Pension and Postretirement Benefits

9 Months Ended

Sep. 29, 2019

In February 2018, the Compensation Committee of the Company's Board of Directors approved a resolution to terminate the Company's U.S. defined benefit pension plan ("U.S. Pension Plan"). During the first quarter of 2018 the Company commenced the U.S. Pension Plan termination process and received regulatory approval during the fourth quarter of 2018. During the second quarter of 2019, the Company settled all remaining benefits directly with vested participants electing a lump sum payout, and purchased a group annuity contract from Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company to administer all future payments to remaining U.S. Pension Plan participants. The U.S. Pension Plan's net funded asset position was sufficient to cover the lump sum payments and the purchase of the group annuity contract and settle all other remaining benefit obligations with no additional cost to the Company. After the settlement of the benefit obligations and payment of expenses, the Company had excess assets in the U.S. Pension Plan of approximately $19,000. The Company elected to utilize the remaining surplus after payment of administrative expenses for the Company's future matching contributions under the Company's 401(k) plan. Upon settlement of the pension liability, which occurred in May 2019, the Company recognized a non-operating settlement charge of $110,777 related to pension losses, reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss to other (income) expense in the Company's consolidated statements of operations, adjusted for market conditions and settlement costs at benefit distribution.

As of September 29, 2019, the Company had unrecognized losses related to its remaining pension and postretirement plans of $32,115.

The components of the net periodic cost of the Company's terminated U.S. Pension Plan, remaining defined benefit pension plan and other postretirement plans for the quarters and nine months ended September 29, 2019 and September 30, 2018 are as follows:



	Quarter Ended
	Pension					Postretirement
	September 29, 2019			September 30, 2018		September 29, 2019	September 30, 2018
Service cost	$	325		678		311	189
Interest cost	821			3,997		316	292
Expected return on assets	(476		)	(5,190	)	—	—
Settlement	—			—		—	—
Net amortization and deferrals	598			2,971		5	42
Net periodic benefit cost	$	1,268		2,456		632	523



	Nine Months Ended
	Pension				Postretirement
	September 29, 2019		September 30, 2018		September 29, 2019	September 30, 2018
Service cost	2,170		2,030		667	566
Interest cost	7,939		11,993		948	877
Expected return on assets	(7,642	)	(15,569	)	—	—
Settlement	110,777		—		—	—
Net amortization and deferrals	7,906		8,913		15	127
Net periodic benefit cost	121,150		7,367		1,630	1,570

During the nine months ended September 29, 2019, the Company made cash contributions of $1,880 to its remaining defined benefit pension plans. During fiscal 2019, the Company expects to make cash contributions to its remaining defined benefit pension plans of approximately $2,100 in the aggregate.