UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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FORM 11-K
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[X] Annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023
OR
[ ] Transition report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the transition period from to
Commission file number 001-01043
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A. Full title of the plans and the address of the plans, if different from that of the issuer named below:
Brunswick Retirement Savings Plan
Brunswick Rewards Plan
B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:
BRUNSWICK CORPORATION
26125 N. Riverwoods Boulevard
Mettawa, Illinois 60045-3420
Brunswick Retirement Savings Plan
Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedule
December 31, 2023 and 2022, and Year Ended December 31, 2023
Contents
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Plan Administrator and Plan Participants
Brunswick Retirement Savings Plan
Opinion on the financial statements
We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of Brunswick Retirement Savings Plan (the “Plan”) as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2023, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2023 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Plan’s 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. The Plan is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
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.
Supplemental information
The schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2023 (“supplemental information”) has been subjected to audit procedures performed in conjunction with the audit of the Plan’s financial statements. 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 is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the financial statements as a whole.
/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP
We have served as the Plan’s auditor since 2017.
Arlington, Virginia
June 26, 2024
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| Brunswick Retirement Savings Plan | ||||||||||||||
| Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits | ||||||||||||||
| December 31, | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||||||||
| Investments at fair value | $ | 119,834,172 | $ | 129,029,406 | ||||||||||
| Interest in Brunswick Corporation Master Trust | 30,430,564 | — | ||||||||||||
| Total investments | 150,264,736 | 129,029,406 | ||||||||||||
| Receivables: | ||||||||||||||
| Employer contributions | 29,939 | 26,617 | ||||||||||||
| Notes receivable from participants | 2,009,211 | 1,854,594 | ||||||||||||
| Total receivables | 2,039,150 | 1,881,211 | ||||||||||||
| Net assets available for benefits | $ | 152,303,886 | $ | 130,910,617 | ||||||||||
| The notes to financial statements are an integral part of these statements. | ||||||||||||||
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| Brunswick Retirement Savings Plan | |||||
| Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits | |||||
| Year Ended | |||||
| December 31, 2023 | |||||
| Investment income: | |||||
| Net appreciation in fair value of investments | $ | 16,128,852 | |||
| Interest and dividends from investments | 599,102 | ||||
| Change in interest in Brunswick Corporation Master Trust | 7,598,479 | ||||
| Net investment income | 24,326,433 | ||||
| Interest income on notes receivable from participants | 91,732 | ||||
| Contributions: | |||||
| Participants | 7,676,254 | ||||
| Employer | 2,490,054 | ||||
| Rollovers | 757,869 | ||||
| Total contributions | 10,924,177 | ||||
| Distributions and withdrawals to participants | 13,744,950 | ||||
| Administrative expenses | 165,739 | ||||
| Net increase in net assets available for benefits before transfers | 21,431,653 | ||||
| Transfers to other plan (Note 1) | (86,447) | ||||
| Transfers from other plan (Note 1) | 48,063 | ||||
| Net increase in net assets available for benefits | 21,393,269 | ||||
| Net assets available for benefits: | |||||
| Beginning of year | 130,910,617 | ||||
| End of year | $ | 152,303,886 | |||
| The notes to financial statements are an integral part of these statements. | |||||
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Brunswick Retirement Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2023 and 2022
1. Description of the Plan
The following description of the Brunswick Retirement Savings Plan (the "Plan") provides only general information. Brunswick Corporation (the "Company" or "Employer") is the Plan's sponsor. Participants should refer to the Plan document and Summary Plan Description for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.
General
The Plan, established by the Company effective January 1, 1986, is a defined-contribution plan subject to the requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"), as amended. Any related company, as defined in the Plan, may, with the Company’s consent, adopt the Plan. The Plan is administered by the Benefits Administration Committee, consisting of at least three members appointed for indefinite terms by the Company’s Board of Directors. Certain investment assets of the Plan are held in the Brunswick Corporation Master Trust (the "Master Trust") at Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company (the "Trustee"). Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company is the Trustee of the Plan under a Master Trust agreement with the Company.
Participation
Eligible employees include all groups under the terms of the Plan.
Eligible employees under the terms of the Plan, who are not eligible to participate in the Brunswick Rewards Plan, must be at least 21 years of age and employed by the Company or a related company to which the Plan has been extended. IAM Union employees located in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin and Brookfield, Wisconsin, must be at least 18 years of age to participate in the Plan.
Employees working at least 30 hours per week are eligible to participate in the Plan on the first day of the month following or coinciding with 60 days of employment. Employees working less than 30 hours per week are eligible to participate on the first day of the month following or coinciding with 12 months of employment. IAM Union Employees located in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin are eligible to participate immediately upon reaching the age requirement. Employees can generally increase, decrease, or cancel their deferrals at any time.
Participant Accounts
Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contributions and allocations of: (a) the Company’s contributions, and (b) the Plan’s earnings (losses). Allocations are based on participant earnings or account balances, as defined in the Plan. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s account balances.
Participants may direct their own contributions and related Company contributions into any of the Plan’s fund options. Participants may generally change their elections and transfer balances between funds at any time.
Contributions
Participants may make pre-tax or Roth contributions from 1% to 40% of compensation as defined in the Plan. Contributions are made via payroll deductions and are remitted to the Trustee on the earliest date on which funds can be segregated from the Company’s funds. Participants who have attained age 50 before the end of the Plan year are eligible to make catch-up contributions. In 2023, pre-tax and Roth contributions were subject to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") limit of $22,500 and catch-up contributions were subject to the IRS limit of $7,500.
