UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC  20549
 
FORM 11-K
 
(Mark One):
 
x                               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 PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the transition period from                    to
 
Commission file number 001-14097
 
A.                                    Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:
 
SAUER-DANFOSS EMPLOYEES’ SAVINGS PLAN
 
B.                                      Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:
 
Sauer-Danfoss Inc.
2800 E. 13 th  Street
Ames, Iowa  50010



REQUIRED INFORMATION
 
The following plan financial statements, schedules, and reports have been prepared in accordance with the financial reporting requirements of ERISA.
 
1.                                        Financial Statements:
 
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, LWBJ, LLP
 
Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits as of December 31, 2011 and 2010
 
Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010
 
Notes to Financial Statements
 
Supplemental Schedule:
 
Schedule H Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2011
 
2.                                        Exhibit:
 
23                                     Consent of LWBJ, LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 

SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Plan Administrator has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
Dated:
June 27, 2012
SAUER-DANFOSS EMPLOYEES’ SAVINGS PLAN
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
Sauer-Danfoss (US) Company,
 
 
 
Plan Administrator
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Kenneth D. McCuskey
 
 
 
Kenneth D. McCuskey, Vice President




















SAUER-DANFOSS EMPLOYEES’  
SAVINGS PLAN
 
Financial Statements
and Supplemental Schedule

December 31, 2011

(With Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm)








SAUER-DANFOSS EMPLOYEES’  
SAVINGS PLAN
 
Financial Statements
and Supplemental Schedule

December 31, 2011

Contents
 



Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
Employee Benefit Committee
Sauer-Danfoss Employees’ Savings Plan
 
We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the Sauer-Danfoss Employees’ Savings Plan as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 , and the related statements of changes in net assets available for benefits for the years then ended.  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 audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Plan is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, 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. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe 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 Sauer-Danfoss Employees’ Savings Plan as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 , and the changes in its net assets available for benefits for the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
Our audits were performed for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole.  The supplemental schedule is presented for purposes 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 (“ERISA”) of 1974.  The supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan’s management.  This 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/ LWBJ, LLP
West Des Moines, Iowa
June 27, 2012

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Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits
 
December 31, 2011 and 2010
 
 
 
2011
 
2010
Assets
 
 

 
 

Investments, at fair value
 
$
111,189,090

 
$
108,867,905

Receivables:
 
 

 
 

Employer contributions
 
78,522

 
149,370

Employee contributions
 

 
225,161

Notes receivable from participants
 
3,475,406

 
3,232,539

Total receivables
 
3,553,928

 
3,607,070

Total assets, at fair value
 
114,743,018

 
112,474,975

 
 
 
 
 
Liabilities
 
 

 
 

Excess contribution payable
 

 
81,936

Net assets available for benefits, at fair value
 
114,743,018

 
112,393,039

Adjustment from fair value to contract value for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts
 
(125,977
)
 
(603,534
)
Net assets available for benefits, at contract value
 
$
114,617,041

 
$
111,789,505

 
See accompanying notes.
 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
 
For the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010
 
 
 
2011
 
2010
Additions
 
 

 
 

Contributions:
 
 

 
 

Employees
 
$
5,702,494

 
$
5,256,899

Employer
 
2,385,746

 
2,183,249

Rollovers
 
346,625

 
120,874

Investment income
 
1,983,112

 
1,906,772

Other income
 
234,083

 
241,491

Net realized and unrealized gains on Plan investments
 

 
13,294,528

Total additions
 
10,652,060

 
23,003,813

 
 
 
 
 
Deductions
 
 

 
 

Net realized and unrealized losses on Plan investments
 
566,275

 

Benefits paid
 
7,082,953

 
9,864,262

Fees
 
151,978

 
129,224

Premiums
 
23,318

 
24,875

Total deductions
 
7,824,524

 
10,018,361

Net increase in net assets available for benefits
 
2,827,536

 
12,985,452

 
 
 
 
 
Net assets available for benefits:
 
 

 
 

Beginning of year
 
111,789,505

 
98,804,053

End of year
 
$
114,617,041

 
$
111,789,505

 
See accompanying notes.

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Notes to Financial Statements

December 31, 2011

1.     Description of the Plan
 
The following description of the Sauer-Danfoss Employees’ Savings Plan (the “Plan”) provides only general information.  Participants should refer to the Plan’s agreement for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions.
 
