Defined Benefit Plans

Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan

On August 23, 2005, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted a Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (“SERP”) which became effective January 1, 2006. The SERP provides select employees who satisfy certain eligibility requirements with certain benefits upon retirement, termination of employment, death, disability or a change in control of the Company, in certain prescribed circumstances.

As a non-qualified pension plan, no dedicated funding of the SERP is required; however, the Company has made periodic payments into insurance policies held in a rabbi trust to fund the expected obligations arising under the non-qualified SERP. The amount of any future payments into the insurance policies, if any, may vary depending on investment performance of the trust. The cash surrender values of the insurance policies were $61.6 million and $64.5 million as of November 3, 2018 and February 3, 2018, respectively, and were included in other assets in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets. As a result of changes in the value of the insurance policy investments, the Company recorded unrealized loss of $2.3 million and $1.6 million in other expense during the three and nine months ended November 3, 2018, respectively, and unrealized gains of $1.6 million and $5.5 million in other income during the three and nine months ended October 28, 2017, respectively. The projected benefit obligation was $54.9 million and $54.8 million as of November 3, 2018 and February 3, 2018, respectively, and was included in accrued expenses and other long-term liabilities in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets depending on the expected timing of payments. SERP benefit payments of $0.4 million and $1.3 million were made during the three and nine months ended November 3, 2018, respectively. SERP benefit payments of $0.4 million and $1.3 million were made during the three and nine months ended October 28, 2017, respectively.

Foreign Pension Plans

In certain foreign jurisdictions, primarily in Switzerland, the Company is required to guarantee the returns on Company-sponsored defined contribution plans in accordance with local regulations. These plans are typically government-mandated defined contribution plans that provide employees with a minimum investment return, and as such, are treated under pension accounting in accordance with authoritative guidance. Under the Swiss plan, both the Company and certain of its employees with annual earnings in excess of government determined amounts are required to make contributions into a fund managed by an independent investment fiduciary. The Company’s contributions must be made in an amount at least equal to the employee’s contribution. Minimum employee contributions are based on the respective employee’s age, salary and gender.

As of November 3, 2018 and February 3, 2018, the foreign pension plans had a total projected benefit obligation of $27.9 million and $26.4 million, respectively, and plan assets held in independent investment fiduciaries of $22.4 million and $21.4 million, respectively. The net liability of $5.5 million and $5.0 million was included in other long-term liabilities in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets as of November 3, 2018 and February 3, 2018, respectively.

The components of net periodic defined benefit pension cost for the three and nine months ended November 3, 2018 and October 28, 2017 related to the Company’s defined benefit plans are as follows (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended Nov 3, 2018
	SERP		Foreign Pension Plans			Total
Service cost	$	—	$	730		$	730
Interest cost	471		54			525
Expected return on plan assets	—		(72		)	(72		)
Net amortization of unrecognized prior service credit	—		(7		)	(7		)
Net amortization of actuarial losses	47		103			150
Net periodic defined benefit pension cost	$	518	$	808		$	1,326



	Nine Months Ended Nov 3, 2018
	SERP		Foreign Pension Plans			Total
Service cost	$	—	$	2,224		$	2,224
Interest cost	1,415		164			1,579
Expected return on plan assets	—		(221		)	(221		)
Net amortization of unrecognized prior service credit	—		(21		)	(21		)
Net amortization of actuarial losses	140		313			453
Net periodic defined benefit pension cost	$	1,555	$	2,459		$	4,014



	Three Months Ended Oct 28, 2017
	SERP		Foreign Pension Plans			Total
Service cost	$	—	$	492		$	492
Interest cost	461		22			483
Expected return on plan assets	—		(48		)	(48		)
Net amortization of unrecognized prior service credit	—		(7		)	(7		)
Net amortization of actuarial losses	38		78			116
Net periodic defined benefit pension cost	$	499	$	537		$	1,036



	Nine Months Ended Oct 28, 2017
	SERP		Foreign Pension Plans			Total
Service cost	$	—	$	1,452		$	1,452
Interest cost	1,382		64			1,446
Expected return on plan assets	—		(143		)	(143		)
Net amortization of unrecognized prior service credit	—		(20		)	(20		)
Net amortization of actuarial losses	114		230			344
Net periodic defined benefit pension cost	$	1,496	$	1,583		$	3,079

During the first quarter of fiscal 2019, the Company adopted new authoritative guidance which requires that the non-service components of net periodic defined benefit pension cost be presented outside of loss from operations. The Company adopted this guidance on a retrospective basis and, as a result, reclassified approximately $0.5 million and $1.6 million from SG&A expenses to other income (expense) for the three and nine months ended October 28, 2017, respectively.