The basic Company matching contribution for participants in the Plan is 50% of participant deferrals, up to 6% of eligible compensation. These contributions are invested in accordance with the participant’s investment elections.
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Brunswick Retirement Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2023 and 2022
The Plan provides a true-up feature, which allows the Company to make up for any missed match resulting from the difference between the per payroll calculation performed throughout the year and the annualized amount due under the terms of the Plan. The true-up is performed during the first quarter of the following plan year and takes into account the maximum matching contribution that could have been received and makes up for any difference in comparison to the matching contributions that were actually made. For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company contributed $29,939 and $26,617 to the Plan, respectively, relating to the true-ups of certain participant accounts. The true-up balances are reflected as Employer contributions receivables in the accompanying Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits.
Forfeited balances of participants' nonvested accounts are used to reduce future Company contributions or fund administrative expenses incurred by the Plan. At December 31, 2023 and 2022, forfeited nonvested accounts totaled $4,379 and $2,766, respectively. All of the forfeited nonvested accounts at December 31, 2022 were used to reduce employer contributions or pay Plan administrative expenses during 2023.
Vesting
Participants are fully vested in their accounts at all times. Eligible participants in the IAM Union in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, who are hired after January 1, 2019, must complete two years of service to become fully vested in employer matching contributions.
Notes Receivable From Participants
Active participants may borrow from their interest in the funds held by the Trustee. The minimum loan amount is $1,000. The maximum loan amount is the lesser of half of the participant's account balance or $50,000 less the largest balance of all loans in the prior 12 months, limited to participant contributions and rollovers only. Generally, a participant is not permitted to have more than one loan outstanding at any one time.
Participant loans bear interest, are secured by the participants’ accounts, and are payable over a period not to exceed five years unless the loan is for the purchase of a primary home, in which case, the loan term may be up to 10 years. The interest rate on loans is fixed at the prime rate reported by Reuters at the initiation of the loan.
If a participant's employment with the Company terminates and the loan balance is not paid in full by the termination date, the participant may make manual payments directly to the Trustee to avoid default. Loans will be subject to default if a payment has not been made for a period of time as outlined by the Plan document or if the participant takes a distribution of their account balance.
Payment of Benefits
In-service distributions are allowed for certain cases of financial hardship, upon the participant's attainment of age 59-1/2 or if the participant is still employed after age 73.
Upon termination of employment, participants may elect to roll over account balances into another qualified retirement vehicle, receive a lump-sum or partial lump-sum distribution, or receive installment payments. Terminated participants with balances exceeding $1,000 may elect to remain in the Plan and defer payment until such time the participant attains age 73 and becomes subject to required minimum distributions. Account balances less than $1,000 are distributed as soon as administratively possible following termination of employment.
Administrative Expenses
Investment management fees, recordkeeping fees, agent fees, brokerage commissions and other fees are paid by the Plan’s participants and are included in either Net appreciation in the fair value of investments or Administrative expenses in the accompanying Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits.
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Brunswick Retirement Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2023 and 2022
Transfers to and from Other Plan
Transfers of assets between plans generally occur if a change in the employment status of an employee, who participates in a Company-sponsored plan, causes the employee to change plans due to eligibility requirements. During the year ended December 31, 2023, $86,447 was transferred from the Plan into the Brunswick Rewards Plan, while $48,063 was transferred into the Plan from the Brunswick Rewards Plan.
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 that the Plan is terminated, the Benefits Administration Committee can direct that all accounts be distributed to its participants or continued in trust for their benefit. Participants will also become 100% vested at this time.
2. Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Accounting
The accompanying financial statements of the Plan have been prepared under the accrual basis of accounting.
Payment of Benefits
Distributions and withdrawals to participants are recorded when paid.
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 management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Investment Valuation and Income Recognition
Investments held by the Plan are stated at 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 (an exit price). See Note 4 - Fair Value Measurements for further discussion of fair value measurements.
The Brunswick ESOP Company Stock Fund is a fund composed principally of Brunswick Corporation common stock. Dividends received on shares held in the Brunswick ESOP Company Stock Fund may be reinvested in the Plan or, if elected by the participant, received as cash.
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. Capital gain distributions are included in dividend income. Net appreciation includes plan gains and losses on investments bought and sold as well as held during the year.
Notes Receivable From Participants
Notes receivable from participants represent participant loans that are recorded at their unpaid principal balance plus any accrued but unpaid interest. Interest income on notes receivable from participants is recorded when it is earned. Related fees are recorded as administrative expenses and are expensed when they are incurred. No allowance for credit losses has been recorded as of December 31, 2023 or 2022 as repayments of principal and interest are received through payroll deductions and the notes are collateralized by the participants' account balances. If a participant ceases to make loan repayments and the Plan administrator deems the participant loan to be a distribution, the participant loan balance is reduced and a benefit payment is recorded.
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Brunswick Retirement Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2023 and 2022
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
The Company evaluates the pronouncements of various authoritative accounting organizations, primarily the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB"), the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), and the Emerging Issues Task Force ("EITF"), to determine the impact of new pronouncements on U.S. GAAP and the impact on the Plan.
Recently Issued Accounting Standard
There were no recent accounting pronouncements that impacted the Plan in 2023 or that are expected to impact the Plan in the future.
