Defined Benefit Plans

6 Months Ended

Jul. 29, 2017

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Note 12. Defined Benefit Plan

The Company maintains a non-qualified Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (“SERP”) for a limited number of executive officers of the Company. The SERP provides eligible executives defined pension benefits that supplement benefits under other retirement arrangements. During the twenty-six weeks ended July 29, 2017, the Company did not make any cash contributions to the SERP and presently expects to pay approximately $1.2 million in benefits relating to the SERP during fiscal 2017.

The measurement date for the SERP is the fiscal year end, using actuarial techniques which reflect estimates for mortality, turnover and expected retirement. In addition, management makes assumptions concerning future salary increases. Discount rates are generally established as of the measurement date using theoretical bond models that select high-grade corporate bonds with maturities or coupons that correlate to the expected payouts of the applicable liabilities.

The following represents the components of the net periodic pension cost related to the Company’s SERP for the respective periods:

	Thirteen Weeks Ended						Twenty-six Weeks Ended
	July 29,			July 30,			July 29,			July 30,
	2017			2016			2017			2016
	(in thousands)						(in thousands)
Service cost	$	16		$	15		$	32		$	30
Interest cost		139			137			278			274
Amortization of pension costs		4			55			8			111
Amortization of net gain(1)		(9	)		(4	)		(18	)		(8	)
Net periodic pension cost	$	150		$	203		$	300		$	407

(1) The amortization of net gain is related to a director retirement plan previously provided by the Company.