Pension And Other Postretirement Benefits Liabilities

9 Months Ended

Oct. 02, 2011

Pension And Other Postretirement Benefits Liabilities

Pension And Other Postretirement Benefits Liabilities

Note 15. Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Liabilities

The components of net pension and postretirement periodic benefit cost (income) for the three and nine months ended October 2, 2011 and September 26, 2010, were as follows (in thousands):

	U.S. Defined Benefit Plans						Non U.S. Defined Benefit Plans						Other Postretirement Benefit Plans
	2011			2010			2011			2010			2011			2010
Three Months Ended October 2, 2011, and September 26, 2010:
Service cost	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	74		$	—		$	—
Interest cost		3,029			2,945			529			462			40			64
Expected return on plan assets		(2,689	)		(2,803	)		(517	)		(559	)		—			—
Amortization and deferrals:
Transition asset		—			—			(33	)		(31	)		—			—
Actuarial loss		563			292			163			9			—			11
Prior service cost		—			—			—			—			(40	)		—
Net pension and postretirement periodic benefit cost (income)	$	903		$	434		$	142		$	(45	)	$	—		$	75

	U.S. Defined Benefit Plans						Non U.S. Defined Benefit Plans						Other Postretirement Benefit Plans
	2011			2010			2011			2010			2011			2010
Nine Months Ended October 2, 2011, and September 26, 2010:
Service cost	$	—		$	189		$	—		$	222		$	—		$	—
Interest cost		9,088			8,836			1,585			1,385			120			191
Expected return on plan assets		(8,066	)		(8,408	)		(1,552	)		(1,677	)		—			—
Amortization and deferrals:
Transition asset		—			—			(100	)		(94	)		—			—
Actuarial loss		1,689			876			490			28			—			34
Prior service cost		—			—			—			—			(120	)		—
Net pension and postretirement periodic benefit cost (income)	$	2,711		$	1,493		$	423		$	(136	)	$	—		$	225

Our pension and other postretirement benefit plan contributions for the three and nine months ended October 2, 2011, were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended October 2, 2011		Nine Months Ended October 2, 20110
U.S. defined benefit postretirement benefit plans	$	2,794	$	4,606
Matching contributions to 401(k) plan		1,030		3,108
Foreign pension plans		431		800
Total	$	4,255	$	8,514

US defined benefit contributions include employer contributions of $1.8 million to the Intermec Pension Plan paid on September 15, 2011 to satisfy minimum funding requirements that began in 2011 for the 2010 plan year.

Benefits paid pertaining to our other postretirement benefit plans were not material for the three and nine months ended October 2, 2011.

We expect to contribute an additional $2.6 million to these plans during the remainder of 2011, of which $1.0 million relates to benefit payments to our funded and unfunded U.S. defined benefit plans, $1.1 million in matching contributions to our 401(k) plan, and $0.5 million in contributions to our foreign pension plans.