3. Interest in Brunswick Corporation Master Trust
Through the Master Trust agreement, established January 1, 2023, an investment account was established for certain investment assets of the Plan and the Brunswick Rewards Plan. Each participating plan has a divided interest in the Master Trust. Plan investments and investment income reported in the Plan’s financial statements include the Plan’s interest in the Master Trust's net assets and investment gains and losses.
The net assets in the Master Trust and the Plan's interest in the Master Trust as of December 31, 2023 are as follows:
| 2023 | ||||||||
| Master Trust | Plan's Interest in Master Trust | |||||||
| US All Cap Equity Fund | $ | 242,397,365 | $ | 20,481,794 | ||||
| Brunswick ESOP Company Stock Fund | 51,558,432 | 9,948,770 | ||||||
| Total investments | $ | 293,955,797 | $ | 30,430,564 | ||||
The net investment income of the Master Trust for the year ended December 31, 2023 was $71,918,625.
4. Fair Value Measurements
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 (i.e., an exit price). The fair value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:
Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible to the reporting entity at the measurement date for identical assets and liabilities.
Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities that are observable either directly or indirectly for substantially the full term of the asset or liability. Level 2 inputs include the following:
•Quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets;
•Quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active;
•Observable inputs other than quoted prices that are used in the valuation of the assets or liabilities (e.g., interest rate and yield curve quotes at commonly quoted intervals); and
•Inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.
Level 3 – Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability (i.e., supported by little or no market activity). Level 3 inputs include management’s own assumption about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability (including assumptions about risk).
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Brunswick Retirement Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2023 and 2022
The level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement is classified is determined based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. There have been no changes in the methodologies used at December 31, 2023 or 2022.
The following is a description of the valuation techniques and inputs used for assets measured at fair value:
Common stock: Valued at the quoted market price of shares held by the Plan at year-end.
Target date retirement collective trust funds: The fair values of investments in target date retirement collective trusts are valued as determined by fund managers based on their net asset values ("NAV") and recent transaction prices. There are target date collective trust funds ranging from 2020 through 2070, in five-year increments, and an income fund. The asset allocation of each target date retirement collective trust fund (except for the income fund) gradually changes over time according to a targeted retirement year until the fund merges with the income fund. The trusts invest in mutual funds at varying asset allocations as appropriate to adjust to a more conservative mix over time as participants approach their target retirement age. Each collective trust provides for daily redemptions by the Plan at reported net asset values per share, with no advance notification requirement. There are no unfunded commitments associated with these funds.
Mutual funds: Valued at quoted market prices.
Stable value collective trust: The fair value of investments in the stable value retirement savings collective trust are valued as determined by fund managers based on their NAV. This fund invests largely in investment contracts backed by high-quality, shorter-term securities. There are no restrictions on participant redemptions of the stable value retirement savings collective trust. There are no unfunded commitments associated with this fund.
US All Cap Equity Fund: The fair value of investments in the US All Cap Equity Fund are valued as determined by the fund manager based on their NAV. This fund invests largely in corporate stocks. There are no restrictions on participant redemptions of the fund. There are no unfunded commitments associated with this fund.
The following table sets forth, by level within the fair value hierarchy, the investment assets as of December 31, 2023:
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mutual funds | $ | 1,216,867 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 1,216,867 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Collective trusts | 52,318,689 | — | — | 52,318,689 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total investments at fair value | $ | 53,535,556 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 53,535,556 | ||||||||||||||||||
Investments measured at net asset value (A) (B) | 66,298,616 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Investments | $ | 119,834,172 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
(A) Certain investments measured at net asset value per share (or its equivalent) as a practical expedient have not been classified in the fair value hierarchy. The fair value amounts presented in this table are intended to permit reconciliation of the fair value hierarchy to the line items presented in the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits.
(B) Certain investments measured at net asset value per share (or its equivalent) are direct filing entities and, as such, investment strategy disclosures are not required.
The following table sets forth, by level within the fair value hierarchy, the Plan's interest in the investment assets within the Master Trust as of December 31, 2023:
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| US All Cap Equity Fund | $ | 20,481,794 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 20,481,794 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brunswick ESOP Company Stock Fund | 9,948,770 | — | — | 9,948,770 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Investments | $ | 30,430,564 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 30,430,564 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Brunswick Retirement Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2023 and 2022
The following table sets forth, by level within the fair value hierarchy, the investment assets as of December 31, 2022:
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brunswick ESOP Company Stock Fund | $ | 8,050,814 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 8,050,814 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mutual funds | 60,351,186 | — | — | 60,351,186 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total investments at fair value | $ | 68,402,000 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 68,402,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
Investments measured at net asset value (A) (B) | 60,627,406 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Investments | $ | 129,029,406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
(A) Certain investments measured at net asset value per share (or its equivalent) as a practical expedient have not been classified in the fair value hierarchy. The fair value amounts presented in this table are intended to permit reconciliation of the fair value hierarchy to the line items presented in the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits.
(B) Certain investments measured at net asset value per share (or its equivalent) are direct filing entities and, as such, investment strategy disclosures are not required.
