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Employee Benefit Plans
 9 Months Ended
Jul. 01, 2012
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]  
Employee Benefit Plans
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
Pension Benefits
The Company has various defined benefit pension plans covering some of its employees in the U.S. and certain employees in other countries, primarily the United Kingdom and Germany. These pension plans generally provide benefits of stated amounts for each year of service.
The Company’s results of operations for the three and nine month periods ended July 1, 2012 and July 3, 2011 reflect the following pension and deferred compensation benefit costs:
 
 
Three Months
 
Nine Months
Components of net periodic pension benefit and deferred compensation benefit cost
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
Service cost
$
578

 
$
781

 
$
1,700

 
$
2,344

Interest cost
2,552

 
2,557

 
7,030

 
7,670

Expected return on assets
(2,051
)
 
(1,965
)
 
(5,378
)
 
(5,896
)
Recognized net actuarial loss
242

 
97

 
508

 
291

Employee contributions
(46
)
 
(129
)
 
(139
)
 
(386
)
Net periodic benefit cost
$
1,275

 
$
1,341

 
$
3,721

 
$
4,023



The Company funds its U.S. pension plans in accordance with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) defined guidelines and, where applicable, in amounts sufficient to satisfy the minimum funding requirements of applicable laws. Additionally, in compliance with the Company’s funding policy, annual contributions to non-U.S. defined benefit plans are equal to the actuarial recommendations or statutory requirements in the respective countries. The Company’s contributions to its pension and deferred compensation plans for the three and nine month periods ended July 1, 2012 and July 3, 2011 were as follows:
 
 
Three Months
 
Nine Months
Pension and deferred compensation contributions
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
Contributions made during period
$
1,289

 
$
3,189

 
$
3,767

 
$
6,145



The Company sponsors a defined contribution pension plan for its domestic salaried employees, which allows participants to make contributions by salary reduction pursuant to Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Company also sponsors defined contribution pension plans for employees of certain foreign subsidiaries. Company contributions charged to operations, including discretionary amounts, for the three and nine month periods ended July 1, 2012 were $545 and $1,694, respectively. Company contributions charged to operations, including discretionary amounts, for the three and nine month periods ended July 3, 2011 were $1,439 and $4,192, respectively.