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11-K 1 pfizersavingsplan2020.htm 11-K PFIZER SAVINGS PLAN 2020 Document

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 11-K
FOR ANNUAL REPORTS OF EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE, SAVINGS
AND SIMILAR PLANS PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 X ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020
OR
__ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from _______ to _______
COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 1-3619
A. Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:
PFIZER SAVINGS PLAN
B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office:
PFIZER INC.
235 EAST 42ND STREET
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017





PFIZER SAVINGS PLAN

Table of Contents

Page
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Financial Statements
Statements of Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits as of December 31, 2020 and 2019
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Plan Benefits for the year ended December 31, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements
Beginning on page 4
Supplemental Schedule*
Schedule H, Line 4i - Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
Beginning on page 11
Exhibit Index
Signature
*Note:     Other schedules required by 29 CFR 2520.103-10 of the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, have been omitted because they are not applicable.




Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


To the Plan Participants and Savings Plan Committee
Pfizer Savings Plan:

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for plan benefits of the Pfizer Savings Plan (the Plan) as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the related statement of changes in net assets available for plan benefits for the year ended December 31, 2020, and the related notes (collectively, the financial statements). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for plan benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, and the changes in net assets available for plan benefits for the year ended December 31, 2020, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Plan in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Accompanying Supplemental Information

The supplemental information in the accompanying Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) as of December 31, 2020 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/ KPMG LLP

We have not been able to determine the specific year that KPMG and our predecessor firms began serving as the Plan’s auditor, however, we are aware that KPMG and our predecessor firms have served as the Plan’s auditor since at least 1977.

Memphis, Tennessee
June 7, 2021
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STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS

As of December 31,
(THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
20202019
Assets
Investments, at fair value
Pfizer Inc. common stock
$1,718,117 $1,842,199 
Viatris Inc. common stock
105,494 — 
Pfizer Inc. preferred stock
— 41,025 
Common/collective trust funds
13,113,001 10,993,033 
Mutual funds
1,353,269 1,121,857 
Self-directed brokerage account
306,705 235,728 
Total investments, at fair value
16,596,586 14,233,843 
Investments, at contract value
T. Rowe Price Stable Value Fund
1,688,830 1,510,575 
Total investments
18,285,416 15,744,418 
Receivables
Participant contributions
11,504 10,359 
Company contributions
315,549 304,561 
Notes receivable from participants
103,154 110,191 
Securities sold
815 — 
Interest and other
1,748 2,372 
Total receivables
432,770 427,483 
Total assets
18,718,186 16,171,901 
Liabilities
Investment management fees payable
549 710 
Total liabilities
549 710 
Net assets available for plan benefits
$18,717,636 $16,171,190 
Amounts may not add due to rounding.

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR PLAN BENEFITS

(THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
Year Ended December 31, 2020
Additions/(reductions) to net assets attributed to:
Investment income
Net appreciation in investments
$2,609,945 
Pfizer Inc. common stock dividends
71,802 
Pfizer Inc. preferred stock dividends
502 
Interest income
58,868 
Dividend income from other investments
9,490 
Total investment income
2,750,607 
Interest income from notes receivable from participants
5,722 
Less: Investment management, redemption and loan fees
(4,313)
Net investment and interest income
2,752,016 
Contributions
Participant
462,262 
Company
459,562 
Rollovers into the Plan
75,018 
Total contributions
996,842 
Total additions
3,748,858 
Deductions from net assets attributed to:
Benefits paid to participants
1,202,415 
Net increase
2,546,443 
Transfers into the Plan
Net assets available for plan benefits
Beginning of year
16,171,190 
End of year
$18,717,636 
Amounts may not add due to rounding.



See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. Description of the Plan and Recent Transactions and Events

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

General

The Plan is a defined contribution plan. Participation in the Plan is open to any employee of Pfizer Inc. (the Company or Plan Sponsor) or an affiliate which has, with the consent of the Plan Sponsor, adopted the Plan and who is included within a group or class designated by the Plan Sponsor as set forth in the Plan document. The Plan excludes any employees covered by another Company-sponsored defined contribution plan. The Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code).

