SCI-2011.12.31-11K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549
FORM 11-K
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011
or
o     TRANSITION REPORT PURUSANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from _________ to _______.
Commission file number 1-6402-1
 
THE SCI 401(k) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL
(Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan)
1929 Allen Parkway
Houston, Texas 77019
(Address of the plan and address of issuer’s principal executive offices)






THE SCI 401(k) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
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Financial Statements
 
 
 
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
3
 
 
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits as of December 31, 2011 and 2010
4
 
 
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the Year Ended December 31, 2011
5
 
 
Notes to Financial Statements
6-10
 
 
Supplemental Schedule
 
 
 
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
11-12
 
 
Signature
13
 
 
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
14
 
 


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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Administrative Committee
The SCI 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
Houston, Texas
We have audited the accompanying Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits of The SCI 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 and the related Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the year ended December 31, 2011. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of The SCI 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 and the changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2011 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Our audits were conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor's Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan's management. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole.
/s/ HARPER & PEARSON COMPANY, P.C.
Houston, Texas
June 28, 2012


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THE SCI 401(k) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS



 
December 31,
 
December 31,
Assets:
2011
 
2010
Investments, at fair value
 
 
 
Pooled separate accounts
$
329,552,791

 
$
320,378,110

Registered investment company
11,804,593

 
6,149,811

SCI common stock fund
56,825,576

 
47,111,504

Interest-bearing cash
3,369,633

 
1,500,376

Self-directed accounts
647,275

 
847,895

Total investments
402,199,868

 
375,987,696

 
 
 
 
Receivables:
 
 
 
Participant loans
19,242,504

 
17,513,392

 
 
 
 
Total assets
421,442,372

 
393,501,088

 
 
 
 
Liabilities:
 
 
 
Excess contributions payable
939,776

 
1,108,557

 
 
 
 
Total liabilities
939,776

 
1,108,557

 
 
 
 
Net assets available for benefits
$
420,502,596

 
$
392,392,531


See notes to financial statements.


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THE SCI 401(k) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS


 
Year Ended
 
December 31, 2011
Additions to net assets attributed to:
 
Contributions:
 
Employer
$
24,206,925

Participants
30,367,454

Rollovers from other qualified plans
2,090,159

Total contributions
56,664,538

 
 
Investment income:
 
Dividend and interest income
1,688,132

Net depreciation in the fair value of pooled separate accounts
(6,155,193
)
Net appreciation in the fair value of registered investment company
130,992

Net appreciation in the fair value of SCI common stock
12,805,719

Realized gain on sale of SCI common stock
381,043

Net depreciation in the fair value of self-directed accounts
(130,246
)
Total investment income
8,720,447

 
 
Participant loan interest
848,851

Total additions to Net Assets
66,233,836

 
 
Deductions from net assets attributed to:
 
Distributions to participants
37,760,649

Administrative expenses
363,122

Total deductions from Net Assets
38,123,771

 
 
Net increase
28,110,065

 
 
Net assets available at the beginning of the period
392,392,531

 
 
Net assets available at the end of the period
$
420,502,596


See notes to financial statements.

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THE SCI 401(k) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2011 and 2010






1.    Plan Description

General

The following description of the SCI 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (the Plan) is provided for general information purposes only. Participants should refer to the Summary Plan Description or the Plan Document for a more complete description of the Plan's provisions.
The Plan, established July 1, 2000, is a defined contribution plan for the exclusive benefit of Service Corporation International's (SCI or the Company) United States non-union employees. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). The Plan's assets are held by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (Mass Mutual) and participant accounts are maintained by MassMutual Retirement Services. State Street Bank and Trust Company (State Street) and Reliant Trust Company (Reliant) serve as the trustees for the SCI Common Stock Fund. Service Corporation International serves as Plan Administrator.
Contributions
Eligible employees can participate in the Plan after completing three months of service and attaining age 21. Employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement in which retirement benefits are provided are not eligible under the Plan. The election to contribute to the Plan is voluntary. Employees are initially enrolled in the Plan, after meeting eligibility requirements, to contribute 3% of pretax annual compensation, unless participation is specifically rejected by such employees. Participants may contribute up to a maximum of 50% of pretax annual compensation. Each individual's participant contributions were limited to $16,500 in 2011. An additional catch-up contribution of $5,500 was allowed for employees aged 50 and over.
The Company contributes a matching amount up to 6% of the participant's pretax annual compensation. The percentage of the match is based on years of vesting service with the Company and ranges from 75% to 125% of the employee's eligible contribution as described in the table below. Additional amounts may be contributed at the Company's discretion. There were no discretionary Company contributions for the year ended December 31, 2011.
 
 
 
 
Participant's Completed Years of Service
 
Matching Percentage
 
Less than 6 years
 
75
%
 
Greater than 6 years and less than 11 years
 
100
%
 
11 or more years
 
125
%
 
Participant Accounts
Participant account balances are valued based upon the number of units of each investment fund owned by the participants. Each participant's account is credited with the participant's contribution, the Company's contributions, and a pro rata share of the earnings of each fund in which the participant has invested. Forfeited balances of terminated participants' non-vested accounts are used to reduce administrative expenses and future Company contributions. For the year ended December 31, 2011, forfeited balances applied to reduce employer contributions and plan expenses amounted to $1,110,651 and $76,186, respectively. At December 31, 2011 forfeitures amounting to $1,401,514 can be used to offset employer contributions and/or administrative expenses.
Vesting
Participants are fully vested in their deferred salary, rollover contributions and related earnings. Participants are not vested in Company contributions and related earnings until they complete three years of vesting service with the Company thus becoming 100% vested.
Participant Loans
Participants may borrow from their accounts up to one half of their vested account balance to a maximum of $50,000. The minimum amount that may be borrowed is $1,000. Loans are to be repaid within five years, or longer if the loan is used to purchase a primary residence. The loans are secured by the balance in the participant's account and bear interest fixed at 1% above the prime rate at the date of inception. A participant may have no more than two loans outstanding at any one time.

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THE SCI 401(k) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2011 and 2010






Participant Distributions
The Plan provides for several different types of participant withdrawals. Participants who have reached age 59 1/2 may make in-service withdrawals. Participants may request withdrawals before age 59 1/2 if they qualify for certain hardship withdrawals. Upon termination of service with the Company or death, the participant or beneficiary may receive a lump-sum amount equal to the vested amount in the participant's account. A participant whose account balance exceeds $5,000 may elect a deferred distribution until age 70 1/2 .

Plan Termination

The Company expects the Plan to continue indefinitely, however, it reserves the right to terminate or amend the Plan to eliminate future benefits. If the Plan is terminated, participants will become 100% vested and account balances will be distributed by a lump-sum payment.

2.    Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Principles of Reporting
The financial statements and schedules have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) and the financial reporting requirements of ERISA and are maintained on an accrual basis except for participant distributions, which are reported when paid.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires Plan management to make estimates and assumptions that may affect the amounts reported in the financial statements. As a result, actual results could differ from those estimates.
Investments
Investments are reported at fair value. Fair value is 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 (see Note 4 for information regarding Fair Value Measurements).
A self-directed investment account is allowed for each participant who directs an investment outside of the investment options designated by the Plan Administrator. The self-directed account shall not share in trust fund earnings but will be charged or credited as appropriate with net earnings, gains, losses, and expenses, as well as any appreciation (depreciation) in market value attributable to such account during each plan year. State Street Global Markets is asset custodian for the self-directed investment accounts.
Net appreciation (depreciation) in the fair value of the pooled separate accounts and registered investment company consist of net realized and unrealized appreciation (depreciation). Each investment fund's appreciation (depreciation) is allocated to participants based upon their proportionate share of assets in each investment fund.
In January 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2010-06, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (Topic 820) - Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements. This ASU requires new disclosures about transfers into and out of Levels 1 and 2 and separate disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements relating to Level 3 measurements. It also clarifies existing fair value disclosures about the level of disaggregation and about inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The new disclosures and clarifications of existing disclosures are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2009, except for the disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances and settlements in the roll forward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements. Those disclosures are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010 and for interim periods within those fiscal years. Other than requiring additional disclosures, the adoption of this new guidance has not had a material impact on the Plan's financial statements.
Risks and Uncertainties
The Plan provides for several investment options, which are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate risk, market risk and credit risk. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities and the level of uncertainty related to changes in the value of investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in risks in the near term could materially affect

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THE SCI 401(k) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2011 and 2010





participants' account balances and the amounts reported in the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits and the Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits.
Administrative Expenses
Administrative expenses represent record keeping fees paid to Mass Mutual. Legal and audit fees are paid by SCI.

