Employee Benefit Plans

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Employee Benefit Plans

Employee Benefit Plans

Mattel and certain of its subsidiaries have qualified and nonqualified retirement plans covering substantially all employees of these companies, which are more fully described in Part II, Item 8 “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data—Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements–Employee Benefit Plans” in its 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

A summary of the components of net periodic benefit cost for Mattel’s defined benefit pension plans is as follows:

	For the Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2017			March 31, 2016
	(In thousands)
Service cost	$	1,166		$	1,422
Interest cost	5,320			6,141
Expected return on plan assets	(5,733		)	(6,473		)
Amortization of prior service cost	8			8
Recognized actuarial loss	1,820			1,836
	$	2,581		$	2,934
A summary of the components of net periodic benefit cost for Mattel’s postretirement benefit plans is as follows:
	For the Three Months Ended
	March 31, 2017			March 31, 2016
	(In thousands)
Service cost	$	1		$	13
Interest cost	255			286
Recognized actuarial loss	37			37
	$	293		$	336

During the three months ended March 31, 2017, Mattel made cash contributions totaling approximately $2 million related to its defined benefit pension and postretirement benefit plans. During the remainder of 2017, Mattel expects to make additional cash contributions of approximately $8 million.