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Employee Benefit Plans
6 Months Ended
Jul. 03, 2011
Employee Benefit Plans  
Employee Benefit Plans

11. Employee Benefit Plans

 

The Company sponsors funded and unfunded defined benefit pension plans covering substantially all of its domestic employees. Benefits are based primarily on years of service and employees’ compensation. The funding policy of the Company for these plans is to contribute an annual amount that does not exceed the maximum amount that can be deducted for federal income tax purposes.

 

The components of net periodic benefit cost are as follows:

 

 

 

Second Quarter Ended

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

July 3,
2011

 

July 4,
2010

 

July 3,
2011

 

July 4,
2010

 

 

 

(in millions)

 

Service cost—benefits earned

 

$

1.3

 

$

1.1

 

$

2.6

 

$

2.2

 

Interest costs on benefits obligation

 

1.5

 

1.4

 

3.0

 

2.8

 

Expected return on assets

 

(1.8

)

(1.5

)

(3.6

)

(3.0

)

Prior service costs and net actuarial loss amortization

 

0.8

 

0.7

 

1.6

 

1.3

 

Net periodic benefit cost

 

$

1.8

 

$

1.7

 

$

3.6

 

$

3.3

 

 

The information related to the Company’s pension funds cash flow is as follows:

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

July 3,
2011

 

July 4,
2010

 

 

 

(in millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employer contributions

 

$

5.1

 

$

5.1

 

 

The Company expects to contribute approximately $5.1 million to its pension plan for the remainder of 2011.