General
 
The Plan is a defined contribution plan which generally covers persons regularly employed by Sauer-Danfoss (US) Company and its affiliates (collectively, the “Company”) in the United States.
 
Administration
 
The Plan is administered by the Employee Benefit Committee of the Company (the “Plan Administrator”).
 
Trustee
 
Bank of America, NA (“Trustee”) has been designated as Trustee of the Plan.
 
Contributions
 
The Plan is funded primarily by employee contributions.  Participating employees may contribute a percentage of their eligible compensation ranging from 1% to 100%.  Annual contributions may not exceed $16,500 as indexed by the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”).  The Plan also places certain restrictions on contributions from those employees defined as highly compensated.
 
Participating employees are generally entitled to receive employer contributions into the Plan on their behalf.  Employees that continue to accrue a benefit under the final average pay formula in the Sauer-Danfoss Employees’ Retirement Plan, a separate defined benefit pension plan maintained by the Company, are ineligible to receive employer contributions into the Plan.
 
For employees receiving such contributions, the employer contributions consist of two components:
 
·                   A base contribution equal to 2% of the employee’s eligible compensation and
·                   A matching contribution equal to 50% of the employee’s contribution, subject to a maximum matching contribution of 2% of eligible compensation.
 
Participant Accounts
 
Participants have the option to invest contributions in the following funds or collective trusts:
 
·                   INVESCO Stable Value Trust
·                   Merrill Lynch Equity Index Trust XII
·                   Allianz NFJ Small Cap Value Fund — Institutional Class
·                   Thornburg International Value Fund — Class R5
·                   Eagle Small Cap Growth Fund — Class I
·                   PIMCO Total Return Port. Instl
·                   Ridgeworth Mid Cap Value Equity Trust Fund
·                   American Growth Fund of America — Class R4
·                   Eaton Vance Large Cap Value Fund — Class I
·                   Managers Times Square Mid Cap Growth Fund — Institutional Class
·                   Dreyfus Bond Market Index Fund — Class N
·                   Northern Trust Global Investments (NTGI) — QM Collective All Country World ex-US Equity Index Fund — Tier M
·                   Merrill Lynch Extended Market Index Fund — Tier V
·                   Schwab Indexed Retirement Trust Target Date Funds 2010
·                   Schwab Indexed Retirement Trust Target Date Funds 2015
·                   Schwab Indexed Retirement Trust Target Date Funds 2020

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

1.     Description of the Plan (continued)

Participant Accounts (continued)

·                   Schwab Indexed Retirement Trust Target Date Funds 2025
·                   Schwab Indexed Retirement Trust Target Date Funds 2030
·                   Schwab Indexed Retirement Trust Target Date Funds 2035
·                   Schwab Indexed Retirement Trust Target Date Funds 2040
·                   Schwab Indexed Retirement Trust Target Date Funds 2045
·                   Schwab Indexed Retirement Trust Target Date Funds 2050
 
Participants can also invest in the Sauer-Danfoss Inc. Unitized Stock Fund, which invests in the common stock of Sauer-Danfoss Inc., the Company’s parent.
 
Participant accounts are credited for contributions and allocations of Plan earnings or losses.  Plan earnings or losses are allocated to participants based upon their relative percentages of each fund’s investment account balance.
 
In addition, prior to August 30, 1998, participants were able to elect to invest in a life insurance fund which purchased coverage for the participant and/or their families.  Life insurance policies purchased prior to August 30, 1998 continue to be maintained under the Plan, but new investments in the life insurance fund are no longer permitted.  Assets invested in participant life insurance coverage are generally excluded from Plan assets in the attached financial statements.  Balances included in the life insurance fund represent unremitted employee withholdings from participants.  They do not represent assets available for benefits but rather premiums, which are subsequently remitted to the life insurance provider.
 
Participants may also elect to borrow up to amounts defined in the Plan.  Participant loans amounting to $3,475,406 and $3,232,539 at December 31, 2011 and 2010 , respectively, are recorded as notes receivable from participants.  The interest rates on participant loans are fixed as of the date the loans are taken out at the current prime borrowing rate plus 150 basis points (1.5%).
 
Vesting
 
Participants are immediately vested in their own voluntary contributions and earnings thereon.
 
