Note H - Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

3 Months Ended

Sep. 26, 2025

Notes to Financial Statements

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H. Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

The Company has non-contributory, qualified defined benefit plans covering substantially all domestic employees hired prior to October 1, 2003 and certain foreign employees. Additionally, the Company provides healthcare and life insurance benefits for certain domestic retirees.

The components of the net periodic benefit cost for the defined benefit pension plans and the other postretirement benefit plan are as follows:

The service cost component is included in cost of goods sold and marketing, engineering and administrative expenses. All other components of net periodic benefit cost (gain) are included in other income (expense), net.

	For the Quarter Ended
	September 26, 2025			September 27, 2024
Pension Benefits:
Service cost	$	90		$	82
Prior Service cost		5			5
Interest cost		774			837
Expected return on plan assets		(751	)		(826	)
Amortization of transition obligation		8			10
Amortization of prior service cost (benefit)		0			6
Amortization of actuarial net loss (gain)		647			246
Net periodic benefit cost (gain)	$	774		$	360
Postretirement Benefits:
Service cost	$	1		$	3
Interest cost		35			53
Amortization of prior service cost (benefit)		-			(69	)
Amortization of actuarial net loss (gain)		(13	)		(10	)
Net periodic benefit cost (gain)	$	23		$	(23	)

The Company expects to contribute approximately $705 to its pension plans in fiscal 2026. As of September 26 2025, the amount of $181 in contributions to the pension plans have been made.

The Company has reclassified $632 (net of $1 in taxes) of benefit plan adjustments from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) during the quarter ended September 26, 2025, and $221 (net of $11 in taxes) during the quarter ended September 27, 2024. These reclassifications are included in the computation of net periodic benefit cost (gain).