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Retirement Plan
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Retirement Plan
7. Retirement Plan

We have a noncontributory, unfunded retirement plan for certain officers and other key employees in the United States (Domestic Retirement Plan). In February 2012, our Board of Directors amended the Domestic Retirement Plan to freeze benefit levels and modify vesting provisions under the plan effective as of March 31, 2012.

 

The components of net periodic pension cost for the Domestic Retirement Plan, which are included in selling, general and administrative expenses, for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, are as follows:

 

Three months ended March 31,

   2013      2012  

Service cost

   $ —         $ 130   

Interest cost

     402         404   

Recognized net actuarial loss

     342         257   

Curtailment loss

     —           234   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net periodic pension cost

   $ 744       $ 1,025   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Certain of our foreign subsidiaries have defined benefit and health and welfare plans covering substantially all of their respective employees. Our expense for these plans totaled $0.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013.