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Company-Sponsored Defined Benefit Pension Plans. As of April 4, 2026, we had four company-sponsored defined benefit pension plans covering approximately 21% of our employees. Three of these defined benefit pension plans are for the benefit of certain of our union employees and one is for the benefit of salaried and certain hourly employees. The benefits in the salaried and hourly plan are based on each employee’s years of service and compensation, as defined. Newly hired employees are no longer eligible to participate in any of our four company-sponsored defined benefit pension plans. Net periodic pension benefit for our four company-sponsored defined benefit pension plans for the first quarter of 2026 and 2025 includes the following components (in thousands):
During the first quarter of 2026, we contributed $1.5 million to our company-sponsored defined benefit pension plans. During the first quarter of 2025, we did not make any contributions to our company-sponsored defined benefit pension plans. During the remainder of fiscal 2026, we expect to make approximately $1.0 million of additional contributions. Multi-Employer Defined Benefit Pension Plan. In connection with the closure and sale of our Portland, Maine manufacturing facility, we withdrew from participation in a multi-employer defined benefit pension plan during the fourth quarter of 2021. As a result, we are required to make monthly withdrawal liability payments to the plan over 20 years. These payments amount to approximately $0.9 million on an annual basis beginning March 1, 2022. As of April 4, 2026, the present value of the remaining payments amounting to $11.6 million is reflected as a liability on our unaudited consolidated balance sheet. |
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