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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS [Abstract]  
Benefit Plan's projected benefit obligation and valuation of plan assets
The Benefit Plan’s projected benefit obligation and valuation of plan assets were as follows for the years ended December 31 (in thousands):

Projected benefit obligation:
 
2013
  
2012
 
Balance, beginning of year
 
$
714
  
$
1,270
 
Service cost
  
106
   
169
 
Interest cost
  
6
   
15
 
Liability losses
  
59
   
94
 
Benefits paid to participants
  
(121
)
  
(71
)
Special termination benefit
  
   
7
 
Prior service cost
  
   
(678
)
Foreign currency
  
(135
)
  
(92
)
Balance, end of year
 
$
629
  
$
714
 
 
        
Plan assets:
 2013  2012 
Fair value, beginning of year
 
$
  
$
 
Company contributions
  
121
   
71
 
Benefits paid to participants
  
(121
)
  
(71
)
Fair value, end of year
 
$
  
$
 
 
Funded status of the Benefit Plan as of December 31 (in thousands):
 
2013
  
2012
 
Benefit obligation
 
$
(629
)
 
$
(714
)
Fair value of plan assets
  
   
 
Excess of benefit obligation over fair value of plan assets
 
$
(629
)
 
$
(714
)
 
Amounts recognized in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets consist of, as of December 31 (in thousands):
 
2013
  
2012
 
Accrued benefit liability
 
$
(629
)
 
$
(714
)
Transition obligation and unrealized gain
  
(458
)
  
(682
)
Net amount recognized in the consolidated balance sheets
 
$
(1,087
)
 
$
(1,396
)
 
 
 
Years Ended December 31,
 
Other changes recognized in comprehensive income/loss (in thousands):
 
2013
  
2012
 
Net periodic cost
 
$
64
  
$
158
 
Current year loss
  
59
   
94
 
Amortization of transition obligation
  
(4
)
  
(5
)
Total recognized in other comprehensive income
  
55
   
89
 
Total recognized in comprehensive income (loss)
 
$
119
  
$
247
 
 
 
 
As of December 31,
 
Amounts not yet reflected in net periodic benefit cost and included in accumulated other comprehensive gain/loss (in thousands):
 
2013
  
2012
 
Transition obligation
 
$
66
  
$
168
 
Prior service cost
  
447
   
602
 
Net actuarial gain
  
(55
)
  
(88
)
Total recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss
 
$
458
  
$
682
 
 
2014 estimated amounts of amortized transition obligation (in thousands):
 
2014
 
Transition obligation
 
$
(4
)
 
 
As of December 31,
 
Aggregate Benefit Plan information and accumulated benefit obligation in excess of plan assets (in thousands):
2013
 
2012
 
Projected benefit obligation
 
$
629
  
$
714
 
Accumulated benefit obligation
  
629
   
714
 
Fair value of plan assets
  
   
 
Weighted-average assumptions to determine the benefit obligation and net cost
The weighted-average assumptions to determine the benefit obligation and net cost are as follows:

 
 
2013
  
2012
 
Discount rate
  
0.50
%
  
1.00
%
Rate of increase in compensation levels
  
   
%
Pension expense for Benefit Plan included in selling, general and administrative expenses

Pension expense for the Benefit Plan is included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and is comprised of the following for the years ended December 31 (in thousands):

 
 
2013
  
2012
 
Service cost
 
$
106
  
$
169
 
Interest cost
  
6
   
15
 
Amortization of transition obligation
  
4
   
5
 
Gain
  
(4
)
  
(9
)
Special termination
  
   
7
 
Prior service cost
  
(48
)
  
(29
)
Benefit adjustment
  
   
 
Total pension expense
 
$
64
  
$
158
 
Benefits expected to be paid by the Benefit Plan
The Company expects to contribute approximately $90,000 to the Benefit Plan in 2014. As of December 31, 2013, benefits expected to be paid by the Benefit Plan for the next ten years is approximately as follows (in thousands):

2014
 
$
90
 
2015
  
135
 
2016
  
57
 
2017
  
54
 
2018
  
50
 
Next five years
  
210
 
Total expected benefits to be paid
 
$
596