Recent Transactions and Events Impacting the Plan

On June 14, 2019, the Company acquired Array BioPharma Inc. (Array). In connection with the acquisition, the Company adopted and assumed sponsorship of the Array BioPharma Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan (the Array Plan), effective June 14, 2019. The Array Plan was merged into the Plan after close of the market on December 31, 2019, and former Array colleagues became eligible for participation in the Plan on January 1, 2020.

On July 31, 2019, the Company formed a consumer healthcare joint venture with GlaxoSmithKline plc that operates globally under the GSK Consumer Healthcare name. As a result, the Plan was amended in July 2019 to reflect that certain employees transferred to the GSK Consumer Healthcare joint venture and were no longer eligible for the Plan; however, such employees remained eligible to receive the quarterly Company matching contributions and the 2019 Retirement Savings Contribution (RSC), each as described in the Contributions section below, through the end of the third quarter of 2019 and the end of the calendar year 2019, respectively. Additionally such employees also became 100% vested in their RSC account in the Plan.

On October 18, 2019, the Company acquired Ignite Immunotherapy, Inc. (Ignite). Former Ignite colleagues became eligible for participation in the Plan on November 1, 2019. The TriNet 401(k) Plan for Employees of Ignite Immunotherapy, Inc. was merged into the Plan after the close of business on November 3, 2020.

Effective April 1, 2020, the Plan adopted certain provisions of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act) due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, which allows participants to take special withdrawals and defer loan repayments as permitted under the CARES Act.

Prior to May 4, 2020, Pfizer’s Series A convertible perpetual preferred stock (the Series A Preferred Stock) was held by an employee stock ownership plan trust (the Trust). The Series A Preferred Stock was held in the Pfizer Preferred Stock ESOP Fund within the Plan. All outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock were converted, at the direction of the independent fiduciary under the Trust and in accordance with the certificate of designations for the Series A Preferred Stock, into shares of the Company’s common stock on May 4, 2020. The Trust received 1,006,485 shares of Pfizer common stock upon conversion, which were deposited into the Pfizer Preferred Stock ESOP Fund, with zero shares of Series A Preferred Stock remaining outstanding as a result of the conversion. On or about June 29, 2020, the Pfizer Preferred Stock ESOP fund was transferred into the Pfizer Frozen Stock Fund. In December 2020, the Company filed a certificate of elimination to its restated certificate of incorporation, as amended and a restated certificate of incorporation with the Delaware Secretary of State, which eliminated the Series A Preferred Stock. See Note 2 for additional information.

On November 16, 2020, the Company completed a spin-off and the combination of the Upjohn Business, Pfizer’s global, primarily off-patent branded generics business, with Mylan N.V. (Mylan) to form Viatris, Inc. (Viatris). As a result, the Plan was amended in November 2020 to reflect that certain employees transferred to Viatris and were no longer eligible for the Plan; however, such employees remained eligible to receive the quarterly Company matching contributions and the 2020 RSC, each as described in the Contributions section below, earned through the transaction date. Such employees also became 100% vested in their RSC account in the Plan. Additionally, the Plan was amended and established three Viatris stock funds, one for each of the respective three existing Pfizer stock funds, that received the special dividend paid to shareholders of Pfizer Inc. common stock in the form of Viatris common stock in connection with the spin-off. The Savings Plan Committee of the Company (the Plan Administrator) appointed Gallagher Fiduciary Advisors, LLC (Gallagher) as an independent fiduciary and investment manager for the Viatris stock funds. The Viatris stock funds are frozen to new contributions and investment elections as of November 16, 2020, and shall cease to be investment funds offered to participants of the Plan on September 30, 2021, or another date directed by Gallagher, and the Viatris stock funds will be liquidated at that time.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Plan Administration

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

Administrative Costs
Plan participants pay quarterly fees from their account balances. These fees include general plan administrative fees and expenses, such as recordkeeping, trustee and investment reporting fees. The quarterly fee deductions take place on the first business day following the end of each quarter (and are deducted from any full account distribution occurring during a quarter). In addition, certain transaction fees such as check fees, loan fees and qualified domestic relations order fees are paid by Plan participants.

