Defined Benefit Plans

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Defined Benefit Plans

Defined Benefit Plans

HGI

HGI has a noncontributory defined benefit pension plan (the "HGI Pension Plan") covering certain former U.S. employees. During 2006, the HGI Pension Plan was frozen which caused all existing participants to become fully vested in their benefits.

Additionally, HGI has an unfunded supplemental pension plan (the "Supplemental Plan") which provides supplemental retirement payments to certain former senior executives of HGI. The amounts of such payments equal the difference between the amounts received under the HGI Pension Plan and the amounts that would otherwise be received if HGI Pension Plan payments were not reduced as the result of the limitations upon compensation and benefits imposed by Federal law. Effective December 1994, the Supplemental Plan was frozen.

Spectrum Brands

Spectrum Brands has various defined benefit pension plans (the "Spectrum Brands Pension Plans") covering some of its employees in the United States and certain employees in other countries, primarily the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, Guatemala, Brazil and Mexico. The Spectrum Brands Pension Plans generally provide benefits of stated amounts for each year of service.

Spectrum Brands funds its U.S. pension plans in accordance with the Internal Revenue Service defined guidelines and, where applicable, in amounts sufficient to satisfy the minimum funding requirements of applicable laws. Additionally, in compliance with Spectrum Brands’ funding policy, annual contributions to non-U.S. defined benefit plans are equal to the actuarial recommendations or statutory requirements in the respective countries.

Spectrum Brands also provides post-retirement life insurance and medical benefits to certain retirees under two separate contributory plans.

Consolidated

The components of consolidated net periodic benefit and deferred compensation benefit costs and contributions made are as follows:

	Three months ended						Six months ended
	March 31, 2013			April 1, 2012			March 31, 2013			April 1, 2012
Service cost	$	0.9		$	0.7		$	1.7		$	1.3
Interest cost	2.7			2.7			5.3			4.9
Expected return on assets	(2.4		)	(2.3		)	(4.9		)	(3.8		)
Recognized net actuarial loss	0.6			0.3			1.1			0.3
Employee contributions	(0.1		)	(0.1		)	(0.1		)	(0.1		)
Net periodic benefit expense	$	1.7		$	1.3		$	3.1		$	2.6
Contributions made during period	$	1.2		$	1.7		$	1.9		$	2.6