Retirement Plans

6 Months Ended

Jun. 28, 2020

P. RETIREMENT PLANS

ASC 715,

“Compensation—Retirement Benefits”

requires an employer with a defined benefit plan or other postretirement benefit plan to recognize an asset or a liability on its balance sheet for the overfunded or underfunded status of the plan. The pension asset or liability represents a difference between the fair value of the pension plan’s assets and the projected benefit obligation at December 31. Teradyne uses a December 31 measurement date for all of its plans.

Defined Benefit Pension Plans

Teradyne has defined benefit pension plans covering a portion of domestic employees and employees of certain

non-U.S.

subsidiaries. Benefits under these plans are based on employees’ years of service and compensation. Teradyne’s funding policy is to make contributions to these plans in accordance with local laws and to the extent that such contributions are tax deductible. The assets of the U.S. qualified pension plan consist primarily of fixed income and equity securities. In addition, Teradyne has unfunded qualified foreign plans as well as an unfunded supplemental executive defined benefit plan in the United States to provide retirement benefits in excess of levels allowed by the Employment Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) and the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”).

In the six months ended June 28, 2020, Teradyne contributed $1.4 million to the U.S. supplemental executive defined benefit pension plan and $0.4 million to certain qualified pension plans for

non-U.S.

subsidiaries.

For the three and six months ended June

2020

and June

2019

, Teradyne’s net periodic pension cost was comprised of the following:


	For the Three Months Ended
	June 28, 2020						June 30, 2019
	United States			Foreign			United States			Foreign
	(in thousands)
Service cost	$	433		$	208		$	399		$	192
Interest cost		1,523			119			1,799			176
Expected return on plan assets		(1,232	)		(15	)		(1,510	)		(7	)
Net actuarial loss		180			—			252			—

Total net periodic pension cost	$	904		$	312		$	940		$	361


	For the Six Months Ended
	June 28, 2020						June 30, 2019
	United States			Foreign			United States			Foreign
	(in thousands)
Service cost	$	866		$	417		$	804		$	381
Interest cost		3,045			238			3,595			349
Expected return on plan assets		(2,464	)		(31	)		(3,021	)		(14	)
Net actuarial loss		180			—			252			—

Total net periodic pension cost	$	1,627		$	624		$	1,630		$	716

Postretirement Benefit Plan

In addition to receiving pension benefits, Teradyne employees in the United States who meet early retirement eligibility requirements as of their termination dates may participate in Teradyne’s Welfare Plan, which includes medical and dental benefits up to age 65. Death benefits provide a fixed sum to retirees’ survivors and are available to all retirees. Substantially all of Teradyne’s current U.S. employees could become eligible for these benefits, and the existing benefit obligation relates primarily to those employees.

For the three and six months ended June 28, 2020 and June 30, 2019, Teradyne’s net periodic postretirement benefit cost was comprised of the following:


	For the Three Months Ended						For the Six Months Ended
	June 28, 2020			June 30, 2019			June 28, 2020			June 30, 2019
	(in thousands)
Service cost	$	17		$	11		$	28		$	20
Interest cost		58			88			120			173
Amortization of prior service credit		(2	)		(48	)		(4	)		(95	)
Net actuarial (gain) loss		(279	)		196			(279	)		196

Total net periodic postretirement benefit (credit) cost	$	(206	)	$	247		$	(135	)	$	294