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Employee Benefit Plans
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
Employee Benefit Plans Employee Benefit Plans
Retirement Plans and Retiree Health and Life Insurance Plans
The Company provides non-contributory defined benefit pension plans for certain of its employees in the United States, Mexico, Belgium, Germany, Greece, France, and Turkey. The Company also sponsors contributory defined benefit pension plans covering certain of its employees in the United Kingdom, Canada and the Netherlands, and provides postretirement healthcare and life insurance benefits to a limited number of its retirees and their dependents in the United States and Canada, based on certain age and/or service eligibility requirements.
The components of net periodic benefit cost/(income) include the following:
Three Months EndedSix Months Ended
June 30, 2024July 2, 2023June 30, 2024July 2, 2023
Retirement Plans
Service cost$535 $692 $1,290 $1,379 
Interest cost5,126 4,398 9,835 8,692 
Expected return on plan assets(2,776)(2,298)(5,572)(4,742)
Amortization of prior service cost235 227 440 446 
Amortization of net actuarial loss1,169 1,102 2,244 2,147 
Effect of settlement loss511 63 511 749 
Net periodic benefit cost$4,800 $4,184 $8,748 $8,671 
Retiree Health and Life Insurance Plans
Service cost$34 $53 $88 $115 
Interest cost207 124 457 256 
Expected return on plan assets(97)(78)(195)(157)
Amortization of prior service cost96 — 192 — 
Amortization of net actuarial gain(301)(197)(447)(390)
Net periodic benefit (income)/cost$(61)$(98)$95 $(176)
Settlement Charges
The Company recognized settlement charges of $511 and $749 during the six-month periods ended June 30, 2024 and July 2, 2023, respectively. These charges resulted from payments made to certain participants in the Company’s non-union Canadian pension plan who elected a lump sum distribution option upon retirement.
Contributions
The Company made aggregate contributions of $9,125 and $7,456 to its defined benefit retirement and retiree health and life insurance plans during the six-month periods ended June 30, 2024 and July 2, 2023, respectively. The Company expects to make additional aggregate contributions of approximately $11,605 to its defined benefit retirement and retiree health and life insurance plans over the remainder of 2024.