Contributions

Participants may contribute up to 30% of their eligible compensation on a before-tax basis, an after-tax basis or a combination of both. For all participants, contributions of up to 3% of eligible compensation are matched 100% by the Company and the next 3% are matched 50% by the Company. Participant contributions in excess of 6% are not matched. Participants who have attained age 50 before the end of the Plan’s year are eligible to make catch-up contributions, however, these contributions are not matched.

Company matching contributions are deposited into the Plan each quarter, rather than with each pay date. In addition, generally participants must be actively employed on the last day of the quarter to receive the match; however, if the participant separates from the Company prior to the last day of the quarter due to retirement (defined as at least age 55 with at least 10 years of service or age 65), death or disability, such participant will receive the matching contribution. In January 2020, the Company funded the fourth quarter 2019 Company matching contributions in the amount of approximately $29.3 million. In January 2021, the Company funded the fourth quarter 2020 Company matching contributions in the amount of approximately $34.2 million. These contributions are reported in the Company contributions receivable in the accompanying statements of net assets available for plan benefits.

Under the Code, salary deferral contributions, total annual contributions and the amount of compensation that may be included for Plan purposes are subject to annual limitations; any excess contributions are refunded to participants in the following year, as applicable.

The Plan includes a Roth 401(k) in-plan conversion option, which allows participants to transfer after-tax dollars into the Roth account within the Plan and allows for tax-free earnings on those contributions. If subsequent distributions are considered “qualified Roth distributions” under the Code, such distributions are not subject to taxes.

The Plan includes an RSC, which is an additional annual Company-provided contribution based on age and years of service. With the exception of certain participants who are specifically excluded by the Plan terms, participants generally are eligible to receive the RSC. The RSC contributions are deposited into the Plan annually, following the close of the Plan year, usually in February. In general, participants must be actively employed on the last day of the year to receive the RSC; however, if the participant separates from the Company prior to the last day of the year due to retirement (defined as at least age 55 with at least 10 years of service or age 65), death or disability, such participant will receive the RSC. In February 2020, the Company funded the RSC for Plan year 2019 in the amount of approximately $275.3 million. In February 2021, the Company funded the RSC for Plan year 2020 in the amount of approximately $281.3 million. These contributions are reported in the Company contributions receivable in the accompanying statements of net assets available for plan benefits.

Participant Accounts

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

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Vesting

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

Forfeited Amounts

Forfeited amounts of terminated participants are generally used to reduce future Company contributions. At December 31, 2020 and 2019, the market value of forfeitures available for use totaled approximately $0.7 million and $4.0 million, respectively. In 2020 and 2019, Company contributions were reduced by approximately $7.7 million and $2.7 million, respectively, from forfeited amounts.

Rollovers into the Plan

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

Investment Options

Each participant in the Plan elects to have his or her contributions and Company contributions invested in any one or a combination of investment funds in the Plan, including a self-directed brokerage account. Transfers between funds must be made in whole percentages or dollar amounts. Based on the investment option, certain short-term redemption fees or restrictions may apply. Any contributions for which the participant does not provide investment direction are invested in the participant’s Qualified Default Investment Alternative (QDIA), which is the Vanguard Target Retirement Fund based on the participant’s year of birth.

Eligibility

Generally, all U.S.-based employees of the Company are eligible to enroll in the Plan on their date of hire, except for certain employees who (i) are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and have not negotiated to participate in the Plan, (ii) are employed by an employee group not designated for participation in the Plan, (iii) are covered by a collective bargaining agreement and have negotiated a different eligibility date or (iv) are otherwise eligible for another Company-sponsored savings plan.

Newly eligible participants who do not affirmatively enroll in the Plan within 31 days of hire or transfer into eligible employment are automatically enrolled at a 6% before-tax contribution rate. Contributions are invested in the Plan’s QDIA fund based on the participant’s year of birth.