5. Reconciliation to Form 5500
The following is a reconciliation of Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements to net assets per the Form 5500:
| December 31, | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||||||
| Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements | $ | 152,303,886 | $ | 130,910,617 | ||||||||||
| Adjustment for certain deemed distributions of participant loans | (4,936) | (4,936) | ||||||||||||
| Net assets per Form 5500 | $ | 152,298,950 | $ | 130,905,681 | ||||||||||
6. Risks and Uncertainties
The Plan invests in various investment securities. Investment securities are exposed to various risks such as interest rate, market, liquidity, and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the fair value of certain investment securities 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 Benefits.
7. Related Party and Party-In-Interest Transactions
Parties-in-interest are defined under Department of Labor regulations as any fiduciary of the Plan, any party rendering service to the Plan, the employer, and certain others. The Plan holds units of mutual funds managed by The Vanguard Group, Inc. The Vanguard Group, Inc. is an affiliate of Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company, the Plan Trustee; therefore, these transactions and the Plan's payment of trustee fees to Vanguard qualify as party-in-interest transactions. The Plan also holds units of the Vanguard target date retirement collective trust funds and the Vanguard stable value collective trust fund which are issued by Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company. The Plan also holds shares of Brunswick Corporation common stock. These shares appreciated in fair value by $2,629,680 and recognized dividend income of $168,338 during 2023. At December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Plan held 102,830 and 111,693 shares of Brunswick Corporation common stock with fair values of $9,948,770 and $8,050,814, respectively. Notes receivable from participants also reflect party-in-interest transactions. Certain administrative functions are performed by officers or employees of the Company. No such officer or employee receives compensation from the Plan.
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Brunswick Retirement Savings Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2023 and 2022
8. Income Tax Status
The IRS has determined and informed the Company by a letter dated July 27, 2017 that the Plan and related trust are designed in accordance with applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code ("IRC"). Although the Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter, Plan management believes that the Plan is designed and being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC. Therefore, Plan management believes that the Plan was qualified and the related trust was tax-exempt as of the financial statement date.
U.S. GAAP requires the management of the Plan 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 applicable taxing authorities. Management of the Plan has analyzed tax positions taken by the Plan and has concluded that, as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were no uncertain positions taken or expected to be 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.
9. Subsequent Events
The Plan evaluated subsequent events through June 26, 2024, the date the financial statements were issued, and no events were identified requiring adjustment to or disclosure in the financial statements.
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| Brunswick Retirement Savings Plan | |||||||||||
| Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) | |||||||||||
| EIN 36-0848180 Plan #154 | |||||||||||
| December 31, 2023 | |||||||||||
| Identity of Issuer | Description of Investment | Cost** | Current Value | ||||||||
| Target Date Retirement Collective Trust | |||||||||||
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company* | Target Retirement 2020 Trust I | $ | 2,034,644 | ||||||||
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company* | Target Retirement 2025 Trust I | 13,123,496 | |||||||||
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company* | Target Retirement 2030 Trust I | 3,890,825 | |||||||||
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company* | Target Retirement 2035 Trust I | 11,079,219 | |||||||||
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company* | Target Retirement 2040 Trust I | 1,610,762 | |||||||||
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company* | Target Retirement 2045 Trust I | 6,397,522 | |||||||||
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company* | Target Retirement 2050 Trust I | 1,766,585 | |||||||||
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company* | Target Retirement 2055 Trust I | 4,365,021 | |||||||||
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company* | Target Retirement 2060 Trust I | 1,408,128 | |||||||||
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company* | Target Retirement 2065 Trust I | 1,265,591 | |||||||||
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company* | Target Retirement 2070 Trust I | 27,789 | |||||||||
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company* | Target Retirement Income Trust I | 5,163,077 | |||||||||
| Total Target Date Retirement Collective Trust | 52,132,659 | ||||||||||
| Mutual Funds | |||||||||||
| Metropolitan West | Total Return Bond Fund; P Class | 875,546 | |||||||||
| The Vanguard Group, Inc.* | Federal Money Market Fund | 341,322 | |||||||||
| Total Mutual Funds | 1,216,867 | ||||||||||
| Stable Value Collective Trust | |||||||||||
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company* | Vanguard Retirement Savings Trust III | 14,165,957 | |||||||||
| Other Collective Trusts | |||||||||||
| The Vanguard Group, Inc.* | Total Stock Market Index Trust | 33,319,836 | |||||||||
| The Vanguard Group, Inc.* | Total Bond Market Index Trust | 10,279,150 | |||||||||
| The Vanguard Group, Inc.* | Total International Stock Market index Trust | 8,393,775 | |||||||||
| MFS | International Equity CIT; Class 2 | 325,928 | |||||||||
| Total Other Collective Trusts | 52,318,689 | ||||||||||
| Participant Loans* | Loans to participants, bearing interest from 3.25% to 8.50%, with varying maturities | 2,009,211 | |||||||||
| $ | 121,843,383 | ||||||||||
| *Represents a party-in-interest to the Plan. | |||||||||||
| ** Cost information not required for participant-directed investments. | |||||||||||
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Brunswick Rewards Plan
Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedule
December 31, 2023 and 2022, and Year Ended December 31, 2023
Contents
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| Audited Financial Statements | |||||
| Supplemental Schedule | |||||
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
Plan Administrator and Plan Participants
Brunswick Rewards Plan
Opinion on the financial statements
We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of Brunswick Rewards Plan (the “Plan”) as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2023, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2023 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Plan’s 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. The Plan is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
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.
Supplemental information
The schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2023 (“supplemental information”) has been subjected to audit procedures performed in conjunction with the audit of the Plan’s financial statements. 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 is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the financial statements as a whole.
