Internal Revenue Code, Act No. 1 of January 31, 2011, as amended (the Puerto Rico Code).

On September 3, 2015, the Company acquired Hospira, Inc. (Hospira). In connection with the acquisition, the Company adopted and assumed sponsorship of the Hospira Puerto Rico Retirement Savings Plan (Hospira PR Plan), effective September 3, 2015. On February 1, 2017, Hospira Puerto Rico colleagues became eligible for the Plan, and the Hospira PR Plan was merged into the Plan on October 2, 2017.

Plan Administration

The Plan is administered by the Savings Plan Committee of the Parent (the Plan Administrator), a named fiduciary of the Plan. The Plan Administrator monitors and reports on (i) the selection and termination of the trustee, custodian, investment managers and other service providers to the Plan and (ii) the investment activity and performance of the Plan, with the exclusion of the Company stock funds, which are reviewed by an independent fiduciary appointed by the Savings Plan Committee.

Administrative Costs

In general, through December 31, 2016, costs and expenses of administering the Plan were paid and absorbed by the Plan or the Plan Sponsor. The Plan’s administrative expenses were paid for through offsets and/or payments associated with one or more of the Plan’s investment options. Investment management or related fees associated with certain investment fund options, fees associated with loans and in-service withdrawals (for active participants), and check fees were paid by participants.

Beginning in 2017, the Plan Sponsor changed the way certain plan costs, which include general plan administrative fees and expenses, such as recordkeeping, trustee and investment reporting fees, are paid in the Plan. The general plan administrative fees and expenses are deducted directly from each participant’s account and are no longer included as part of the investment option fee structure. The quarterly fee deductions take place on the first business day following the end of each quarter (and are deducted from any full account distribution occurring during a quarter).

Contributions

Participants may contribute (i) 1% to 20% of their eligible compensation on a before-tax basis, up to the maximum before-tax amount permitted by the Puerto Rico Code; and (ii) 1% to 10% of their eligible compensation on an after-tax basis. For all participants, contributions of up to 3% of eligible compensation are matched 100% by the Company and the next 3% are matched 50% by the Company. Participant contributions in excess of 6% are not matched.

Company matching contributions are deposited into the Plan each quarter, rather than on each pay date. In addition, generally participants must be actively employed on the last day of the quarter to receive the match; however, if the participant separates from the Company prior to the last day of the quarter due to retirement (defined as at least age 55 with at least 10 years of service or age 65), death, or disability, such participant will receive the matching contribution. In January 2017, the Company funded the fourth quarter 2016 Company matching contributions in the amount of approximately $1.2 million. In January 2018, the Company funded the fourth quarter 2017 Company matching contributions in the amount of approximately $1.2 million. These contributions are reported in the Company contributions receivable in the accompanying statements of net assets available for plan benefits.


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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS




Effective January 1, 2015, Company matching contributions are invested according to each participant’s investment election for his or her contributions. Prior to January 1, 2015, Company matching contributions were directed to the Pfizer Stock Match Fund, in which participants could diversify 100% of their investments into any of the other available investment funds at any time. This change did not affect any existing holdings in the Pfizer Stock Match Fund, only future investment direction. Pfizer Inc. common stock continues to be offered as an investment option in the Pfizer Stock Fund, but the Company no longer directs its matching contributions to the Pfizer Stock Match Fund.

Total combined before-tax and after-tax contributions may not exceed 20% of a participant’s eligible compensation, but total after-tax contributions, including spillover from before-tax contributions, cannot exceed 10% of a participant’s eligible compensation. Contributions are subject to certain legal limits set forth by the Puerto Rico Department of the Treasury and the Puerto Rico Code.

