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Supplemental Retirement Plan and Related Post Retirement Benefits

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Supplemental Retirement Plan and Related Post Retirement Benefits
9 Months Ended
Sep. 28, 2013
Compensation And Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]  
Supplemental Retirement Plan and Related Post Retirement Benefits

12) Supplemental Retirement Plan and Related Post Retirement Benefits

The Company has two non-qualified supplemental retirement defined benefit plans (“SERP” and “SERP II”) for certain executive officers. The following table sets forth information regarding the net periodic pension cost for the plans.

 

     Nine months Ended      Three Months Ended  
(In thousands)    September 28,
2013
     September 29,
2012
     September 28,
2013
     September 29,
2012
 

Service cost

   $ 222       $ 215       $ 74       $ 88   

Interest cost

     465         400         155         148   

Amortization of prior service cost

     370         304         121         122   

Amortization of net actuarial losses

     95         69         32         22   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net periodic cost

   $ 1,152       $ 988       $ 382       $ 380   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Participants in the SERP are entitled to paid medical, dental and long-term care insurance benefits upon retirement under the plan. The following table sets forth information regarding the net periodic cost recognized for those benefits:

 

     Nine months Ended      Three Months Ended  
(In thousands)    September 28,
2013
     September 29,
2012
     September 28,
2013
     September 29,
2012
 

Service cost

   $ 3       $ 2       $ 1       $ 1   

Interest cost

     18         18         6         6   

Amortization of prior service cost

     18         19         6         6   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net periodic cost

   $ 39       $ 39       $ 13       $ 13   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

As of July 18, 2013 upon completion of the acquisition of Peco, the Company is now a participating employer in a trustee-managed multiemployer defined benefit pension plan for employees who participate in collective bargaining agreements. The plan generally provides retirement benefits to employees based on years of service to the Company. The multiemployer pension plan is managed by a board of trustees. Contributions are based on the hours worked and are expensed on a current basis.

The risks of participating in a multiemployer defined benefit pension plan is different from a single-employer plan because: (a) assets contributed to the multiemployer plan by one employer may be used to provide benefits to employees of other participating employers, (b) if a participating employer stops contributing to the plan, the unfunded obligations of the plan may be required to be borne by the remaining participating employers, and (c) if the Company chooses to stop participating in a multiemployer plan, it may be required to pay a withdrawal liability to the plan. In connection with ongoing renegotiation of collective bargaining agreements, the Company may discuss and negotiate for the complete or partial withdrawal from its multiemployer pension plan. Depending on the number of employees withdrawn in any future period and the financial condition of the multiemployer plan at the time of withdrawal, the associated withdrawal liabilities could be material to the Company in the period of the withdrawal. The Company has no plans to withdraw from its multiemployer pension plan.

Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Plan (“WCTPP”) provides fixed retirement payments as a function of the total employer contributions payable for all service after 1986. However in the event WCTPP is underfunded, the monthly benefit amount can be reduced by the trustees of the plan. Plan information for the WCTPP, Employer Identification Number 91-6145047, is not publicly available for 2012. According to the most recently available Form 5500 for the plan year ended December 31, 2011, plan assets are $29.2 billion, the total actuarial present value of accumulated plan benefits is $35.7 billion, and contributions receivable from all employers totaled $101 million. WCTPP is over 90% funded as of the most recent financial statements.

The collective bargaining agreement of WCTPP requires contributions on the basis of hours worked. The agreement also has a minimum contribution requirement of $2.50 per compensable hour to a maximum of 184 hours per calendar year month and cumulatively to a maximum of 2080 hours per calendar year, for subsequent periods.

 

Pension Fund

   EIN/Pension
Plan Number
     Zone
Status
   Rehabilitation
Plan Status
   2012 Peco
Contributions
(In
thousands)
     Surcharge
Imposed
   Expiration Date of
Collective
Bargaining
Agreement
     Plan
Year
End
 

WCTPP

     91-6145047       Green    None    $  845       None      10/31/16         12/31