3.    Investments

Investments that comprised 5% or more of the Plan's net assets available for benefits are as follows:
 
December 31, 2011
 
December 31, 2010
MassMutual Premier Capital Appreciation Fund
$
24,621,142

 
$
25,255,607

MassMutual Stable Income Fund
84,137,634

 
78,980,394

MassMutual Total Return Fund
34,175,359

 
36,397,071

MassMutual Select Destination Retirement 2020 Fund
30,877,948

 
25,850,470

SCI Common Stock Fund
56,825,576

 
47,111,504

MassMutual Select Destination Retirement 2030 Fund
21,739,856

 
*


*    Amount is less than 5% of net assets available for Plan benefits.

4.    Fair Value Measurements
Financial Instruments Recorded at Fair Value
    
Fair Value Measurements Topic of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) establishes a framework for measuring fair value. That framework provides a fair value hierarchy that 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 and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under Fair Value Measurements Topic of the ASC are described below:

Level 1 - Inputs to the valuation methodology are unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the Plan has the ability to access.

Level 2 - Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices in active and inactive markets for similar assets or liabilities), or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.

Level 3 - Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities. Level 3 assets and liabilities include financial instruments whose value is determined using pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies, or similar techniques, as well as instruments for which the determination of fair value requires significant management judgment or estimation.


The following is a description of the valuation technique used for assets measured at fair value for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010:

The underlying investments held in interest-bearing cash, registered investment companies, pooled separate accounts, SCI common stock fund, and self-directed accounts are valued at the net asset value of units held by the Plan at year end.

The method above described may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values. Furthermore, although the Plan believes its valuation techniques are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different techniques or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different fair value measurement at the reporting date.


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THE SCI 401(k) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2011 and 2010





The fair value of investments are categorized as follows at December 31, 2011 and 2010:

 
2011
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
Pooled Separate Accounts
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retirement Date Funds (a)
$

 
$
89,436,928

 
$

 
$
89,436,928

U.S. Equities and Bonds

 
222,486,688

 

 
222,486,688

International Equities and Bonds

 
17,629,175

 

 
17,629,175

SCI Common Stock Fund

 
56,825,576

 

 
56,825,576

Interest-Bearing Cash
3,369,633

 

 

 
3,369,633

Self Directed Accounts

 
647,275

 

 
647,275

Registered Investment Company
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PIMCO Real Return Fund

 
11,804,593

 

 
11,804,593

Total Investments at Fair Value
$
3,369,633

 
$
398,830,235

 
$

 
$
402,199,868


 
2010
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
Pooled Separate Accounts
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Retirement Date Funds (a)
$

 
$
74,993,629

 
$

 
$
74,993,629

U.S. Equities and Bonds

 
224,488,700

 

 
224,488,700

International Equities and Bonds

 
20,895,781

 

 
20,895,781

SCI Common Stock Fund

 
47,111,504

 

 
47,111,504

Interest-Bearing Cash
1,500,376

 

 

 
1,500,376

Self Directed Accounts

 
847,895

 

 
847,895

Registered Investment Company
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
PIMCO Real Return Fund

 
6,149,811

 

 
6,149,811

Total Investments at Fair Value
$
1,500,376

 
$
374,487,320

 
$

 
$
375,987,696


(a) This category includes investments in highly diversified funds designed to remain appropriate for investors in terms of risk throughout a variety of life circumstances.

There were no transfers in and/or out of the fair value categories during 2011 and 2010.


5.    Excess Contributions

Benefit distributions of $37,760,649 for the plan year ended December 31, 2011 include payments of $939,776 owed to certain active participants to return to them excess deferral and matching contributions as required to satisfy the relevant nondiscrimination provisions of the Plan. That amount is also included in the plan's statements of net assets available for benefits as excess contribution payable at December 31, 2011. The excess contributions were refunded to certain participants in March 2012.