The Plan includes a retirement savings contribution (RSC) for employees hired, rehired or transferred from certain positions on or after January 1, 2011 who are not eligible for the Pfizer Consolidated Pension Plan for Employees Resident in Puerto Rico, a Company-sponsored defined benefit plan. Effective January 1, 2018, the Company froze its non-union U.S. and Puerto Rico defined benefit plans and began providing RSC eligibility for those active colleagues impacted. The RSC provides an additional annual employer-provided contribution based on age and service. In February 2017, the Company funded the RSC for Plan year 2016 in the amount of approximately $0.8 million. In February 2018, the Company funded the RSC for Plan year 2017 in the amount of approximately $1.1 million. These contributions are reported in the Company contributions receivable in the accompanying statements of net assets available for plan benefits.

Participant Accounts

Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contributions, the Company’s contributions and an allocation of Plan earnings/(losses). Allocations are based on participants’ account balances, as defined in the Plan.

Vesting

Participants are immediately 100% vested in their contributions and all Company contributions with the exception of the RSC. For the RSC, participants are 100% vested after three years of credited service.

Forfeited Amounts

Forfeited nonvested accounts of terminated participants are generally used to reduce future Company contributions. At December 31, 2017 and 2016, forfeited nonvested accounts totaled approximately $13,000 and $6,000, respectively. In 2017, Company contributions were reduced by approximately $3,000 from forfeited nonvested accounts.

Rollovers into the Plan

Participants may elect to roll over one or more account balances from Company-sponsored or other qualified plans into the Plan.

Investment Options
Nonparticipant-Directed Funds
Pfizer Stock Match Fund
 
This fund holds investments in the common stock of Pfizer Inc. Prior to January 1, 2015, Company matching contributions were directed to this fund. See Note 1, Description of the Plan: Contributions, for additional information.

All participants can diversify 100% of their investments in the Pfizer Stock Match Fund into any of the other available investment funds at any time.

The fund targets a cash position of 0.25% of the fund balance for purposes of liquidity. The cash position may vary day to day.
 
 
 
Pfizer Preferred Stock Fund
 
This fund holds investments in the preferred stock of Pfizer Inc. which were allocated to participants in the Pharmacia Savings Plan for Employees Resident in Puerto Rico before the merger of that plan into the Plan on December 31, 2009. Dividends paid to a participant’s Pfizer Preferred Stock Fund account are substituted for an allocation of Pfizer Inc. common stock.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS




Participant-Directed Funds – Each participant in the Plan elects to have his or her contributions invested in any one or combination of investment funds in the Plan. Transfers between funds must be made in whole percentages or dollar amounts. Based on the investment option, certain short-term redemption fees or restrictions may apply. Any contributions for which the participant does not provide investment direction are invested in the participant’s qualified default investment alternative, which is the Vanguard Target Retirement Fund based on the participant’s year of birth.

The Plan’s trust agreement provides that any portion of any of the investment funds may, pending its permanent investment or distribution, be invested in short-term investments.

Eligibility

All employees of the Company who are employed within the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico are eligible to enroll in the Plan on their date of hire, except for certain employees who (i) are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and have not negotiated to participate in the Plan, (ii) are employed by an employee group not designated for participation in the Plan or (iii) are otherwise eligible for another Company-sponsored savings plan.

Notes Receivable from Participants

Participants may borrow from their account balances with the interest rate set at 1% above the prime rate. The minimum loan is $1,000 and the maximum amount is the lesser of (i) 50% of the vested account balance reduced by any current outstanding loan balance, or (ii) $50,000, reduced by the current outstanding loan balance. Loans must be repaid within five years, unless the funds are used to purchase a primary residence. Primary residence loans must be repaid within 15 years. Interest rates on outstanding loans ranged from 3.25% to 9.50% and 4.25% to 9.25% at December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

Interest paid by the participant is credited to the participant’s account. Interest income from notes receivable from participants is recorded by the trustee as earned in the investment funds in the same proportion as the original loan issuance. Repayments may not necessarily be made to the same fund from which the amounts were borrowed. Repayments are credited to the applicable funds based on the participant’s investment elections at the time of repayment.

