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Employee Benefit Plans
12 Months Ended
Mar. 29, 2014
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Disclosures [Abstract]  
Employee Benefit Plans
Employee Benefit Plans
Profit Sharing Retirement Savings Plans
The Company sponsors defined contribution benefit plans covering substantially all eligible employees in the U.S. and Puerto Rico who are not covered by a collective bargaining agreement. The plans include a savings plan feature under Section  401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Company makes discretionary matching contributions to the plans, which historically were equal to 50% of the first 6% of salary contributed by an eligible employee. On November 7, 2011, the Company's Board of Directors approved a supplemental discretionary matching contribution for plan years beginning with Fiscal 2012, whereby if the Company achieves a "stretch" or a "maximum" performance target based on certain goals established at the beginning of each fiscal year, the matching contribution will be increased to 75% or 100%, respectively, of the first 6% of salary contributed by eligible employees, not to exceed the maximum contribution permitted by the plan.
Under the terms of the plans, a participant becomes 100% vested in the Company's matching contributions after five years of credited service. Contributions made by the Company under these plans were approximately $10 million in each of Fiscal 2014, Fiscal 2013, and Fiscal 2012.
International Defined Benefit Plans
The Company sponsors certain single-employer defined benefit plans and cash balance plans at international locations which are not considered to be material individually or in the aggregate to the Company's financial statements. Pension benefits under these plans are based on formulas that reflect the employees' years of service and compensation levels during their employment period. The aggregate funded status of the single-employer defined benefit plans reflected net assets of $1 million and net liabilities of $2 million as of March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013, respectively, and were primarily recorded within other non-current assets and other non-current liabilities, respectively, in the Company's consolidated balance sheets. These single-employer defined benefit plans had aggregate projected benefit obligations of $51 million and aggregate fair values of plan assets of $52 million as of March 29, 2014, compared to aggregate projected benefit obligations of $45 million and aggregate fair values of plan assets of $43 million as of March 30, 2013. The asset portfolio of the single-employer defined benefit plans primarily consists of fixed income securities, which have been measured at fair value largely using Level 2 inputs, as described in Note 15. Pension expense for these plans, recorded within SG&A expenses in the Company's consolidated statements of income, was $5 million, $4 million, and $5 million in Fiscal 2014, Fiscal 2013, and Fiscal 2012, respectively.
Union Pension Plan
The Company participates in a multi-employer pension plan and is required to make contributions to the Workers United union (which was previously known as UNITE HERE) (the "Union") for dues based on wages paid to union employees. A portion of these dues is allocated by the Union to a retirement fund which provides defined benefits to substantially all unionized workers. The Company does not participate in the management of the plan and has not been furnished with information with respect to the type of benefits provided, vested and non-vested benefits, or assets.
Under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, an employer, upon withdrawal from or termination of a multi-employer plan, is required to continue funding its proportionate share of the plan's unfunded vested benefits. Such liability was assumed in conjunction with the acquisition of certain assets from a non-affiliated licensee. The Company has no current intention of withdrawing from the plan.
Other Compensation Plans
The Company has a non-qualified supplemental retirement plan for certain highly compensated employees whose benefits under the 401(k) profit sharing retirement savings plans were expected to be constrained by the operation of certain Internal Revenue Code limitations. These supplemental benefits vest over time and the related compensation expense is recognized over the vesting period. Effective August 2008, the Company amended this plan, resulting in a suspension of the annual contributions for substantially all plan participants. Further, affected participants were provided with a one-time election to either withdraw all benefits vested in the plan in a lump sum amount or remain in the plan and receive future distributions of benefits vested over a three-year period. As of both March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013, amounts accrued under this plan totaled approximately $9 million and were classified within other non-current liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets. Total compensation expense recognized related to these benefits was not material in each of the three fiscal years presented.
Additionally, the Company has deferred compensation arrangements for certain key executives which generally provide for payments upon retirement, death, or termination of employment. The amounts accrued under these plans were approximately $20 million and $3 million as of March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013, respectively, and were classified within other non-current liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets. The March 29, 2014 balance reflects the conversion of certain executive stock-based compensation awards to a cash contribution into a deferred compensation account (see Note 18). Total compensation expense related to these compensation arrangements was not material in each of the three fiscal years presented. The Company funds a portion of these obligations through the establishment of trust accounts on behalf of the executives participating in the plans. The trust accounts are classified within other non-current assets in the consolidated balance sheets.