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THE SCI 401(k) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2011 and 2010









6.    Income Taxes

A determination letter was received June 30, 2004 from the Internal Revenue Service which declared that the Plan qualifies under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code as being exempt from income taxes. The Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter and the Plan Administrator believes that the Plan is currently being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Internal Revenue Code. Therefore, the Plan Administrator believes that the Plan was qualified and was tax exempt as of the financial statement date.

The Plan believes that all significant tax positions utilized by the Plan will more likely than not be sustained upon examination. As of December 31, 2011, the tax years that remain subject to examination by the major tax jurisdictions under the statute of limitations are from the year 2008 forward (with limited exceptions). Tax penalties and interest, if any, would be accrued as incurred and would be classified as tax expense in the Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits.

7.    Party-in-Interest

The Plan invests in various funds offered by Mass Mutual. These investments are considered party-in-interest transactions because Mass Mutual serves as Asset Custodian for the Plan. The Plan Administrator has approved of these investment options.


8.    Trustee Change

Effective June 3, 2011, Reliance Trust Company replaced State Street Global Advisors as trustee for the Plan.

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THE SCI 401(K) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
December 31, 2011


EIN: 74-1488375 PIN: 002
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(a)
 
(b)
 
(c)
 
(d)
 
(e)
 
 
Identity of issue,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
borrower, lessor or
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
similar party
 
Description of investment
 
Cost
 
Current Value
*
 
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co
 
MassMutual Government Money Market Fund
 
**
 
$
378

*
 
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co
 
MassMutual International Growth Fund
 
**
 
1,434,723

*
 
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co
 
MassMutual Select Destination Retirement 2050 Fund
 
**
 
4,875,222

*
 
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co
 
MassMutual Select Destination Retirement Income Fund
 
**
 
6,419,025

*
 
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co
 
MassMutual Select Destination Retirement 2010 Fund
 
**
 
14,536,673

*
 
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co
 
MassMutual Select Destination Retirement 2020 Fund
 
**
 
30,877,948

*
 
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co
 
MassMutual Select Destination Retirement 2030 Fund
 
**
 
21,739,856

*
 
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co
 
MassMutual Stable Income Fund
 
**
 
84,137,634

*
 
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co
 
MassMutual Select Destination Retirement 2040 Fund
 
**
 
10,988,202

*
 
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co
 
MassMutual Premier Capital Appreciation Fund
 
**
 
24,621,142

*
 
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co
 
MassMutual Mid Cap Value Fund
 
**
 
2,482,594

*
 
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co
 
MassMutual Total Return Fund
 
**
 
34,175,359

*
 
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co
 
MassMutual Select Mid Cap Growth Fund
 
**
 
5,964,099

*
 
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co
 
MassMutual Select Small Cap Growth Equity Fund
 
**
 
19,997,966

*
 
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co
 
MassMutual Select Overseas Fund
 
**
 
17,629,175

*
 
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co
 
MassMutual Select Large Cap Value Fund
 
**
 
20,810,846

*
 
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co
 
Select Fundamental Value (Wellington) Fund
 
**
 
1,762,714

*
 
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co
 
MassMutual Select Indexed Equity Fund
 
**
 
13,004,104

*
 
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co
 
MassMutual Select Small Company Value Fund
 
**
 
14,095,131

*
 
State Street Global Markets
 
Self-Directed Accounts
 
**
 
647,275

*
 
Pacific Investment Management Co
 
PIMCO Real Return Fund
 
**
 
11,804,593

*
 
Service Corporation International
 
SCI Common Stock Fund
 
**
 
56,825,576

*
 
State Street Bank & Trust Co
 
Interest Bearing Cash
 
**
 
3,369,633

 
 
Participant Loans
 
Loans with interest rates of 4.25% to 10.25%
 
-0-
 
19,242,504

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
421,442,372

*    Party-in-interest as defined by ERISA.
**    Cost omitted for participant directed investments.
See accompanying Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the SCI 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan Administrator (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

The SCI 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

By:    SCI Funeral and Cemetery Purchasing Cooperative, Inc.

Date:    June 28, 2012            By:    /s/ Curtis Briggs

Vice President of SCI Funeral & Cemetery Purchasing Cooperative, Inc.

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