In the event of termination, participants will have 90 days to repay the outstanding loan balance or to set up recurring monthly payments before it is considered a distribution and subject to ordinary income tax in the year it is considered distributed. In addition, a 10% excise tax will generally apply if the participant is younger than age 59½ at the time the distribution occurs.

Payment of Benefits

Upon separation from service, retirement or total and permanent disability, a participant whose account balance is greater than $1,000 is entitled to receive the full value of their account balance or defer payment to a later date, subject to receiving minimum required distributions starting at age 70½. A participant whose account balance is $1,000 or less will receive his or her account balance upon termination. In the event of a participant’s death, a spouse beneficiary generally may elect an immediate lump sum payment or defer payments until the later of 13 months from the date of death or when the participant would have reached age 65. A non-spouse beneficiary generally may elect an immediate lump sum payment or defer payment until 13 months from the date of the participant’s death.

In-Service Withdrawals

Participants in the Plan may make in-service or hardship withdrawals from their account balances, subject to the provisions of the Plan.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Accounting

The financial statements of the Plan are prepared on the accrual basis of accounting.

Some amounts in the financial statements, notes to financial statements and supplemental schedules of the Plan may not add due to rounding.


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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS




Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP) requires Plan management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and changes therein, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Investment Valuation and Income Recognition

Common stock is valued at the closing market price on the last business day of the year. Mutual funds are recorded at fair value based on the closing market prices obtained from national exchanges of the underlying investments of the respective fund as of the last business day of the year. Common/collective trust funds (CCTs) are stated at redemption value as determined by the trustees of such funds based upon the underlying securities stated at fair value on the last business day of the year. The Plan generally has the ability to redeem its investments at the net asset value (NAV) at the valuation date. There are no significant restrictions, redemption terms or holding periods that would limit the ability of the Plan or the participants to transact at the NAV.

The per-share stated value of the Pfizer Inc. preferred stock is $40,300 and each share is convertible, at the holder’s option, into 2,574.87 shares of Pfizer Inc. common stock. The Pfizer Inc. preferred stock may also be redeemed by Pfizer Inc. at any time or upon termination of the employee stock ownership plan trust in which it is held, at Pfizer Inc.’s option, in cash, in shares of common stock or a combination of both at a price of $40,300 per share. Pfizer Inc. preferred stock share balances maintained by the Plan’s trustee and recordkeeper are on a basis equal to a multiple of 1,000 of the share balance and one-thousandth of the $40,300 stated value and are valued using either the higher of the per-share equivalent stated value of $40.30 ($40,300 stated value divided by 1,000) or the quoted market price on the New York Stock Exchange of Pfizer Inc. common stock multiplied by 2.57487 on the last business day of the Plan year. At December 31, 2017 and 2016, Pfizer Inc. preferred stock was valued at $93.26 per share and $83.63 per share, respectively, based on the closing Pfizer Inc. common stock price of $36.22 per share and $32.48 per share on December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

See Note 5, Fair Value Measurements, for additional information regarding the fair value of the Plan’s investments.

Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income is recorded as earned. The net appreciation/(depreciation) in the fair value of investments consists of the realized gains or losses on the sales of investments and the net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) of investments.

Notes Receivable from Participants

Notes receivable from participants, which are subject to various interest rates, are recorded at amortized cost.

Payment of Benefits

Benefits are recorded when paid.

Recently Issued Accounting Standard

In February 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued new guidance on the presentation and disclosure requirements for employee benefit plans that hold interests in master trusts in the scope of Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) No 960, Plan Accounting – Defined Benefit Pension Plans, ASC 962, Plan Accounting – Defined Contribution Pension Plans, and ASC 965, Plan Accounting – Health and Welfare Benefit Plans. The new guidance requires a plan’s interests in master trust balances and activities be presented in separate line items in the statement of net assets available for plan benefits and in the statement of changes in net assets available for plan benefits. The new guidance also requires certain disclosures regarding the master trust’s investments and other assets and liabilities. The effective date is January 1, 2019 and earlier application is permitted. The Plan currently does not have any interests in master trusts that are within the scope of the new guidance.