The interests of participants in the employer contributions and earnings thereon vest as follows:
 
·                   Upon termination of employment at or after age sixty-five - 100%
 
·                   Upon death or disability - 100%
 
·                   Upon any other termination of employment, the following vesting schedule is applicable:
 
        
Years of Service
Vesting Percentage
Less than 3
0%
3 or more
100%
 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

1.     Description of the Plan (continued)

Payment of Benefits
 
While still employed, a participant may, for certain documented hardship reasons, make a withdrawal from his or her Participant’s Contribution Account at any time.  While still employed, a participant may also withdraw all or any portion of his or her vested Plan benefit upon attaining age 59 1/2 or becoming disabled.
 
On termination of service for any reason other than death, a participant may elect to receive an amount equal to the value of the participant’s vested interest in his or her account in either a lump-sum payment or in quarterly, semi-annual, or annual installments over a fixed period of time that is not less than two years and not more than the joint life expectancy of the participant and his or her beneficiary.  On termination of service by reason of death, the participant’s beneficiary(ies) may elect to receive an amount equal to the value of the participant’s vested interest in his or her account in either a lump-sum payment or in quarterly, semi-annual, or annual installments over a fixed period of time that is not less than two years and not more than five years.
 
Distributions are generally payable in cash.  A participant may elect to receive amounts distributed from the Sauer-Danfoss Inc. Unitized Stock Fund in whole shares, with any fractional shares paid in cash.
 
Plan Expenses
 
Administrative expenses of the Plan are paid by the Company, except for mutual fund investment fees, collective trust investment fees and commissions with respect to activity in the Sauer-Danfoss Inc. Unitized Stock Fund, which are paid for by the Plan.  A portion of the mutual fund and collective trust investment fees are used to cover recordkeeping service fees which would otherwise be chargeable to the Plan.
 
Forfeitures
 
Forfeited nonvested accounts will be used to reduce future employer contributions. Employer contributions were reduced by $0 and $341,190 from forfeited nonvested accounts in 2011 and 2010 , respectively.


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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)


 
2.     Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
 
Basis of Presentation
 
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on an accrual basis and present the net assets available for benefits and changes in those net assets.  The Plan’s assets consist of the assets of the Sauer-Danfoss Employees’ Savings Plan Trust (the “Trust”).
 
The Plan Administrator has made certain estimates and assumptions relating to the reporting of assets, and changes thereto, in preparing these financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.  Actual results could differ from these estimates.
 
 As described in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 962, Plan Accounting — Defined Contribution Pension Plans , the statement of net assets available for benefits presents the fair value of the Plan’s investments, as well as the adjustment from fair value to contract value for the fully benefit-responsive investment contracts.  The statement of changes in net assets available for benefits is prepared on a contract value basis for the fully benefit-responsive contracts.
 
Fully benefit-responsive investment contracts held by a defined contribution plan are required by ASC Topic 962 to be reported at fair value.  However, contract value is the relevant measurement attribute for that portion of the net assets available for benefits of a defined contribution plan attributable to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts.  Contract value is the amount participants would receive if they were to initiate permitted transactions under the terms of the Plan.  The Plan invests in investment contracts through participation in the INVESCO Stable Value Trust, a collective trust fund.  As required by ASC Topic 962, investments in the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits presents the fair value of the INVESCO Stable Value Trust, as well as the adjustment of the portion of the INVESCO Stable Value Trust related to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts from fair value to contract value.
 
Valuation of Investments
 
Investments are valued at quoted market prices, if available.  Investments not having an established market are valued at fair value as determined by the Trustee using the net asset value per share as permitted under an ASC update adopted by the Plan for the year ended December 31, 2009.  The investments in the fully benefit-responsive investment contracts are stated at contract value which is equal to principal balance plus accrued interest.
 
Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis.  Realized gains and losses from security transactions are reported on the average-cost method.
 
Notes Receivable from Participants
 
Notes receivable from participants are stated at their unpaid balance.

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

2.     Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

Risks and Uncertainties
 
The Plan invests in various investment securities.  Investment securities are exposed to various risks such as interest rate, market and credit risks.  Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the value of investment balances will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the statement of net assets available for benefits.
 
Federal Income Taxes
 
The IRS has determined and informed the Company, by a letter dated February 22, 2001, that the Plan and related Trust are designed in accordance with applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code (the “IRC”).  Subsequent to year end, the Company received a similar letter from the IRS dated February 24, 2012. Continued qualification of the Plan will depend on the operation of the Plan in compliance with the IRC. The Plan Administrator believes the Plan is currently designed and being operated in compliance with applicable requirements of the IRC. 

