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Retirement Plans
12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2022
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
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The Limoneira Company Retirement Plan (the “Plan”) is a noncontributory, defined benefit, single employer pension plan, which provides retirement benefits for all eligible employees. Benefits paid by the Plan are calculated based on years of service, highest five-year average earnings, primary Social Security benefit and retirement age. Effective June 2004, the Company froze the Plan and no additional benefits accrued to participants subsequent to that date. The Plan is administered by Principal Bank and Mercer Human Resource Consulting. In fiscal year 2021, the Company terminated the Plan effective December 31, 2021. The liabilities disclosed as of October 31, 2022 and 2021, reflect an estimate of the additional cost to pay lump sums to a portion of the active and vested terminated participants and purchase annuities for all remaining participants from an insurance company.
The Plan was funded consistent with the funding requirements of federal law and regulations. There were no funding contributions during fiscal years 2022 or 2021. Plan assets are invested in a group trust consisting primarily of cash.
The investment policy and strategy has been established to provide a total investment return that will, over time, maintain purchasing power parity for the Plan’s variable benefits and keep the Plan funding at a reasonable level. The target asset allocation is 100% cash.
The following tables set forth the Plan’s net periodic cost, changes in benefit obligation and Plan assets, funded status, amounts recognized in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets, additional year-end information and assumptions used in determining the benefit obligations and net periodic benefit cost.
The components of net periodic benefit cost for the Plan for fiscal years 2022 and 2021 were as follows (in thousands):
 20222021
Administrative expenses$718 $277 
Interest cost520 550 
Expected return on plan assets(511)(867)
Prior service cost45 45 
Amortization of net loss398 737 
Settlement loss recognized607 $— 
Net periodic benefit cost$1,777 $742 
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Following is a summary of the Plan’s funded status as of October 31 (in thousands):
 20222021
Change in benefit obligation:  
Benefit obligation at beginning of year$21,417 $22,898 
Administrative expenses718 277 
Plan settlements(3,604)— 
Interest cost520 550 
Benefits paid(1,327)(1,210)
Expenses paid(643)(240)
Actuarial gain(2,474)(858)
Benefit obligation at end of year$14,607 $21,417 
Change in plan assets:
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year$20,570 $19,352 
Actual return on plan assets(2,661)2,668 
Plan settlements(3,604)— 
Benefits paid(1,327)(1,210)
Expenses paid(643)(240)
Fair value of plan assets at end of year$12,335 $20,570 
Reconciliation of funded status:
Fair value of plan assets$12,335 $20,570 
Benefit obligations14,607 21,417 
Net plan obligations$(2,272)$(847)
Amounts recognized in statements of financial position:
Noncurrent liabilities$(2,272)$(847)
Net obligation recognized in statements of financial position$(2,272)$(847)
Reconciliation of amounts recognized in statements of financial position:
Prior service cost$(54)$(99)
Net loss(2,459)(2,766)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss(2,513)(2,865)
Accumulated contributions in excess of net periodic benefit cost241 2,018 
Net deficit recognized in statements of financial position$(2,272)$(847)
Presented below are changes in accumulated other comprehensive income, before tax, in the Plan as of October 31, (in thousands):
 20222021
Changes recognized in other comprehensive income:  
Net loss (gain) arising during the year$697 $(2,658)
Amortization of prior service cost(45)(45)
Amortization of net loss(1,005)(737)
Total recognized in other comprehensive income$(353)$(3,440)
Total recognized in net periodic benefit and other comprehensive loss (income)$1,424 $(2,699)
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The following assumptions, as of October 31, were used in determining benefit obligations and net periodic benefit cost ($ in thousands):
 20222021
Weighted-average assumptions used to determine benefit obligations:  
Discount rateNA2.58 %
Assumptions used to determine net periodic benefit cost:
Discount rate2.58 %2.50 %
Expected return on plan assets2.98 %5.05 %
Additional year-end information:
Projected benefit obligation$14,607 $21,417 
Accumulated benefit obligation$14,607 $21,417 
Fair value of plan assets$12,335 $20,570 
Employer contributions of $2,500,000 and benefit payments of $14,607,000 are expected to be paid in fiscal year 2023.
The following table sets forth the Plan’s assets as of October 31, 2022, segregated by level using the hierarchy established by FASB ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (in thousands):
 Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
Cash and cash equivalents$12,302 $— $— $12,302 
Accrued income— 33 — 33 
 $12,302 $33 $— $12,335 
The Company has a 401(k) plan in which an employee can participate after one year of employment. Employees may elect to defer up to 100% of their annual earnings subject to Internal Revenue Code limits. The Company makes a matching contribution on these deferrals up to 4% of the employee’s annual earnings. Participants vest in any matching contribution at a rate of 20% per year beginning after one year of employment. During fiscal years 2022, 2021 and 2020, the Company contributed to the plan and recognized expenses of $445,000, $546,000 and $1,107,000, respectively.