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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS




3. Tax Status

The Puerto Rico Department of the Treasury has determined and informed the Plan Sponsor by letter dated February 17, 2017 that the Plan and related trust are designed in accordance with the applicable sections of the Puerto Rico Code.  Additionally, the Company’s counsel believes the Plan is currently designed and being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Puerto Rico Code. Accordingly, no provision has been made for Puerto Rico income taxes in the accompanying financial statements.

U.S. GAAP requires Plan management to evaluate tax positions taken by the Plan and recognize a tax liability (or asset) if the Plan has taken an uncertain position that more likely than not would not be sustained upon examination by the Puerto Rico Department of the Treasury. The Company’s counsel has confirmed that there are no uncertain positions taken that would require recognition of a liability (or asset) or disclosure in the financial statements. The Plan is subject to routine audits by taxing jurisdictions; however, there are currently no audits for any tax periods in progress. The Plan Administrator believes the Plan is generally no longer subject to income tax examinations for years prior to 2014.
4. Nonparticipant-Directed Investments
Information about the net assets and significant components of the changes in net assets relating to the nonparticipant-directed investments is as follows:
 
 
As of December 31,
(THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
 
2017
 
2016
Net assets
 
 
 
 
Investments, at fair value
 
 
 
 
Pfizer Inc. common stock
 
$
42,421

 
$
38,870

Pfizer Inc. preferred stock
 
2,525

 
2,339

Common/collective trust funds
 
160

 
202

Total investments, at fair value
 
45,105


41,411

 
 
 
 
 
Receivables
 
 
 
 
Securities sold
 
63

 

Net assets available for plan benefits
 
$
45,168


$
41,411

(THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
 
Year Ended December 31, 2017
Changes in net assets
 
 
Investment income
 
 
Net appreciation in investments
 
$
4,555

Pfizer Inc. common stock dividends
 
1,509

Pfizer Inc. preferred stock dividends
 
69

Total investment income
 
6,133

Less: Investment management, redemption and loan fees
 
(17
)
Net investment and interest income
 
6,116

 
 
 
Benefits paid and transfers
 
 
Benefits paid to participants
 
(1,742
)
Transfers to participant-directed investments
 
(617
)
Total benefits paid and transfers
 
(2,359
)
 
 
 
Net increase
 
3,757

 
 
 
Net assets available for plan benefits
 
 
Beginning of year
 
41,411

End of year
 
$
45,168


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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS




5. Fair Value Measurements

The framework for measuring fair value provides a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. There are three levels of inputs to fair value measurements - Level 1 meaning the use of quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets; Level 2 meaning the use of quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets or quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active or are directly or indirectly observable; and Level 3 meaning the use of unobservable inputs.

See Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies: Investment Valuation and Income Recognition, for information regarding the methods used to determine the fair value of the Plan’s investments. These methods may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values. Furthermore, while the Plan believes its valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different fair value measurement at the reporting date.
The following tables set forth by level, within the fair value hierarchy, the Plan’s investments at fair value:
 
 
Fair Value as of December 31, 2017
(THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
Pfizer Inc. common stock
 
$
87,543

 
$

 
$

 
$
87,543

Pfizer Inc. preferred stock
 

 
2,525

 

 
2,525

Common/collective trust funds
 

 
244,683

 

 
244,683

Mutual funds
 
34,432

 

 

 
34,432

Total
 
$
121,975


$
247,208


$


$
369,183

 
 
Fair Value as of December 31, 2016
(THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
Pfizer Inc. common stock
 
$
81,058

 
$

 
$

 
$
81,058

Pfizer Inc. preferred stock
 

 
2,339

 

 
2,339

Common/collective trust funds
 

 
208,411

 

 
208,411

Mutual funds
 
28,983

 

 

