Pension Plan

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

PENSION PLANS [Abstract]

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure

PENSION PLANS

Components of net pension cost for the Qualified Pension Plan and Supplemental Employees’ Retirement Plan (SERP) are as follows (in thousands):

	Qualified Pension Plan						SERP
	For the three months ended						For the three months ended
	September 30, 2011			October 1, 2010			September 30, 2011		October 1, 2010
Service cost for benefits earned	$	3,021		$	2,752		$	90	$	98
Interest cost on projected
benefit obligation	7,082			7,185			129		188
Expected return on plan assets	(8,581		)	(7,987		)	—		—
Effect of curtailment	—			—			—		737
Net amortization and deferral	1,695			554			38		105
Net pension cost	$	3,217		$	2,504		$	257	$	1,128

	Qualified Pension Plan						SERP
	For the nine months ended						For the nine months ended
	September 30, 2011			October 1, 2010			September 30, 2011		October 1, 2010
Service cost for benefits earned	$	9,061		$	8,774		$	270	$	278
Interest cost on projected
benefit obligation	21,244			21,920			387		592
Expected return on plan assets	(25,741		)	(24,038		)	—		—
Effect of curtailment	—			221			560		737
Net amortization and deferral	5,086			2,109			114		232
Net pension cost	$	9,650		$	8,986		$	1,331	$	1,839

The Company has contributed $19.6 million to the Qualified Pension Plan for the 2011 plan year, $13.8 million of which was voluntary. The Company does not expect to make any further contributions to the Qualified Pension Plan during 2011. The Company expects to contribute $4.4 million to the SERP for the 2011 plan year, $4.3 million of which was contributed during the first nine months of 2011. For the 2010 plan year, the Company made contributions of $35.7 million to the qualified plan and $3.4 million to the SERP.