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RETIREMENT AND BENEFIT PLANS
 9 Months Ended
Oct. 30, 2022
Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract]  
RETIREMENT AND BENEFIT PLANS RETIREMENT AND BENEFIT PLANS
The Company, as of October 30, 2022, has two noncontributory qualified defined benefit pension plans covering substantially all employees resident in the United States who were hired prior to January 1, 2022, and who meet certain age and service requirements. The plans provide monthly benefits upon retirement generally based on career average compensation and years of credited service. The plans also provide participants with the option to receive their benefits in the form of lump sum payments. Vesting in plan benefits generally occurs after five years of service. The Company refers to these two plans as its “Pension Plans.”

The Company also has three noncontributory unfunded non-qualified supplemental defined benefit pension plans, including:

–A plan for certain former members of Tommy Hilfiger’s domestic senior management. The plan is frozen and, as a result, participants do not accrue additional benefits.
–A capital accumulation program for certain former senior executives. Under the individual participants’ agreements, the participants in the program will receive a predetermined amount during the ten years following the attainment of age 65, provided that prior to the termination of employment with the Company, the participant has been in the plan for at least ten years and has attained age 55.
–A plan for certain employees resident in the United States hired prior to January 1, 2022, who meet certain age and service requirements that provides benefits for compensation in excess of Internal Revenue Service earnings limits and requires payments to vested employees upon, or shortly after, employment termination or retirement.

The Company refers to these three plans as its “SERP Plans.”
The components of net benefit cost recognized were as follows:
Pension PlansPension Plans
Thirteen Weeks EndedThirty-Nine Weeks Ended
(In millions)10/30/2210/31/2110/30/2210/31/21
Service cost$7.8 $9.9 $23.5 $30.4 
Interest cost    6.3 6.2 19.0 18.6 
Expected return on plan assets    (10.4)(11.2)(31.3)(33.4)
Special termination benefits— 0.2 — 0.5 
Heritage Brands transaction gain— (1.5)— (1.5)
Total    $3.7 $3.6 $11.2 $14.6 

SERP PlansSERP Plans
Thirteen Weeks EndedThirty-Nine Weeks Ended
(In millions)10/30/2210/31/2110/30/2210/31/21
Service cost$0.6 $1.1 $1.9 $3.5 
Interest cost    0.7 0.8 2.1 2.4 
Special termination benefits— 1.2 — 1.8 
Heritage Brands transaction gain— (0.3)— (0.3)
Total    $1.3 $2.8 $4.0 $7.4 

The Company completed the Heritage Brands transaction on the first day of the third quarter of 2021. In connection with the sale, the employment of certain employees based in the United States engaged in the Heritage Brands business was terminated during the third quarter of 2021. However, the Company retained the liability for any deferred vested benefits earned by these employees under its retirement plans. No further benefits were accrued under the plans for these employees and as a result, the Company recognized a gain of $1.8 million in the third quarter of 2021, with a corresponding decrease to its pension benefit obligation. For certain eligible employees affected by the transaction, the Company provided an enhanced retirement benefit and as a result recognized $1.4 million of special termination benefit costs during the third quarter of 2021 with a corresponding increase to its pension benefit obligation. These amounts were included in other gain in the Company’s Consolidated Statement of Operations. Please see Note 4, “Acquisitions and Divestitures,” for further discussion of the sale of certain heritage brands trademarks and other assets.

The Company provided enhanced retirement benefits to terminated employees during the second quarter of 2021 and as a result recognized $0.9 million of special termination benefit costs with a corresponding increase to its pension benefit obligation.

The Company also provides certain postretirement health care and life insurance benefits to certain retirees resident in the United States. As a result of the Company’s acquisition of The Warnaco Group, Inc. (“Warnaco”), the Company also provides certain postretirement health care and life insurance benefits to certain Warnaco retirees resident in the United States. Retirees contribute to the cost of the applicable plan, both of which are unfunded and frozen. The Company refers to these two plans as its “Postretirement Plans.” Net benefit cost related to the Postretirement Plans was immaterial for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended October 30, 2022 and October 31, 2021.

The components of net benefit cost are recorded in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations as follows: (i) the service cost component is recorded in selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses, (ii) the Heritage Brands transaction gain and the related special termination benefit costs are recorded in other gain, and (iii) the other components are recorded in non-service related pension and postretirement income.
Currently, the Company does not expect to make material contributions to the Pension Plans in 2022. The Company’s actual contributions may differ from planned contributions due to many factors, including changes in tax and other laws, as well as significant differences between expected and actual pension asset performance or interest rates.