3.     Fair Value Measurements
 
ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures , establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which categorizes the inputs used in measuring fair value. These categories include (in descending order of priority): Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets; Level 2, defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable; and Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions.
 
The asset’s fair value measurement level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
 
The following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for assets measured at fair value.  There have been no changes in the methodologies used at December 31, 2011 and 2010 .
 
·                   Common/collective trusts : These investments are public investment securities valued at net asset value. The inputs include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, and inputs that are derived principally or corroborated by observable market data.  Common/collective trusts are classified as Level 2 because their value is based on other significant inputs.
 
·                   Mutual funds :  Valued based on quoted prices of identical assets in active markets and classified as Level 1.
 
·                   Life insurance fund: Valued at the amount of life insurance premiums held by the Plan unremitted to the insurance company on behalf of the participant, at year-end.  The life insurance fund is classified as Level 1 because it is cash.

·                   Sauer-Danfoss Inc. Unitized Stock Fund: Valued based on quoted prices of the Sauer-Danfoss Inc. stock, which is traded in active markets and classified as Level 1.
 
·                   Cash: Stated at fair value due to the short-term nature of the investment.
 
The preceding methods described may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of the net realizable value or reflective of future fair values.  Furthermore, although the Plan believes its valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different fair value measurement at the reporting date.
 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

3.     Fair Value Measurements (continued)

The following table shows assets measured at fair value as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 on the Plan’s statement of net assets available for benefits and the input categories associated with those assets:
 
Description
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Fair Value at December 31, 2011
Investments:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Common/collective trusts:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Stable value fund
 
$

 
$
25,072,627

 
$

 
$
25,072,627

Target date funds
 

 
17,218,272

 

 
17,218,272

Passively-managed funds
 

 
11,660,751

 

 
11,660,751

Mutual funds:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
0

Actively-managed funds
 
49,706,400

 

 

 
49,706,400

Passively-managed funds
 
1,089,228

 

 

 
1,089,228

Sauer-Danfoss Inc. Unitized Stock Fund
 
6,440,182

 

 

 
6,440,182

Cash
 
1,630

 

 

 
1,630

 
Description
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Fair Value at December 31, 2010
Investments:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Common/collective trusts:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Stable value fund
 
$

 
$
21,693,215

 
$

 
$
21,693,215

Target date funds
 

 
14,502,644

 

 
14,502,644

Passively-managed funds
 

 
8,073,986

 

 
8,073,986

Mutual funds:
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
0

Actively-managed funds
 
57,088,989

 

 

 
57,088,989

Passively-managed funds
 
336,566

 

 

 
336,566

Sauer-Danfoss Inc. Unitized Stock Fund
 
7,085,609

 

 

 
7,085,609

Cash
 
86,896

 

 

 
86,896

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

4.     The Trust
 
The fair value of investments of the Trust at December 31, 2011 and 2010 were as follows:
 
 
 
2011
 
2010
INVESCO Stable Value Trust (2) (3)
 
$
25,072,627

 
$
21,693,215

Merrill Lynch Equity Index Trust XII (1) (2) (3)
 
7,549,925

 
7,451,251

Merrill Lynch Extended Market Index Fund - Tier V (1)
 
979,101

 
529,672

PIMCO Total Return Port. Instl (2)
 
7,061,404

 

Allianz NFJ Small Cap Value Fund - Institutional Class (2)
 
9,776,243

 
4,008,986

NTGI - QM Collective All Country World ex-US Equity Index Fund - Tier M
 
127,544

 
93,063

American Growth Fund of America - Class R4 (2) (3)
 
10,744,195

 
11,749,665

Dreyfus Bond Market Index Fund - Class N
 
1,089,228

 
336,566

Eaton Vance Large Cap Value Fund - Class I (2) (3)
 
11,031,281

 
12,586,506

Ridgeworth Mid Cap Value Equity Trust Fund
 
3,004,181

 

Managers Times Square Mid Cap Growth Fund - Institutional Class (3)
 
5,295,056

 
5,758,392

Eagle Small Cap Growth Fund - Class I
 
402,426

 

Thornburg International Value Fund - Class R5 (3)
 
5,395,795

 
6,563,992

PIMCO Total Return Fund - Administrative Class (3)
 

 
6,686,061

Wells Fargo Small Cap Value (NLD) Fund - Investor Class (3)
 

