Ford expects $2.2 bln pre-tax hit related to pension plans in fourth quarter <!-- no image --> <div>Ford Motor Co said on Wednesday its fourth quarter results will be hit by a pre-tax loss of about $2.2 billion due to higher contributions to its employees pension plans.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=JSM6NM5vNzE:y381yiSd1fo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=JSM6NM5vNzE:y381yiSd1fo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=JSM6NM5vNzE:y381yiSd1fo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=JSM6NM5vNzE:y381yiSd1fo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=JSM6NM5vNzE:y381yiSd1fo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/JSM6NM5vNzE" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters