Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Liabilities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Liabilities

Note 14. Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Liabilities

The components of net pension and postretirement periodic benefit cost (income) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and October 2, 2011, were as follows (in thousands):

	U.S. Defined Benefit Plans						Non U.S. Defined Benefit Plans						Other Postretirement Benefit Plans
	2012			2011			2012			2011			2012			2011
Three Months Ended September 30, 2012, and October 2, 2011:
Interest cost	$	2,983		$	3,029		$	486		$	529		$	34		$	40
Expected return on plan assets	(2,592		)	(2,689		)	(523		)	(517		)	—			—
Amortization and deferrals:
Transition asset	—			—			(33		)	(33		)	—			—
Actuarial loss	888			563			161			163			—			—
Prior service cost	—			—			—			—			(41		)	(40		)
Net pension and postretirement periodic benefit cost (income)	$	1,279		$	903		$	91		$	142		$	(7	)	$	—

	U.S. Defined Benefit Plans						Non U.S. Defined Benefit Plans						Other Postretirement Benefit Plans
	2012			2011			2012			2011			2012			2011
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012, and October 2, 2011:
Interest cost	$	8,948		$	9,088		$	1,480		$	1,585		$	102		$	120
Expected return on plan assets	(7,775		)	(8,066		)	(1,592		)	(1,552		)	—			—
Amortization and deferrals:
Transition asset	—			—			(101		)	(100		)	—			—
Actuarial loss	2,664			1,689			489			490			—			—
Prior service cost	—			—			—			—			(124		)	(120		)
Net pension and postretirement periodic benefit cost (income)	$	3,837		$	2,711		$	276		$	423		$	(22	)	$	—

Our pension and other postretirement benefit plan contributions for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2012		September 30, 2012
U.S. defined benefit postretirement benefit plans	$	5,726	$	8,843
Matching contributions to 401(k) plan	839		3,161
Foreign pension plans	815		2,585
Total	$	7,380	$	14,589

Benefits paid pertaining to our other postretirement benefit plans were not material for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012.

We expect to contribute an additional $2.8 million to these plans during the remainder of 2012, including $1.0 million of benefit payments for our unfunded U.S. defined benefit plans, $0.9 million in matching contributions to our 401(k) plan, and $0.9 million in contributions to our foreign pension plans. We do not expect to make any additional contributions to our funded U.S. pension plan during the remainder of 2012.