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In which the value of projected benefits exceeds the value of projected obligations; thus, a pension plan with a surplus. This situation usually occurs during a stock market boom as pension plans invest heavily in high quality stocks. Or it may occur when a defined benefit plan is converted to a cash-balance plan. The surplus can legally be shown as the company's income but cannot be paid out to the stockholders because it belongs to the pension plan.

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