/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP
We have served as the Plan’s auditor since 2017.
Arlington, Virginia
June 26, 2024
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| Brunswick Rewards Plan | ||||||||||||||
| Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits | ||||||||||||||
| December 31, | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||||||||
| Investments at fair value | $ | 1,410,926,345 | $ | 1,426,236,769 | ||||||||||
| Interest in Brunswick Corporation Master Trust | 263,525,233 | — | ||||||||||||
| Total investments | 1,674,451,578 | 1,426,236,769 | ||||||||||||
| Receivables: | ||||||||||||||
| Employer contributions | 16,598,071 | 35,608,423 | ||||||||||||
| Notes receivable from participants | 14,058,587 | 12,035,646 | ||||||||||||
| Total receivables | 30,656,658 | 47,644,069 | ||||||||||||
| Net assets available for benefits | $ | 1,705,108,236 | $ | 1,473,880,838 | ||||||||||
| The notes to financial statements are an integral part of these statements. | ||||||||||||||
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| Brunswick Rewards Plan | |||||
| Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits | |||||
| Year Ended | |||||
| December 31, 2023 | |||||
| Investment income: | |||||
| Net appreciation in fair value of investments | $ | 200,360,262 | |||
| Interest and dividends from investments | 4,504,469 | ||||
| Change in interest in Brunswick Corporation Master Trust | 64,320,146 | ||||
| Net investment income | 269,184,877 | ||||
| Interest income on notes receivable from participants | 621,377 | ||||
| Contributions: | |||||
| Participants | 54,707,193 | ||||
| Employer | 40,852,734 | ||||
| Rollovers | 5,920,190 | ||||
| Total contributions | 101,480,117 | ||||
| Distributions and withdrawals to participants | 139,225,694 | ||||
| Administrative expenses | 1,204,971 | ||||
| Net increase in net assets available for benefits before transfers | 230,855,706 | ||||
| Transfers from other plans (Note 1) | 419,755 | ||||
| Transfers to other plan (Note 1) | (48,063) | ||||
| Net increase in net assets available for benefits | 231,227,398 | ||||
| Net assets available for benefits: | |||||
| Beginning of year | 1,473,880,838 | ||||
| End of year | $ | 1,705,108,236 | |||
| The notes to financial statements are an integral part of these statements. | |||||
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Brunswick Rewards Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2023 and 2022
1. Description of the Plan
The following description of the Brunswick Rewards Plan (the "Plan") provides only general information. Brunswick Corporation (the "Company" or "Employer") is the Plan's sponsor. Participants should refer to the Plan document and Summary Plan Description for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.
General
The Plan, established by the Company effective April 1, 1999, is a defined-contribution plan subject to the requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"), as amended. Any related company, as defined in the Plan, may, with the Company’s consent, adopt the Plan. The Plan is administered by the Benefits Administration Committee, consisting of at least three members appointed for indefinite terms by the Company’s Board of Directors. Certain of the investment assets of the Plan are held in the Brunswick Corporation Master Trust (the "Master Trust") at Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company (the "Trustee"). Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company is the Trustee of the Plan under a trust agreement with the Company.
Participation
Eligible employees include all groups under the terms of the Plan.
Employees are immediately eligible to participate in the Plan and are automatically enrolled in the Plan at a deferral rate of 3% of eligible compensation. Employees have a window of 60 days from the date their demographic data is received at the Trustee in which to opt out of the Plan before automatic enrollment. Employees can generally increase, decrease, or cancel their deferrals at any time.
Participant Accounts
Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contributions and allocations of: (a) the Company’s contributions, and (b) the Plan’s earnings (losses). Allocations are based on participant earnings or account balances as defined in the Plan. The benefit to which a participant is entitled is the benefit that can be provided from the participant’s account balances.
Participants may direct their own contributions and related Company contributions into any of the Plan’s fund options. Participants may generally change their elections and transfer balances between funds at any time.
Contributions
Participants may make pre-tax or Roth contributions from 1% to 40% of compensation as defined in the Plan. Contributions are made via payroll deductions and are remitted to the Trustee on the earliest date on which funds can be segregated from the Company’s funds. Participants who have attained age 50 before the end of the Plan year are eligible to make catch-up contributions. In 2023, pre-tax and Roth contributions were subject to the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") limit of $22,500 and catch-up contributions were subject to the IRS limit of $7,500. The Plan also contains an automatic contribution increase feature for certain eligible employees. Specifically, the Plan increases each eligible participant's contributions by 1% (up to a maximum of 10%) in April of each year.
Subject to certain limitations, the Company makes matching contributions on a per-pay check basis equal to 100% of the first 3% of participant contributions plus 50% of the next 2% of contributions. These contributions are invested in accordance with the participant’s investment elections.
The Company may make an annual retirement profit sharing contribution of up to 9% of compensation as defined by the Plan to the accounts of participants employed by the Company as of December 31 of the current plan year. The Company may also make an annual retirement profit sharing contribution to participants that were terminated during the plan year due to death, disability, layoffs, or retirement. Retirement profit sharing contributions are invested in accordance with the participant’s investment elections. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, retirement profit sharing contributions of $15,517,600 and $34,077,834, respectively, are included as Employer contributions receivables in the accompanying Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits.
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Brunswick Rewards Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2023 and 2022
The Plan provides a true-up feature, which allows the Company to make up for any missed match resulting from the difference between the per payroll calculation performed throughout the year and the annualized amount due under the terms of the Plan. The true-up is performed during the first quarter of the following plan year and takes into account the maximum matching contribution that could have been received and makes up for any difference in comparison to the matching contributions that were actually made. True-ups of certain participant accounts, all of which are included as Employer contributions receivable in the accompanying Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits are $1,080,471 and $1,530,589 for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
Forfeited balances of participants' nonvested accounts are used to reduce future Company contributions and can also be used to pay certain Plan administrative expenses. At December 31, 2023 and 2022, forfeited nonvested accounts totaled $2,008,451 and $1,483,949, respectively. All of the forfeited nonvested accounts at December 31, 2022 were used to reduce employer contributions or pay Plan administrative expenses during 2023.
Vesting
Participants are required to complete two years of service to become fully vested in employer matching contributions and employer retirement profit sharing contributions.
Notes Receivable From Participants
Active participants may borrow from their interest in the funds held by the Trustee. The minimum loan amount is $1,000. The maximum loan amount is the lesser of half of the participant's account balance or $50,000 less the largest balance of all loans in the prior 12 months, limited to participant contributions and rollovers only. Generally, a participant is not permitted to have more than one loan outstanding at any one time.
Participant loans bear interest, are secured by the participants’ accounts, and are payable over a period not to exceed five years unless the loan is for the purchase of a primary home, in which case, the loan term may be up to 10 years. The interest rate on loans is fixed at the prime rate reported by Reuters at the initiation of the loan.
If a participant's employment with the Company terminates and the loan balance is not paid in full by the termination date, the participant may make manual payments directly to the Trustee to avoid default. Loans will be subject to default if a payment has not been made for a period of time as outlined by the Plan document or if the participant takes a distribution of their account balance.
Payment of Benefits
In-service distributions are allowed for certain cases of financial hardship, upon the participant's attainment of age 59-1/2 or if the participant is still employed after age 73.
Upon termination of employment, participants may elect to roll over account balances into another qualified retirement vehicle, receive a lump-sum or partial lump-sum distribution, or receive installment payments. Terminated participants with balances exceeding $1,000 may elect to remain in the Plan and defer payment until such time the participant attains age 73 and becomes subject to required minimum distributions. Account balances less than $1,000 are distributed as soon as administratively possible following termination of employment.
Administrative Expenses
Investment management fees, recordkeeping fees, agent fees, brokerage commissions and other fees are paid by the Plan’s participants and are included in either Net appreciation in fair value of investments or Administrative expenses in the accompanying Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits.
Transfers to and from Other Plans
During 2022, the Company acquired certain Freedom Boat Cub franchise operations and territory rights as well as certain marine assets in the Southeast United States and 371 employees became eligible for the Plan on January 1, 2023. As a result, $333,308 of assets were transferred into the Plan on January 12, 2023.
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Brunswick Rewards Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2023 and 2022
On October 4, 2021, the Company completed its acquisition of Marine Innovations Group AS, known as "Navico" and 202 employees became eligible for the Plan on January 1, 2022. As a result, $25,367,686 of assets associated with the Navico 401(k) Plan were transferred into the Plan on April 21, 2022.
Transfers of assets generally occur if a change in the employment status of an employee, who participates in a Brunswick-sponsored plan, causes the employee to change plans due to eligibility requirements. During the year ended December 31, 2023, $48,063 was transferred from the Plan into the Brunswick Retirement Savings Plan, while $86,447 was transferred into the Plan from the Brunswick Retirement Savings Plan.
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 that the Plan is terminated, the Benefits Administration Committee can direct that all accounts be distributed to its participants or continued in trust for their benefit. Participants will also become 100% vested at this time.
2. Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Accounting
The accompanying financial statements of the Plan have been prepared under the accrual basis of accounting.
Payment of Benefits
Distributions and withdrawals to participants are recorded when paid.
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 management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Investment Valuation and Income Recognition
Investments held by the Plan are stated at 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 (an exit price). See Note 4 - Fair Value Measurements for further discussion of fair value measurements.
The Brunswick ESOP Company Stock Fund is a fund composed principally of Brunswick Corporation common stock. Dividends received on shares held in the Brunswick ESOP Company Stock Fund may be reinvested in the Plan or, if elected by the participant, received as cash.
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. Capital gain distributions are included in dividend income. Net appreciation includes plan gains and losses on investments bought and sold as well as held during the year.
Notes Receivable from Participants
Notes receivable from participants represent participant loans that are recorded at their unpaid principal balance plus any accrued but unpaid interest. Interest income on notes receivable from participants is recorded when it is earned. Related fees are recorded as administrative expenses and are expensed when they are incurred. No allowance for credit losses has been recorded as of December 31, 2023 or 2022 as repayments of principal and interest are received through payroll deductions and the notes are collateralized by the participants' account balances. If a participant ceases to make loan repayments and the Plan administrator deems the participant loan to be a distribution, the participant loan balance is reduced and a benefit payment is recorded.
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Brunswick Rewards Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2023 and 2022
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
The Company evaluates the pronouncements of various authoritative accounting organizations, primarily the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB"), the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), and the Emerging Issues Task Force ("EITF"), to determine the impact of new pronouncements on U.S. GAAP and the impact on the Plan.
Recently Issued Accounting Standard
There were no recent accounting pronouncements that impacted the Plan in 2023 or that are expected to impact the Plan in the future.
