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Employee Benefit Plans
3 Months Ended
Oct. 01, 2011
Employee Benefit Plans [Abstract] 
Employee Benefit Plans
13.   Employee Benefit Plans
 
    Defined Benefit Pension Plan
    On December 31, 2006, we froze our pension and supplemental executive retirement plans.
    The components of net periodic pension cost for these plans for the three months ended October 1, 2011 and October 2, 2010 are as follows:
                                 
                    Supplemental Executive  
    Pension Plan     Retirement Plan  
    Three Months Ended     Three Months Ended  
    October 1,     October 2,     October 1,     October 2,  
    2011     2010     2011     2010  
Interest cost
  $ 1.0     $ 1.0     $ 0.2     $ 0.2  
Expected return on assets
    (1.0 )     (0.8 )            
Amortization of net loss
    0.4       0.5              
 
                       
Net periodic pension cost
  $ 0.4     $ 0.7     $ 0.2     $ 0.2  
 
                       
    We contributed approximately $6.3 million to the pension plan in the first quarter of fiscal year 2012.
 
    Multi-Employer Pension Plans
    We participate in a number of union sponsored, collectively bargained multi-employer pension plans (“MEPPs”). We record the required cash contributions to the MEPPs as an expense in the period incurred and a liability is recognized for any contributions due and unpaid, consistent with the accounting for defined contribution plans. In addition, we are responsible for our proportional share of any unfunded vested benefits related to the MEPPs. However, under applicable accounting rules, we are not required to record a liability for our portion of any unfunded vested benefit liability until we withdraw from the plan.
    In the first quarter of fiscal year 2011, two locations voted to decertify their respective unions. The decertification resulted in a partial withdrawal from the related MEPPs and we recorded a withdrawal liability of $1.0 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 2011.
    As evidenced by the previous decertification noted above, a partial or full withdrawal from a MEPP may be triggered by circumstances beyond our control, such as union members voting to decertify their union. In addition, we could trigger the liability by successfully negotiating with the union to discontinue participation in the MEPP. If a future withdrawal from a plan occurs, we will record our proportional share of any unfunded vested benefits in the period in which the withdrawal occurs. The ultimate amount of the withdrawal liability assessed by the MEPPs is impacted by a number of factors, including investment returns, benefit levels, interest rates, financial difficulty of other participants in the plan, including bankruptcy and continued participation by the company and other employers in the MEPPs. Based upon the most recent information available from the trustees managing the MEPPs, our share of the unfunded vested benefits for the remaining plans is estimated to be approximately $25.0 to $31.0 million. If this liability were to be triggered, we would have the option to make payments over a period of 20 years. Though the most recent plan data available from the MEPPs was used in computing this estimate, it is subject to change based on, among other things, future market conditions, employer contributions and benefit levels, each of which could impact the ultimate withdrawal liability.
    The majority of our unfunded obligation is related to our participation in the Central States MEPP. We currently participate in this plan through several collective bargaining agreements that have expiration dates starting in January 2012 and continuing through 2013. We recently met with representatives from the union representing two facilities and communicated our intention to negotiate out of the Central States MEPP during the upcoming collective bargaining negotiations. We are currently unable to predict the ultimate outcome of these negotiations. However, if we are able to successfully withdraw from this MEPP, we anticipate it would trigger a withdrawal liability which would have a material impact on our financial results.