Benefit Plans

The Company has an unfunded, nonqualified defined benefit plan (“Pension Plan”) for its officers. The Pension Plan is noncontributory and provides benefits based on years of service and compensation during employment. The Company determines pension expense using an actuarial cost method to estimate the total benefits ultimately payable to officers and allocates this cost to service periods. The actuarial assumptions used to calculate pension costs are reviewed annually. The Company contributed $1.4 million and $3.3 million to the Pension Plan during the three and nine months ended October 29, 2016 and expects to make additional contributions to the Pension Plan of approximately $1.1 million during the remainder of fiscal 2016.

The components of net periodic benefit costs are as follows (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	October 29, 2016		October 31, 2015		October 29, 2016		October 31, 2015
Components of net periodic benefit costs:
Service cost	$	983	$	983	$	2,950	$	2,949
Interest cost	1,920		1,684		5,759		5,052
Net actuarial loss	301		924		903		2,772
Net periodic benefit costs	$	3,204	$	3,591	$	9,612	$	10,773

Net periodic benefit costs are included in selling, general and administrative expenses.