RETIREMENT PLANS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

In connection with our acquisition of Furmanite, we assumed liabilities associated with the defined benefit pension plans of two foreign subsidiaries, one plan covering certain United Kingdom employees (the “U.K. Plan”) and the other covering certain Norwegian employees (the “Norwegian Plan”). As the Norwegian Plan represents approximately three percent of both the Company’s total pension plan liabilities and total pension plan assets, only the schedule of net periodic pension cost includes combined amounts from the two plans, while assumption and narrative information relates solely to the U.K. Plan.

Net periodic pension cost, from the date of the Furmanite acquisition, for the U.K. and Norwegian Plans includes the following components (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2016			2015
	(unaudited)			(unaudited)
Service cost	$	7		$	—
Interest cost	267			—
Expected return on plan assets	(273		)	—
Net periodic pension cost	$	1		$	—

The expected long-term rate of return on invested assets is determined based on the weighted average of expected returns on asset investment categories as follows: 4.9% overall, 6.2% for equities and 2.2% for bonds. We expect to contribute $1.3 million to the pension plan for 2016, of which $0.1 million has been contributed through March 31, 2016.