Employee Benefit Plans

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Compensation And Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Employee Benefit Plans

14. Employee Benefit Plans

Defined Benefit Plans

The following table summarizes the components of pension expense related to the Company’s defined benefit plans (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
Service cost	$	4,491		$	3,554		$	13,122		$	11,419
Interest cost		891			867			2,741			2,600
Expected return on plan assets		(805	)		(869	)		(2,549	)		(2,583	)
Amortization of actuarial losses		229			225			661			680
	$	4,806		$	3,777		$	13,975		$	12,116

Other

As of September 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, the Company had a severance accrual included in accounts payable and accrued expenses on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets of $2.4 million and $3.3 million, respectively. The Company recognizes obligations associated with severance related to contractual termination benefits at fair value on the date that it is probable that the affected employees will be entitled to the benefit and the amount can reasonably be estimated. The severance accrual is related to cost reduction programs that will result in severance for approximately 270 positions. During the first nine months of 2016, the Company recognized approximately $513,000 of net reversals related to these cost reduction programs in the Product Development segment, primarily as a result of affected individuals transferring into other positions within the Company. The Company expects the majority of the severance accrual at September 30, 2016 will be paid in 2017.

The following amounts were recorded for the severance associated with cost reduction programs (in thousands):

Balance at December 31, 2015	$	3,337
Expense, net of reversals		(513	)
Payments		(344	)
Foreign currency translation		(45	)
Balance at September 30, 2016	$	2,435