Pension Funding Agreement Causes Sponsor’s Stock to Leap

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Air Canada stock gained the most in a week after the carrier reached an agreement with the Canadian federal government to extend a cap on pension funding by seven years, vividly demonstrating the impact of pension obligations and the price of publicly traded sponsor’s common stock shares.

The company will pay at least C$1.4 billion over that time frame into its pension fund


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