 
6,537,227

Lord Abbett Mid Cap Value Fund - Class A
 

 
3,198,160

Schwab Indexed Retirement Trust Target Date Funds 2010
 
981,113

 
1,009,007

Schwab Indexed Retirement Trust Target Date Funds 2015
 
1,522,238

 
1,450,535

Schwab Indexed Retirement Trust Target Date Funds 2020
 
3,283,024

 
2,791,553

Schwab Indexed Retirement Trust Target Date Funds 2025
 
3,029,304

 
2,736,061

Schwab Indexed Retirement Trust Target Date Funds 2030
 
2,959,343

 
2,299,351

Schwab Indexed Retirement Trust Target Date Funds 2035
 
2,341,664

 
1,743,024

Schwab Indexed Retirement Trust Target Date Funds 2040
 
1,448,494

 
1,199,846

Schwab Indexed Retirement Trust Target Date Funds 2045
 
1,106,027

 
870,549

Schwab Indexed Retirement Trust Target Date Funds 2050
 
547,065

 
402,718

Sauer-Danfoss Inc. Unitized Stock Fund (1) (2) (3)
 
6,440,182

 
7,085,609

Cash
 
1,630

 
86,896

 
 
$
111,189,090

 
$
108,867,905

 

(1)   Party-in-interest of the Plan.
(2)   Investments representing more than 5% of net assets available for benefits at December 31, 2011 .
(3)   Investments representing more than 5% of net assets available for benefits at December 31, 2010 .
 

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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

4.     The Trust (continued)

Investment income and net realized and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the fair value of investments for 2011 and 2010 were as follows:
 
 
 
2011
 
2010
Interest
 
$
176,688

 
$
163,426

Dividends
 
1,806,424

 
1,743,346

Net realized and unrealized appreciation (depreciation):
 
 
 
 

Merrill Lynch Equity Index Trust XII (1)
 
187,423

 
975,175

Merrill Lynch Extended Market Index Fund - Tier V (1)
 
(122,470
)
 
27,603

PIMCO Total Return Port. Instl
 
(74,299
)
 

Allianz NFJ Small Cap Value Fund - Institutional Class
 
(610,450
)
 
671,529

NTGI-QM Collective All Country World ex-US Equity Index Fund - Tier M
 
(20,075
)
 
3,299

American Growth Fund of America - Class R4
 
(630,783
)
 
1,204,336

Dreyfus Bond Market Index Fund - Class N
 
36,336

 
1,800

Eaton Vance Large Cap Value Fund - Class I
 
(731,413
)
 
1,033,002

Ridgeworth Mid Cap Value Equity Trust Fund
 
(449,716
)
 

Managers Times Square Mid Cap Growth Fund - Institutional Class
 
(278,489
)
 
900,210

Eagle Small Cap Growth Fund - Class I
 
(214
)
 

Thornburg International Value Fund - Class R5
 
(945,853
)
 
766,311

PIMCO Total Return Fund - Administrative Class
 
71,578

 
(19,694
)
Wells Fargo Small Cap Value (NLD) Fund - Investor Class
 
(81,464
)
 
1,012,848

Lord Abbett Mid Cap Value Fund - Class A
 
234,022

 
630,728

Schwab Indexed Retirement Trust Target Date Funds 2010
 
34,715

 
97,226

Schwab Indexed Retirement Trust Target Date Funds 2015
 
31,796

 
147,060

Schwab Indexed Retirement Trust Target Date Funds 2020
 
32,127

 
291,819

Schwab Indexed Retirement Trust Target Date Funds 2025
 
(6,312
)
 
297,465

Schwab Indexed Retirement Trust Target Date Funds 2030
 
(27,846
)
 
278,183

Schwab Indexed Retirement Trust Target Date Funds 2035
 
(45,996
)
 
199,406

Schwab Indexed Retirement Trust Target Date Funds 2040
 
(23,907
)
 
147,621

Schwab Indexed Retirement Trust Target Date Funds 2045
 
(26,686
)
 
104,198

Schwab Indexed Retirement Trust Target Date Funds 2050
 
(13,455
)
 
42,616

Sauer-Danfoss Inc. Unitized Stock Fund (1)
 
2,895,156

 
4,481,787

 
 
$
1,416,837

 
$
15,201,300

 
(1) Party-in-interest of the Plan.


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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

5.     Plan Termination
 
While the Company has not expressed any intent to terminate the Plan, it is free to do so at any time.  Upon termination of the Plan, each participant’s account shall be fully vested and nonforfeitable.
 
