Employee Benefit Plans

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Disclosures [Abstract]

Employee Benefit Plans

14. Employee Benefit Plans

Retirement Plans

The Company sponsors qualified defined benefit pension plans covering certain employees of the Company and its subsidiaries, although the U.S. qualified and non-qualified defined benefit plans are closed to new entrants. The plans’ benefits are generally based on years of service and employee compensation. The Company also provides to certain management employees, through non-qualified plans, supplemental retirement benefits in excess of qualified plan limits imposed by federal tax law.

The tables below set forth the components of the Company’s net periodic (income) expense relating to retirement benefit plans. The service cost component is recognized within selling, general and administrative expenses and cost of goods and services, depending on the functional area of the underlying employees included in the plans, and the non-operating components of pension costs are included within other income, net in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings.

Qualified Defined Benefits

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	U.S. Plan				Non-U.S. Plans
	2022		2021		2022		2021
Service cost	$	1,426	$	1,784	$	1,221	$	1,442
Interest cost	3,436		3,401		884		667
Expected return on plan assets	(7,276)		(7,245)		(1,891)		(1,799)
Amortization:
Prior service cost (credit)	27		53		(134)		(169)
Recognized actuarial loss	575		2,503		458		1,000
Net periodic (income) expense	$	(1,812)	$	496	$	538	$	1,141

Non-Qualified Supplemental Benefits

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2022		2021
Service cost	$	356	$	390
Interest cost	304		308
Amortization:
Prior service cost	372		383
Recognized actuarial gain	(504)		(418)
Net periodic expense	$	528	$	663

Defined Contribution Retirement Plans

The Company also offers defined contribution retirement plans which cover the majority of its U.S. employees, as well as employees in certain other countries. The related expense is recognized within selling, general and administrative expenses and cost of goods and services, depending on the functional area of the underlying employees included in the plans. The Company’s expense relating to defined contribution plans was $17,673 and $15,061 for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.