Notes Receivable from Participants
Participants may borrow from their account balances with the interest rate set at 1% above the prime rate. The minimum loan is $1,000 and the maximum loan is the lesser of (i) 50% of the vested account balance reduced by any current outstanding loan balance or (ii) $50,000, reduced by the current outstanding loan balance. Loans must be repaid within five years, unless the funds are used to purchase a primary residence. Primary residence loans must be repaid within 15 years. Loans transferred to the Plan due to the merger of legacy plans into the Plan maintain the terms of the original loan. Interest rates on outstanding loans ranged from 3.25% to 10.50% at December 31, 2020 and 2019. Under the provisions of the CARES Act referenced above, participants could elect to defer loan repayments for up to one year from the period beginning March 27, 2020 to December 31, 2020. Additionally, participants did not default on loans during this same period due to the adoption of the CARES Act.

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

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

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Payment of Benefits

Participants are entitled to receive distributions upon termination, and may be able to take voluntary, in-service withdrawals, which include hardship withdrawals. Mandatory distributions are made in accordance with Plan provisions.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Accounting

The financial statements of the Plan are prepared on the accrual basis of accounting.
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 because contract value is the amount participants would receive if they were to initiate permitted transactions under the terms of the Plan. As required, the accompanying statements of net assets available for plan benefits present the contract value of the fully benefit-responsive investment contracts, and the statement of changes in net assets available for plan benefits are prepared on a contract value basis.

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

Use of Estimates

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

Investment Valuation and Income Recognition

Common stock and self-directed brokerage accounts are valued at the closing market price on the last business day of the year. Mutual funds are recorded at fair value based on the closing market prices obtained from national exchanges of the underlying investments of the respective fund as of the last business day of the year. Common/collective trust funds (CCTs) are stated at redemption value as determined by the trustees of such funds based upon the underlying securities stated at fair value on the last business day of the year. The Plan generally has the ability to redeem its investments at the net asset value (NAV) at the valuation date. There are no significant restrictions, redemption terms, or holding periods that would limit the ability of the Plan or the participants to transact at the NAV. The T. Rowe Price Stable Value fund represents direct investments in Synthetic Investment Contracts (SICs) that are fully benefit-responsive and reported at contract value as contract value is the relevant measurement. See Note 4 for additional information.

Prior to May 4, 2020, the per-share stated value of the Series A Preferred Stock was $40,300 and each share was convertible, at the holder’s option, into 2,574.87 shares of Pfizer Inc. common stock. The Series A Preferred Stock could also be redeemed by Pfizer Inc. at any time or upon termination of the employee stock ownership plan trust in which it was held, at Pfizer Inc.’s option, in cash, in shares of common stock or a combination of both at a price of $40,300 per share. The Series A Preferred Stock share balances maintained by the Plan’s trustee and recordkeeper were on a basis equal to a multiple of 1,000 of the share balance and one-thousandth of the $40,300 stated value and are valued using either the higher of the per-share equivalent stated value of $40.30 ($40,300 stated value divided by 1,000) or the quoted market price on the New York Stock Exchange of Pfizer Inc. common stock multiplied by 2.57487 on the last business day of the Plan year. At December 31, 2019, the Series A Preferred Stock was valued at $100.88 per share based on the closing Pfizer Inc. common stock price of $39.18 per share on December 31, 2019. See Note 1 for additional information regarding the conversion of the Series A Preferred Stock into Pfizer Inc. common stock in May 2020.

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

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

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Notes Receivable from Participants

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

Payment of Benefits

Benefits are recorded when paid.

3. Tax Status

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has determined and informed the Plan Sponsor by letter dated April 18, 2018 that the Plan and related trust are designed in accordance with the applicable sections of the Code. The Plan has been amended since receiving the determination letter. However, the Company’s counsel believes the Plan is currently designed and being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Code. Accordingly, no provision has been made for U.S. federal income taxes in the accompanying financial statements.

