Retirement Plans

9 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 2011

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9. Retirement Plans

The components of the net periodic expense for the Company’s pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans are as follows (in thousands):

		Three Months Ended			Nine Months Ended
		October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010	October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010
Service cost	$	440	$	244	$	1,097	$	733
Interest cost		3,722		3,905		11,265		11,947
Expected return on plan assets		(4,094)		(3,614)		(12,275)		(10,843)
Net amortization and deferral		(2)		1		(4)		2
Recognized net actuarial loss		190		559		822		1,678
Net periodic expense	$	256	$	1,095	$	905	$	3,517

Interest cost on projected benefit obligation includes $0.2 million related to the Company’s other postretirement plans in both the three months ended October 1, 2011 and October 2, 2010 and $0.6 million and $0.9 million in the nine months ended October 1, 2011 and October 2, 2010, respectively.

For the nine months ended October 1, 2011, the Company made contributions of $17.6 million to its pension plans and other postretirement plans. The Company expects to contribute approximately $3.5 million to its pension plans and postretirement plans for the remainder of 2011.