3. Interest in Brunswick Corporation Master Trust
Through the Master Trust agreement, established January 1, 2023, an investment account was established for certain investment assets of the Plan and the Brunswick Retirement Savings Plan. Each participating plan has a divided interest in the Master Trust. Plan investments and investment income reported in the Plan’s financial statements include the Plan’s interest in the Master Trust's net assets and investment gains and losses.
The net assets in the Master Trust and the Plan's interest in the Master Trust as of December 31, 2023 are as follows:
| 2023 | ||||||||
| Master Trust | Plan's Interest in Master Trust | |||||||
| US All Cap Equity Fund | $ | 242,397,365 | $ | 221,915,571 | ||||
| Brunswick ESOP Company Stock Fund | 51,558,432 | 41,609,662 | ||||||
| Total investments | $ | 293,955,797 | $ | 263,525,233 | ||||
The net investment income of the Master Trust for the year ended December 31, 2023 was $71,918,625.
4. Fair Value Measurements
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 (i.e., an exit price). The fair value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:
Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible to the reporting entity at the measurement date for identical assets and liabilities.
Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities that are observable either directly or indirectly for substantially the full term of the asset or liability. Level 2 inputs include the following:
•Quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets;
•Quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active;
•Observable inputs other than quoted prices that are used in the valuation of the assets or liabilities (e.g., interest rate and yield curve quotes at commonly quoted intervals); and
•Inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.
Level 3 – Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability (i.e., supported by little or no market activity). Level 3 inputs include management’s own assumption about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability (including assumptions about risk).
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Brunswick Rewards Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2023 and 2022
The level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement is classified is determined based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. There have been no changes in the methodologies used at December 31, 2023 or 2022.
The following is a description of the valuation techniques and inputs used for assets measured at fair value:
Common stock: Valued at the quoted market price of shares held by the Plan at year-end.
Target date retirement collective trust funds: The fair values of investments in target date retirement collective trusts are valued as determined by fund managers based on their net asset values ("NAV") and recent transaction prices. There are target date collective trust funds ranging from 2020 through 2070, in five-year increments, and an income fund. The asset allocation of each target date retirement collective trust fund (except for the income fund) gradually changes over time according to a targeted retirement year until the fund merges with the income fund. The trusts invest in mutual funds at varying asset allocations as appropriate to adjust to a more conservative mix over time as participants approach their target retirement age. Each collective trust provides for daily redemptions by the Plan at reported net asset values per share, with no advance notification requirement. There are no unfunded commitments associated with these funds.
Mutual funds: Valued at quoted market prices.
Stable value collective trust: The fair value of investments in the stable value retirement savings collective trust are valued as determined by fund managers based on their NAV. This fund invests largely in investment contracts backed by high-quality, shorter-term securities. There are no restrictions on participant redemptions of the stable value retirement savings collective trust. There are no unfunded commitments associated with this fund.
US All Cap Equity Fund: The fair value of investments in the US All Cap Equity Fund are valued as determined by the fund manager based on their NAV. This fund invests largely in corporate stocks. There are no restrictions on participant redemptions of the fund. There are no unfunded commitments associated with this fund.
The following table sets forth, by level within the fair value hierarchy, the investment assets as of December 31, 2023:
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mutual funds | $ | 16,251,149 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 16,251,149 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Collective Trusts | 586,871,328 | — | — | 586,871,328 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total investments at fair value | $ | 603,122,477 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 603,122,477 | ||||||||||||||||||
Investments measured at net asset value (A) (B) | 807,803,868 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Investments | $ | 1,410,926,345 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
(A) Certain investments measured at net asset value per share (or its equivalent) as a practical expedient have not been classified in the fair value hierarchy. The fair value amounts presented in this table are intended to permit reconciliation of the fair value hierarchy to the line items presented in the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits.
(B) Certain investments measured at net asset value per share (or its equivalent) are direct filing entities and, as such, investment strategy disclosures are not required.
The following table sets forth, by level within the fair value hierarchy, the Plan's interest in the investment assets within the Master Trust as of December 31, 2023:
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| US All Cap Equity Fund | $ | 221,915,571 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 221,915,571 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brunswick ESOP Company Stock Fund | 41,609,662 | — | — | 41,609,662 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Investments | $ | 263,525,233 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 263,525,233 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Brunswick Rewards Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2023 and 2022
The following table sets forth, by level within the fair value hierarchy, the investment assets as of December 31, 2022:
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brunswick ESOP Company Stock Fund | $ | 37,538,569 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 37,538,569 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mutual funds | 655,259,196 | — | — | 655,259,196 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total investments at fair value | $ | 692,797,765 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 692,797,765 | ||||||||||||||||||
Investments measured at net asset value (A) (B) | 733,439,004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total Investments | $ | 1,426,236,769 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
(A) Certain investments measured at net asset value per share (or its equivalent) as a practical expedient have not been classified in the fair value hierarchy. The fair value amounts presented in this table are intended to permit reconciliation of the fair value hierarchy to the line items presented in the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits.
(B) Certain investments measured at net asset value per share (or its equivalent) are direct filing entities and, as such, investment strategy disclosures are not required.