U.S. GAAP requires Plan management to evaluate tax positions taken by the Plan and recognize a tax liability (or asset) if the Plan has taken an uncertain position that more likely than not would not be sustained upon examination by the IRS. The Company’s counsel has confirmed that there are no uncertain positions taken that would require recognition of a liability (or asset) or disclosure in the financial statements. The Plan is subject to routine audits by taxing jurisdictions; however, there are currently no audits for any tax periods in progress. The Plan Administrator believes the Plan is generally no longer subject to income tax examinations for years prior to 2017.
4. Investment Contracts

Participants in the Plan have a stable value investment option that invests in the T. Rowe Price Stable Value Fund, which is composed of fully benefit-responsive SICs held directly. The contract value of the investment contracts represents contributions made under the contract and related earnings offset by participant withdrawals. There are no reserves against contract value for credit risk of the contract issuers or otherwise. The value of SICs held by the plan totaled approximately $1.7 billion and $1.5 billion as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Investments underlying a synthetic structure are owned by a benefit plan or collective trust fund. SICs consist of a portfolio of underlying assets (which may include units of fixed income commingled or common trust funds) owned by a benefit plan or collective trust fund and a wrap contract issued by a financially responsible third party, typically an insurance company, bank or other financial services institution. The issuer of the wrap contract provides for unscheduled withdrawals from the contract at contract value, regardless of the value of the underlying assets, in order to fund routine permitted participant-initiated withdrawals from a stable value fund. SICs provide for a variable crediting rate, which typically resets at least quarterly, and the issuer of the wrap contract provides assurance that future adjustments to the crediting rate cannot result in a crediting rate less than zero.

The crediting rate is based, in part, on the relationship between the contract value and the market value of the underlying assets, as well as previously realized gains and losses on underlying assets. The crediting rate will generally reflect, over time, movements in prevailing interest rates. However, at times the crediting rate may be more or less than prevailing rates or the actual income earned on the underlying assets. In most cases, realized and unrealized gains and losses on the underlying investments are not reflected immediately in the net assets of a stable value fund, but rather are amortized either over the time to maturity or the duration of the underlying investments, through adjustments to the future interest crediting rate.

The existence of certain conditions can limit a benefit plan’s or collective trust fund’s ability to transact at contract value with the issuers of its investment contracts. Specifically, any event outside the normal operation of a benefit plan or collective trust which causes a withdrawal from an investment contract may result in a contract value adjustment with respect to such withdrawal. Examples of such events include, but are not limited to, partial or complete legal termination of the plan or collective trust fund, tax disqualification, certain plan or trust amendments if issuer consent is not obtained, improper communications to participants, group terminations, group layoffs, early retirement programs, mergers, sales, spin-offs and bankruptcy. The Plan Sponsor does not believe the occurrence of any such event is probable.

In addition to the limitations noted above, issuers of investment contracts have certain rights to terminate a contract and settle at an amount that differs from contract value. For example, certain breaches by a benefit plan or the investment manager of their obligations, representations or warranties under the terms of an investment contract can result in its termination at market value, which may differ from contract value. Investment contracts may also provide for termination with no payment
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
obligation from the issuer if the performance of the contract constitutes a prohibited transaction under ERISA or other applicable law. SICs may also provide issuers with the right to reduce contract value in the event an underlying security suffers a credit event or terminate the contract in the event certain investment guidelines are materially breached and not cured.
5. Fair Value Measurements