6.     Party-In-Interest Transactions
 
Transactions resulting in Plan assets being transferred to or used by a related party are prohibited under ERISA unless a specific exemption applies.  Sauer-Danfoss Inc., the Company’s parent, is a party-in-interest because Plan participants are able to invest in the Sauer-Danfoss Inc. Unitized Stock Fund.  The Trustee of the Plan is a party-in-interest because Plan participants are able to invest in certain funds offered by affiliates of the Trustee.  These transactions are exempt and are not prohibited by ERISA.

7.     Reductions in Workforce
 
During late 2008 and the first half of 2009, the Company experienced a series of layoffs at all locations and all business areas.  No facilities were closed during the first half of 2009.  On September 21, 2009, the Company announced the closing of its Lawrence, Kansas location (to occur in 2010).  In connection with these activities, effective beginning January 1, 2009, a partial plan termination occurred and continued through July 31, 2010 when the closing of the above-referenced location was complete.  Active participants in the Plan terminated during this period became fully vested in their employer contributions upon the partial plan termination.


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SAUER-DANFOSS EMPLOYEES’ SAVINGS PLAN
EIN: 42-1345015
PN: 003
Schedule H, Line 4i

Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
 
December 31, 2011
 
(a)




 
(b)

Identity of Issue,
Borrower, Lessor
or Similar Party
 
(c)
Description of Investment,
Including Maturity Date, Rate of Interest, Collateral, Par, or Maturity Value
 
(d)



Cost
 
(e)


Current
Value
 
 
INVESCO
 
Stable Value Trust
 
$
24,946,650

 
$
24,946,650

*
 
Merrill Lynch
 
Equity Index Trust XII
 
7,354,965

 
7,549,925

*
 
Merrill Lynch
 
Extended Market Index Fund - Tier V
 
1,050,280

 
979,101

 
 
PIMCO
 
Total Return Port. Instl
 
7,129,142

 
7,061,404

 
 
Allianz NFJ
 
Small Cap Value Fund - Institutional Class
 
10,371,633

 
9,776,243

 
 
Northern Trust Global Investments
 
International Large Cap Core Funds
 
138,559

 
127,544

 
 
American Funds
 
Growth Fund of America - Class R4
 
11,371,881

 
10,744,195

 
 
Dreyfus
 
Bond Market Index Fund - Class N
 
1,083,634

 
1,089,228

 
 
Eaton Vance
 
Large Cap Value Fund - Class I
 
11,705,018

 
11,031,281

 
 
Ridgeworth
 
Mid Cap Value Equity Trust Fund
 
3,424,157

 
3,004,181

 
 
Managers Times Square
 
Mid Cap Growth Fund - Institutional Class
 
5,561,303

 
5,295,056

 
 
Eagle
 
Small Cap Growth Fund - Class I
 
397,112

 
402,426

 
 
Thornburg
 
International Value Fund - Class R5
 
6,286,252

 
5,395,795

 
 
Schwab
 
Indexed Retirement Trust Target Date Funds 2010
 
954,341

 
981,113

 
 
Schwab
 
Indexed Retirement Trust Target Date Funds 2015
 
1,504,838

 
1,522,238

 
 
Schwab
 
Indexed Retirement Trust Target Date Funds 2020
 
3,258,512

 
3,283,024

 
 
Schwab
 
Indexed Retirement Trust Target Date Funds 2025
 
3,036,813

 
3,029,304

 
 
Schwab
 
Indexed Retirement Trust Target Date Funds 2030
 
2,989,806

 
2,959,343

 
 
Schwab
 
Indexed Retirement Trust Target Date Funds 2035
 
2,388,777

 
2,341,664

 
 
Schwab
 
Indexed Retirement Trust Target Date Funds 2040
 
1,477,389

 
1,448,494

 
 
Schwab
 
Indexed Retirement Trust Target Date Funds 2045
 
1,131,288

 
1,106,027

 
 
Schwab
 
Indexed Retirement Trust Target Date Funds 2050
 
565,963

 
547,065

*
 
Sauer-Danfoss Inc.
 
Sauer-Danfoss Inc. Unitized Stock Fund
 
5,706,984

 
6,440,182

 
 
Cash
 
 
 
1,630

 
1,630

*
 
Participants
 
Notes Receivable (4.75% to 9.75%)
 
3,475,406

 
3,475,406

 
 
 
 
 
 
$
117,312,333

 
$
114,538,519

 

*   Party-in-interest of the Plan.

See accompanying notes.




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