 
28,983

Total
 
$
110,041


$
210,750


$


$
320,791

6. Related Party Transactions and Party-In-Interest Transactions

Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, the trustee of the Plan, is deemed a party-in-interest and a related party. Northern Trust manages investments in its sponsored funds and, therefore, is deemed a party-in-interest and a related party. Fidelity, the record keeper of the Plan, manages investments in its sponsored funds and, therefore, is deemed a party-in-interest and a related party. The Plan also invests in shares of the Parent; therefore, these transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions.
7. Plan Termination

Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. In the event of termination of the Plan, each participant shall be entitled to the full value of his or her account balance as though he or she had retired as of the date of such termination. No part of the invested assets established pursuant to the Plan will at any time revert to the Company, except as otherwise permitted under ERISA.
8. Risks and Uncertainties

Investment securities, including Pfizer Inc. common and preferred stock, are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, market and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in their fair values will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the statements of net assets available for plan benefits.

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS




9. Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Form 5500

Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants are recorded as benefits paid on Form 5500 for benefit claims that have been processed and approved for payment prior to December 31st but not yet paid as of that date. Deemed distributions, representing withdrawing participants with outstanding loan balances for which no post-default payment activity has occurred, are not reported on Form 5500 in net assets available for plan benefits.
The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for plan benefits per the financial statements to the Form 5500:
 
 
Year Ended December 31,
(THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
 
2017
 
2016
Net assets available for plan benefits per the financial statements
 
$
381,696

 
$
333,290

Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants
 
(98
)
 
(33
)
Deemed distributions
 
(537
)
 
(445
)
Net assets available for plan benefits per Form 5500
 
$
381,061


$
332,812

The following is a reconciliation of benefits paid to participants, including rollovers, per the financial statements to the Form 5500:
(THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
 
Year Ended December 31, 2017
Benefits paid to participants, including rollovers, per the financial statements
 
$
20,486

Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants and deemed distributions at end of year
 
634

Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants and deemed distributions at beginning of year
 
(478
)
Benefits paid to participants, including rollovers, per Form 5500
 
$
20,642

10. Subsequent Events

The Plan Sponsor has evaluated subsequent events from the statement of net assets available for plan benefits date through June 28, 2018, the date at which the financial statements were available to be issued, and determined there were no additional items to disclose.


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SCHEDULE H, LINE 4i - SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR)
As of December 31, 2017
(THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
 
Identity of Issuer, Borrower, Lessor or Similar Party
 
Description of Investment
 
Rate of Interest
 
Maturity
Date
 
Number of Shares
or Units
 
Cost
 
Current Value
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
Pfizer Inc. Common Stock
 
Common stock
 
 
 
 
 
2,416,984

 
$
62,262

 
$
87,543

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
Pfizer Inc. Preferred Stock
 
Preferred stock
 
 
 
 
 
27,071

 
1,090

 
2,525

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
NTGI - S&P 500 Index Fund
 
Collective trust fund
 
 
 
 
 
5,252

 
28,730

 
48,101

*
NTGI - Russell 2000 Small Cap Index Fund
 
Collective trust fund
 
 
 
 
 
3,839

 
6,251

 
8,276

*
NTGI - Collective Government Short-Term
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Investment Fund
 
Collective trust fund
 
 
 
 
 
1,169,393

 
1,169

 
1,169

 
BlackRock Mid Cap Equity Index Fund
 
Collective trust fund
 
 
 
 
 
203,215

 
13,929

 
17,973

 
BlackRock International Index Fund
 
Collective trust fund
 
 
 
 
 
65,752

 
777

 
919

*
Fidelity Large Cap Growth Fund
 
Collective trust fund
 
 
 
 
 
1,320,994

 
22,651

 
25,152

 
Oppenheimer Developing Markets Fund
 
Collective trust fund
 
 
 
 
 
79,383

 
3,471

 
4,403

 
Boston Partners Large Cap Value Fund
 
Collective trust fund
 
 
 