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

See Note 2 for information regarding the methods used to determine the fair value of the Plan’s investments. These methods may produce a fair value calculation that may not be indicative of net realizable value or reflective of future fair values. Furthermore, while the Plan believes its valuation methods are appropriate and consistent with other market participants, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine the fair value of certain financial instruments could result in a different fair value measurement at the reporting date.
The following tables set forth by level, within the fair value hierarchy, the Plan’s investments at fair value:
Fair Value as of December 31, 2020
(THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
Level 1
Level 2
Total
Pfizer Inc. common stock
$1,718,117 $— $1,718,117 
Viatris Inc. common stock
105,494 — 105,494 
Common/collective trust funds
— 13,113,001 13,113,001 
Mutual funds
1,353,269 — 1,353,269 
Self-directed brokerage account
306,705 — 306,705 
Total
$3,483,586 $13,113,001 $16,596,586 
Fair Value as of December 31, 2019
(THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
Level 1
Level 2
Total
Pfizer Inc. common stock
$1,842,199 $— $1,842,199 
Pfizer Inc. preferred stock
— 41,025 41,025 
Common/collective trust funds
— 10,993,033 10,993,033 
Mutual funds
1,121,857 — 1,121,857 
Self-directed brokerage account
235,728 — 235,728 
Total
$3,199,785 $11,034,058 $14,233,843 
Amounts may not add due to rounding.
6. Related Party Transactions and Party-In-Interest Transactions

Northern Trust, the trustee of the Plan, manages investments in its sponsored funds and, therefore, is deemed a party-in-interest and a related party. Fidelity, the recordkeeper of the Plan, manages investments in its sponsored funds and, therefore, is deemed a party-in-interest and a related party. In November 2020, the Plan was amended in connection with the spin-off and the combination of Pfizer’s Upjohn Business with Mylan and the Viatris stock funds were established (see Note 1 for additional information). The Plan also invests in shares of the Plan Sponsor and Viatris; therefore, these transactions qualify as party-in-interest transactions.
7. Plan Termination

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

Investment securities, including Pfizer Inc. common stock,Viatris common stock and, through May 4, 2020, Pfizer Inc. preferred stock, are exposed to various risks, such as interest rate, market and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in their fair values will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the statements of net assets available for plan benefits.
9. Subsequent Events

The Plan Sponsor has evaluated subsequent events from the statement of net assets available for plan benefits date through June 7, 2021, the date at which the financial statements were issued, and no events were noted which warrant adjustments to, or disclosure in, the financial statements.
10. Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Form 5500

Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants are recorded as benefits paid on Form 5500 for benefit claims that have been processed and approved for payment prior to December 31st but not yet paid as of that date. Deemed distributions, representing withdrawing participants with outstanding loan balances for which no post-default payment activity has occurred, are not reported on Form 5500 in net assets available for plan benefits. Also, investments in the T. Rowe Price Stable Value Fund representing fully benefit-responsive investment contracts are reported on Form 5500 at fair value, whereas the net assets available for plan benefits in the financial statements report such investments at contract value.
The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for plan benefits per the financial statements to the Form 5500:
December 31,
(THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
20202019
Net assets available for plan benefits per the financial statements$18,717,636 $16,171,190 
Adjustment of T. Rowe Price Stable Value Fund from contract value to fair value74,474 22,477 
Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants(1,310)(3,737)
Deemed distributions(3,362)(3,118)
Net assets available for plan benefits per Form 5500$18,787,438 $16,186,812 
The following is a reconciliation of benefits paid, including rollovers, to participants per the financial statements to the Form 5500:
(THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
Year Ended December 31, 2020
Benefits paid to participants, including rollovers, per the financial statements$1,202,415 
Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants and deemed distributions at end of year
4,672 
Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants and deemed distributions at beginning of year
(6,855)
Benefits paid to participants, including rollovers, per Form 5500$1,200,232 
The following is a reconciliation of net appreciation in investments per the financial statements to the Form 5500:
(THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
Year Ended December 31, 2020
Net appreciation in investments per the financial statements
$2,609,945 
Adjustment of T. Rowe Price Stable Value Fund from contract value to fair value at end of year
74,474 
Adjustment of T. Rowe Price Stable Value Fund from contract value to fair value at beginning of year
(22,477)
Net appreciation in investments per Form 5500
$2,661,942 

