Benefit Plans

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

Benefit Plans

Benefit Plans

The Company has Company-sponsored and mandatory defined benefit pension plans covering employees in the United Kingdom ("U.K."), Germany, the Philippines, China, Japan, Mexico, Italy and France. The amount of the retirement benefits provided under the plans is generally based on years of service and final average pay.

The Company recognizes interest cost, expected return on plan assets, and amortization of prior service, net within Other (income) expense, net in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Net Income. The components of net periodic benefit cost for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and October 1, 2022 were as follows: 

	For the Three Months Ended				For the Nine Months Ended
(in thousands)	September 30, 2023		October 1, 2022		September 30, 2023		October 1, 2022
Components of net periodic benefit cost:
Service cost	$	700	$	725	$	2,087	$	2,243
Interest cost	961		607		2,850		1,879
Expected return on plan assets	(470)		(361)		(1,409)		(1,144)
Amortization of prior service and net actuarial loss	12		92		34		289
Net periodic benefit cost	$	1,203	$	1,063	$	3,562	$	3,267

The Company expects to make approximately $2.0 million of contributions to the plans and pay $1.9 million of benefits directly in 2023.

The Company also sponsors certain post-employment plans in foreign countries and other statutory benefit plans. The Company recorded expense of $0.4 million and $0.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and October 1, 2022, respectively, and $1.1 million and $1.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and October 1, 2022, respectively, in Cost of Sales and Other (income) expense, net within the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Net Income. The pre-tax (gains) losses amount recognized in other comprehensive (loss) income as components of net periodic benefit costs for these plans were nominal and $0.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and October 1, 2022, respectively, and $(0.1) million and $0.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and October 1, 2022, respectively.