11.Defined Benefit Plans

For the majority of its U.S. employees, the Company sponsors a funded non-contributing defined benefit pension plan, the Watts Water Technologies, Inc. Pension Plan (the “Pension Plan”), and an unfunded non-contributing defined benefit pension plan, the Watts Water Technologies, Inc. Supplemental Employees Retirement Plan (the “SERP”). 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. On October 31, 2011, the Company’s Board of Directors voted to cease accruals effective December 31, 2011 under both the Company’s Pension Plan and the SERP. On April 28, 2014, the Company’s Board of Directors voted to terminate the Company’s Pension Plan and the SERP.

The Pension Plan was terminated effective July 31, 2014. Distribution of plan assets pursuant to the termination will not be made until the plan termination satisfies the regulatory requirements prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, which is expected to occur in late 2015. The SERP was terminated effective May 15, 2014. The Company will settle all liabilities under the SERP in accordance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code by paying lump sums to plan participants at least twelve and no more than twenty four months following the termination date. The Board of Directors authorized the Company to make such contributions to the Pension Plan and SERP as may be necessary to make the plans sufficient to settle all plan liabilities. During the third quarter ended September 28, 2014, the Company re-measured its pension liability and net loss in accumulated other comprehensive income to reflect the plan termination basis for both the Pension Plan and SERP. As a result, the pension liability increased $17.1 million and the net loss increased by $10.5 million, net of tax benefits of $6.6 million.

The Company expects the distributions for the two plans to be completed by December 31, 2015. Except for retirees receiving payments under the Pension Plan (or “in pay status”), participants in the Pension Plan will have the choice of receiving either a single lump sum payment or an annuity. Retirees in pay status will continue to receive payments of their pension plan benefits pursuant to their current annuity elections. The Company plans to purchase annuity contracts from an insurance company for all retirees and participants that choose annuities as a payment option under the Pension Plan. All participants under the SERP will be paid a lump sum. The lump sum payments paid to participants will represent the actuarial equivalent value of the participants’ remaining accrued benefits under the Pension Plan and SERP as of the applicable distribution dates, calculated in accordance with the terms of the plans and based on the participants’ ages on the distribution dates.

The components of net periodic benefit cost are as follows:

	First Quarter Ended
	March 29, 2015			March 30, 2014
	(in millions)
Service cost — administrative costs	$	0.4		$	0.2
Interest costs on benefits obligation	1.4			1.5
Expected return on assets	(1.2		)	(1.5		)
Net actuarial loss amortization	0.4			0.3
Net periodic benefit cost	$	1.0		$	0.5

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

	First Quarter Ended
	March 29, 2015		March 30, 2014
	(in millions)
Employer contributions	$	0.3	$	0.2

The Company expects to contribute approximately $40 million to $45 million to its pension plans for the remainder of 2015. The expected contribution considers the expected shortfall based on a plan termination basis as of December 31, 2015. The expected contribution is subject to change based on the distribution date, fair value of the plan assets at distribution, market interest rates and annuity purchase rates at distribution, demographic experience after 2014 and elected forms of payment.