 
 
240,073

 
4,113

 
5,346

 
T. Rowe Price Stable Value Common Trust Fund
 
Collective trust fund
 
 
 
 
 
76,642,451

 
76,159

 
76,159

 
Vanguard Target Retirement Income Trust Select
 
Collective trust fund
 
 
 
 
 
131,793

 
4,057

 
4,465

 
Vanguard Target Retirement 2015 Trust Select
 
Collective trust fund
 
 
 
 
 
38,362

 
1,178

 
1,330

 
Vanguard Target Retirement 2020 Trust Select
 
Collective trust fund
 
 
 
 
 
348,355

 
10,677

 
12,370

 
Vanguard Target Retirement 2025 Trust Select
 
Collective trust fund
 
 
 
 
 
97,918

 
3,022

 
3,531

 
Vanguard Target Retirement 2030 Trust Select
 
Collective trust fund
 
 
 
 
 
501,815

 
15,042

 
18,291

 
Vanguard Target Retirement 2035 Trust Select
 
Collective trust fund
 
 
 
 
 
166,709

 
5,135

 
6,147

 
Vanguard Target Retirement 2040 Trust Select
 
Collective trust fund
 
 
 
 
 
209,689

 
6,277

 
7,809

 
Vanguard Target Retirement 2045 Trust Select
 
Collective trust fund
 
 
 
 
 
50,734

 
1,578

 
1,902

 
Vanguard Target Retirement 2050 Trust Select
 
Collective trust fund
 
 
 
 
 
13,772

 
435

 
516

 
Vanguard Target Retirement 2055 Trust Select
 
Collective trust fund
 
 
 
 
 
20,545

 
660

 
769

 
Vanguard Target Retirement 2060 Trust Select
 
Collective trust fund
 
 
 
 
 
1,448

 
51

 
54

 
Total common/collective trust funds
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
205,362

 
244,683

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
T. Rowe Price Small Cap Stock Fund
 
Mutual fund
 
 
 
 
 
176,886

 
3,669

 
4,196

 
Dodge & Cox International Fund
 
Mutual fund
 
 
 
 
 
347,481

 
12,837

 
16,095

 
Diversified Bond Fund - Core
 
Mutual fund
 
 
 
 
 
1,167,560

 
12,222

 
12,014

 
Diversified Bond Fund - High Yield
 
Mutual fund
 
 
 
 
 
236,534

 
2,104

 
2,126

 
Total mutual funds
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30,833

 
34,432

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total investments
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
369,183

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
*
Notes receivable from participants
 
Interest Rates: 3.25% - 9.50%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9,536

 
 
 
Maturity Dates: 2018- 2032
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
378,718

*
Party-in-interest as defined by ERISA
See accompanying Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.



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PFIZER SAVINGS PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES RESIDENT IN PUERTO RICO
SCHEDULE H, LINE 4j - SCHEDULE OF REPORTABLE TRANSACTIONS
Year Ended December 31, 2017
(THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)

Identity of party
 
Description of asset
 
Purchase price
 
Selling price
 
Cost of asset
 
Current value of asset on transaction date
 
Net gain/ (loss)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NTGI Collective Government Short-Term Investment Fund*
 
Collective trust fund shares – 46 acquisitions
 
$
3,313,246

 
$

 
$
3,313,246

 
$
3,313,246

 
$

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NTGI Collective Government Short-Term Investment Fund*
 
Collective trust fund shares – 196 dispositions
 

 
3,356,296

 
3,356,296

 
3,356,296

 

*
Party-in-interest as defined by ERISA.
 See accompanying Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

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Exhibit Index
 
 
 
 
 
Exhibit 23.1
-
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the members of the Savings Plan Committee have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
PFIZER SAVINGS PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES RESIDENT IN PUERTO RICO
 
By: /s/ Brian McMahon
 
 
Brian McMahon
Member, Savings Plan Committee
Date: June 28, 2018


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