Employee Benefit Plans

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Employee Benefit Plans [Abstract]

Employee Benefit Plans

(18) Employee Benefit Plans

The Industrial Group sponsors noncontributory defined benefit pension plans (the Pension Plans) covering certain of its employees. The Pension Plans covering salaried and management employees provide pension benefits that are based on the employees’ highest five-year average compensation within ten years before retirement. The Pension Plans covering hourly employees and union members generally provide benefits at stated amounts for each year of service. All of the Company’s pension plans are frozen to new participants and certain plans are frozen to additional benefit accruals. The Company’s funding policy is to make the minimum annual contributions required by the applicable regulations. The Pension Plans’ assets are primarily invested in equity securities and fixed income securities. The following table details the components of pension (income) expense (in thousands):

	Year ended December 31,
	2012			2011
Service cost	$	25		$	36
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation		1,870			2,068
Net amortizations and deferrals		842			585
Expected return on plan assets		(2,430	)		(2,554	)
	$	307		$	135

The following are summaries of the changes in the benefit obligations and plan assets and of the funded status of the Pension Plans (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2012			2011
Change in benefit obligation:
Benefit obligation at beginning of year	$	44,144		$	42,094
Service cost		25			36
Interest cost		1,870			2,068
Actuarial loss		2,780			3,041
Benefits paid		(3,258	)		(3,095	)
Benefit obligation at end of year	$	45,561		$	44,144
Change in plan assets:
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year	$	32,420		$	34,364
Actual return on plan assets		4,307			398
Company contributions		1,598			753
Benefits paid		(3,258	)		(3,095	)
Fair value of plan assets at end of year	$	35,067		$	32,420
Underfunded status of the plans	$	(10,494	)	$	(11,724	)
Balance sheet assets (liabilities):
Other assets	$	0		$	0
Accrued liabilities		0			0
Other liabilities		(10,494	)		(11,724	)
Net amount recognized	$	(10,494	)	$	(11,724	)
Pension plans with accumulated benefit obligation in excess of plan assets:
Projected benefit obligation	$	45,561		$	44,144
Accumulated benefit obligation		45,543			44,121
Fair value of plan assets		35,067			32,420
Projected benefit obligation and net periodic pension cost assumptions:
Discount rate		3.80	%		4.40	%
Rate of compensation increase		4.00			4.00
Expected long-term rate of return on plan assets		7.75			7.75
Weighted average asset allocation:
Equity securities		58	%		61	%
Debt securities		42			39
Total		100	%		100	%

Investments in our defined benefit plans are stated at fair value. The fair values of our pension plan assets as of December 31, 2012, are as follows (in thousands):

	Quoted Prices In Active Markets (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Asset categories:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	879	$	0
Equity investments:
U.S. Large Cap		13,441		0
U.S. Mid Cap		1,444		0
U.S. Small Cap		711		0
World Equity		2,933		0
Real estate		895		0
Other		756		0
Fixed income securities		4,389		9,619
Total Plan Assets	$	25,448	$	9,619

The Company uses December 31 as the measurement date for the Pension Plans. Total estimated contributions expected to be paid to the plans during 2013 ranges from $600,000 to $800,000, which represents the minimum funding amounts required by federal law. The expected long-term rates of return on plan assets for determining net periodic pension cost for 2012 and 2011 were chosen by the Company from a best estimate range determined by applying anticipated long-term returns and long-term volatility for various assets categories to the target asset allocation of the plan. The target asset allocation of plan assets is equity securities ranging 0-55%, fixed income securities ranging 35-100% and non-traditional/other of 0%-10% of total investments.

Accumulated other comprehensive loss at December 31, 2012 includes $19,073,000 of unrecognized actuarial losses that have not yet been recognized in net periodic pension cost: The actuarial loss included in accumulated other comprehensive loss and expected to be recognized in net periodic pension cost during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 is $847,000.

At December 31, 2012, the benefits expected to be paid in each of the next five fiscal years, and in aggregate for the five fiscal years thereafter are as follows (in thousands):

2013	$	3,243
2014		3,230
2015		3,218
2016		3,228
2017		3,200
2018-2022		15,090
	$	31,209

The Company sponsors a defined contribution plan (the Defined Contribution Plan) for substantially all domestic employees of the Company. The Defined Contribution Plan is intended to meet the requirements of Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Defined Contribution Plan allows the Company to match participant contributions and provide discretionary contributions. Effective March 2009, the Company suspended the participant match for all participants other than those covered by a union contract. Effective October 2010, the Company reinstated a 1% match for those same participants. Effective July 2011, the Company increased the match to 2% for those same participants. Effective January 2012, the Company increased the match to 3%. Contributions to the Defined Contribution Plan in 2012 and 2011 totaled approximately $908,000 and $446,000, respectively.

The Company has self-insured medical plans (the Medical Plans) covering substantially all domestic employees. The number of employees participating in the Medical Plans was approximately 702 and 715 at December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The Medical Plans limit the Company’s annual obligations to fund claims to specified amounts per participant. The Company is adequately insured for amounts in excess of these limits. Employees are responsible for payment of a portion of the premiums. During 2012 and 2011, the Company charged approximately $4,107,000 and $3,979,000, respectively, to operations related to medical claims incurred and estimated, reinsurance premiums, and administrative costs for the Medical Plans.

In addition, certain of the Company’s non-U.S. employees are covered by various defined benefit and defined contribution plans. The Company’s expenses for these plans related to continuing operations totaled approximately $200,000 and $262,000 in 2012 and 2011, respectively. The aggregate benefit plan assets and accumulated benefit obligation of these plans are not significant.