Employee Benefit Plans

3 Months Ended

Mar. 30, 2012

Employee Benefit Plans

10. Employee Benefit Plans

The net periodic pension cost for the U.K. and Japan defined benefit pension plans include the following components (in thousands):

	U.K. Plan						Japan Plan
	Three Months Ended						Three Months Ended
	March 30, 2012			April 1, 2011			March 30, 2012		April 1, 2011
Components of the net periodic pension cost:
Service cost	$	—		$	—		$	54	$	50
Interest cost		341			375			7		7
Expected return on plan assets		(313	)		(391	)		—		—
Amortization of the unrecognized transition obligation		—			—			20		19
Amortization of actuarial loss		97			56			—		—
Net periodic pension cost	$	125		$	40		$	81	$	76