5. Reconciliation to Form 5500
The following is a reconciliation of Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements to net assets per the Form 5500:
| December 31, | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||||||
| Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements | $ | 1,705,108,236 | $ | 1,473,880,838 | ||||||||||
| Adjustment for certain deemed distributions of participant loans | (106,340) | (106,340) | ||||||||||||
| Net assets per Form 5500 | $ | 1,705,001,896 | $ | 1,473,774,498 | ||||||||||
6. Risks and Uncertainties
The Plan invests in various investment securities. Investment securities are exposed to various risks such as interest rate, market, liquidity, and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the fair value of certain investment securities 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 Benefits.
7. Related Party and Party-In-Interest Transactions
Parties-in-interest are defined under Department of Labor regulations as any fiduciary of the Plan, any party rendering service to the Plan, the employer, and certain others. The Plan holds units of mutual funds managed by The Vanguard Group, Inc. The Vanguard Group, Inc. is an affiliate of Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company, the Plan Trustee; therefore, these transactions and the Plan's payment of trustee fees to Vanguard qualify as party-in-interest transactions. The Plan also holds units of the Vanguard target date retirement collective trust funds and the Vanguard stable value collective trust fund which are issued by Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company. The Plan also holds shares of Brunswick Corporation common stock. These shares appreciated in fair value by $11,669,721 and recognized dividend income of $773,727 during 2023. At December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Plan held 430,074 and 520,790 shares of Brunswick Corporation common stock with fair values of $41,609,662 and $37,538,569, respectively. Notes receivable from participants also reflect party-in-interest transactions. Certain administrative functions are performed by officers or employees of the Company. No such officer or employee receives compensation from the Plan.
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Brunswick Rewards Plan
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2023 and 2022
8. Income Tax Status
The IRS has determined and informed the Company by a letter dated August 24, 2017 that the Plan and related trust are designed in accordance with applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code ("IRC"). Although the Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter, Plan management believes that the Plan is designed and being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC. Therefore, Plan management believes that the Plan was qualified and the related trust was tax-exempt as of the financial statement date.
U.S. GAAP requires the management of the Plan 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 applicable taxing authorities. Management of the Plan has analyzed tax positions taken by the Plan and has concluded that, as of December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were no uncertain positions taken or expected to be 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.
9. Subsequent Events
The Plan evaluated subsequent events through June 26, 2024, the date the financial statements were issued, and no events were identified requiring adjustment to or disclosure in the financial statements.
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| Brunswick Rewards Plan | |||||||||||
| Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) | |||||||||||
| EIN 36-0848180 Plan #170 | |||||||||||
| December 31, 2023 | |||||||||||
| Identity of Issuer | Description of Investment | Cost** | Current Value | ||||||||
| Target Date Retirement Collective Trust | |||||||||||
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company* | Target Retirement 2020 Trust I | $ | 9,195,765 | ||||||||
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company* | Target Retirement 2025 Trust I | 141,864,549 | |||||||||
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company* | Target Retirement 2030 Trust I | 45,257,313 | |||||||||
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company* | Target Retirement 2035 Trust I | 161,858,589 | |||||||||
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company* | Target Retirement 2040 Trust I | 28,545,029 | |||||||||
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company* | Target Retirement 2045 Trust I | 153,001,732 | |||||||||
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company* | Target Retirement 2050 Trust I | 25,263,824 | |||||||||
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company* | Target Retirement 2055 Trust I | 64,321,278 | |||||||||
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company* | Target Retirement 2060 Trust I | 20,102,613 | |||||||||
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company* | Target Retirement 2065 Trust I | 9,902,978 | |||||||||
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company* | Target Retirement 2070 Trust I | 838,627 | |||||||||
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company* | Target Retirement Income Trust I | 34,575,823 | |||||||||
| Total Target Date Retirement Collective Trust | 694,728,120 | ||||||||||
| Mutual Funds | |||||||||||
| Metropolitan West | Total Return Bond fund; P Class | 13,588,830 | |||||||||
| The Vanguard Group, Inc.* | Federal Money Market Fund | 2,662,319 | |||||||||
| Total Mutual Funds | 16,251,149 | ||||||||||
| Stable Value Collective Trust | |||||||||||
| Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company* | Vanguard Retirement Savings Trust III | 113,075,748 | |||||||||
| Other Collective Trusts | |||||||||||
| The Vanguard Group, Inc.* | Total Stock Marker Index Trust | 352,176,595 | |||||||||
| The Vanguard Group, Inc.* | Total Bond Market Index Trust | 116,850,731 | |||||||||
| The Vanguard Group, Inc.* | Total International Stock Index Trust | 110,604,941 | |||||||||
| MFS | International Equity CIT; Class 2 | 7,239,061 | |||||||||
| Total Other Collective Trusts | 586,871,328 | ||||||||||
| Participant Loans* | Loans to participants, bearing interest from 3.25% to 8.50%, with varying maturities | 14,058,587 | |||||||||
| $ | 1,424,984,932 | ||||||||||
| *Represents a party-in-interest to the Plan. | |||||||||||
| ** Cost information not required for participant-directed investments. | |||||||||||
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustee (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plans) has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Brunswick Retirement Savings Plan | |||||||||||
| Brunswick Rewards Plan | |||||||||||
| By: BRUNSWICK CORPORATION | |||||||||||
| as Administrator of the Plans | |||||||||||
Date: June 26, 2024 | By: /s/ RANDALL S. ALTMAN | ||||||||||
| Randall S. Altman | |||||||||||
| Benefits Administration Committee | |||||||||||
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit No. | Description of Exhibit | ||||