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BENEFIT PLANS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Disclosures [Abstract]  
BENEFIT PLANS
18. BENEFIT PLANS
401(k) Plan
The Company maintains 401(k) defined contribution plans covering employees in the U.S. The related expense totaled $24.0 million, $24.6 million and $25.4 million in the fiscal years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company matched employees’ contributions to a maximum of 6% of the employee’s eligible wages. The Company’s Singapore, Japan and South Korea subsidiaries also make contributions to retirement plans that function as defined contribution retirement plans, however these costs are immaterial.
Defined Benefit Plans
The employees of the Company’s subsidiaries in Japan, Taiwan, France and Germany are covered in defined benefit pension plans. On January 1, 2025, the Company converted 50% of its CMC Japan defined pension plans to defined contribution plans and amended the remaining 50% to be frozen. The resulting conversion and amendment to the plans reduced the benefit obligation by $2.8 million in the year ended December 31, 2025. The Company uses a December 31 measurement date for its pension plans. A summary of these combined plans are:
(In thousands)20252024
Projected benefit obligation$9.0 $11.6 
Fair value of plan assets1.4 1.5 
Plan assets less benefit obligation - net amount recognized(7.6)(10.1)
Accumulated benefit obligation8.2 9.0 
Cash Flows
Benefits for the combined plans were $0.2 million, $0.6 million and $1.0 million in fiscal years 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively, consisting primarily of service costs. Net service costs are included in Cost of sales and Operating expenses, and all other costs are recorded in Other expense, net in our Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Company expects to make the following benefit payments:
(In thousands)Payments
2026$0.3 
20270.3 
20280.3 
20290.6 
20300.3 
Years 2031-2035
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