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PFIZER SAVINGS PLAN
SCHEDULE H, LINE 4i - SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR)
As of December 31, 2020
(THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
Identity of Issuer, Borrower, Lessor
 or Similar Party
Description of InvestmentRate of InterestMaturity
Date
Cost****Current Value
*Pfizer Inc. Common StockCommon stock$1,718,117 
*Viatris Inc. Common StockCommon stock105,494 
*NTGI Collective Government Short-Term
Investment Fund
Collective trust fund78,237 
*NTGI – Russell 2000 Small Cap Index FundCollective trust fund373,572 
*NTGI – S&P 500 Index FundCollective trust fund2,376,445 
BlackRock MidCap Equity Index FundCollective trust fund587,936 
BlackRock International Equity Index FundCollective trust fund117,863 
*Fidelity Large Cap Growth FundCollective trust fund2,733,248 
Oppenheimer Developing Markets FundCollective trust fund224,411 
Boston Partners Large Cap Value FundCollective trust fund467,350 
Wellington International Research Equity ex
Emerging Markets Fund
Collective trust fund527,877 
Vanguard Target Retirement Income Trust Select
Collective trust fund356,554 
Vanguard Target Retirement 2015 Trust SelectCollective trust fund105,662 
Vanguard Target Retirement 2020 Trust SelectCollective trust fund645,918 
Vanguard Target Retirement 2025 Trust SelectCollective trust fund764,635 
Vanguard Target Retirement 2030 Trust SelectCollective trust fund1,245,315 
Vanguard Target Retirement 2035 Trust SelectCollective trust fund725,469 
Vanguard Target Retirement 2040 Trust SelectCollective trust fund915,629 
Vanguard Target Retirement 2045 Trust SelectCollective trust fund437,996 
Vanguard Target Retirement 2050 Trust SelectCollective trust fund237,128 
Vanguard Target Retirement 2055 Trust SelectCollective trust fund140,350 
Vanguard Target Retirement 2060 Trust SelectCollective trust fund51,406 
Total common/collective trust funds
13,113,001 
T. Rowe Price Small Cap Stock FundMutual fund565,664 
Diversified Bond Fund – CoreMutual fund708,634 
Diversified Bond Fund – High YieldMutual fund39,388 
Diversified Bond Fund - Emerging MarketsMutual fund39,582 
Total mutual funds1,353,269 
Self-Directed Brokerage AccountSelf-directed brokerage account306,705 

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PFIZER SAVINGS PLAN
SCHEDULE H, LINE 4i - SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR)
As of December 31, 2020
(THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
(continued)
Identity of Issuer, Borrower, Lessor, or Similar PartyDescription of InvestmentRate of InterestMaturity DateCost****Current Value
T. Rowe Price Stable Value Fund –
***
American General Life Insurance Company Contract #GA-IM-266-1658155
Synthetic investment contract2.26 %**186,919 
***
JPMorgan Securities, LLC
Contract #ATRPPFIZER 01
Synthetic investment contract2.35 %**171,066 
***
New York Life Insurance Company
GIC Contract #GA-29302
Synthetic investment contract2.04 %**200,806 
***
The Prudential Insurance Company of
America Contract #GA-63191
Synthetic investment contract2.39 %**244,558 
***
Royal Bank of Canada Contract
#TRPPFIZER01
Synthetic investment contract2.31 %**147,754 
***
State Street Bank and Trust Company
Contract #96028
Synthetic investment contract2.37 %**286,509 
***
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance
Company Contract #30011
Synthetic investment contract1.94 %**200,300 
***
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Contract #35919
Synthetic investment contract2.54 %**250,917 
Total T. Rowe Price Stable Value Fund
1,688,830 
Total investments
18,285,416 
*Notes receivable from participantsInterest Rates: 3.25% - 10.50%103,154 
Maturity Dates: 2021 - 2036
Total$18,388,570 
*    Party-in-interest as defined by ERISA
**    Open-ended maturity
***    Current value represents contract value
****    Cost information omitted as all investments are fully participant-directed. This information is not required by ERISA or the Department of Labor to be reported for participant-directed investments.
Amounts may not add due to rounding.
See accompanying Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
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Exhibit Index
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Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the members of the Savings Plan Committee have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
PFIZER SAVINGS PLAN
By: /s/ Colum Lane
Colum Lane
Member, Savings Plan Committee
Date: June 7, 2021
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