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Pension, Postretirement and Postemployment Benefits | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Pension, Postretirement and Postemployment Benefits [Abstract] |
Pension, Postretirement and Postemployment Benefits | (14) Pension, Postretirement and Postemployment Benefits Pension and Postretirement Benefits The Company recognizes an asset or liability for each of its defined benefit pension plans equal to the difference between the projected benefit obligation of the plan and the fair value of the plan’s assets. Actuarial gains and losses and prior service costs that have not yet been included in income are recognized in the consolidated balance sheets in AOCE. Reclassifications to earnings from AOCE related to pen sion and postretirement plans are recorded to selling, distribution and administration expense. Expenses related to the Company's defined benefit pension and def ined contribution plans for 2017, 2016 and 2015 were approximately $45,9 00, $45,200 and $3 6,000, respectively. Of these amounts, $36,0 00, $33,3 00 and $26,600, respectively, related to defined contribution plans in the United States and certain international subsidiaries. The remainder of the expense relates to defined benefit pension plans disc ussed below. United States Plans Prior to 2008, substantially all United States employees were covered under at least one of several non-contributory defined benefit pension plans maintained by the Company. Benefits under the two major plans which princi pally cover non-union employees, were based primarily on salary and years of service. One of these major plans is funded. Benefits under the remaining plans are based primarily on fixed amounts for specified years of service. In 2007, for the two major pla ns covering its non-union employees, the Company froze benefits being accrued effective at the end of December 2007. Following the August 2015 sale of its manufacturing facility in East Longmeadow, MA, the Company elected to freeze benefits related to its major plan covering union employees. Effective January 1, 2016, the p lan covering union employees merged with and into the Hasbro Inc. Pension Plan, and ceased to exist as a separ ate plan on that date. At December 31, 2017, the measurement date, t he fair value of the funded plans’ assets were in excess of the projected benefit obligations in the amount of $25,60 3 while the unfunded plans of the Company had an aggregate accumulated and projected benefit obligation of $35,981. At December 25, 2016 the projected benefit obligations of the funded plans were in excess of the fair value of the plans’ assets in the amount of $28,340 while the unfunded plans of the Company had an aggregate accumulated and projected benefit obligation of $35,104. Hasbro also provides certain postretirement health care and life insurance benefits to eligible employees who retire and have either attained age 65 with 5 years of service or age 55 with 10 years of service. The cost of providing these benefits on behalf of employees who retired prior to 1993 is and will continue to be substantially borne by the Company. The cost of providing benefits on behalf of substantially all employees who retire after 1992 is borne by the employee. The plan is not funded. Reconciliations of the beginning and ending balances for the projected benefit obligation, the fair value of plan assets and the funded status are included below for the years ended D ecember 31, 2017 and December 25, 2016.
| Pension |  | Postretirement
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Change in Projected Benefit Obligation |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Projected benefit obligation – beginning | $ | 372,824 |  |  | 361,060 |  |  | 28,484 |  |  | 26,247
Service cost |  | 1,290 |  |  | 2,100 |  |  | 691 |  |  | 532
Interest cost |  | 15,303 |  |  | 16,106 |  |  | 1,179 |  |  | 1,175
Actuarial (gain) loss |  | 27,670 |  |  | 17,353 |  |  | 3,432 |  |  | 2,380
Benefits paid |  | (22,579) |  |  | (22,508) |  |  | (1,633) |  |  | (1,850)
Expenses paid |  | (1,141) |  |  | (1,287) |  |  | — |  |  | —
Projected benefit obligation – ending | $ | 393,367 |  |  | 372,824 |  |  | 32,153 |  |  | 28,484
Accumulated benefit obligation – ending | $ | 393,367 |  |  | 372,824 |  |  | 32,153 |  |  | 28,484
Change in Plan Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair value of plan assets – beginning | $ | 309,380 |  |  | 259,329 |  |  | — |  |  | —
Actual return on plan assets |  | 44,562 |  |  | 8,961 |  |  | — |  |  | —
Employer contribution |  | 52,767 |  |  | 64,885 |  |  | — |  |  | —
Benefits paid |  | (22,579) |  |  | (22,508) |  |  | — |  |  | —
Expenses paid |  | (1,141) |  |  | (1,287) |  |  | — |  |  | —
Fair value of plan assets – ending | $ | 382,989 |  |  | 309,380 |  |  | — |  |  | —
Reconciliation of Funded Status |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Projected benefit obligation | $ | (393,367) |  |  | (372,824) |  |  | (32,153) |  |  | (28,484)
Fair value of plan assets |  | 382,989 |  |  | 309,380 |  |  | — |  |  | —
Funded status |  | (10,378) |  |  | (63,444) |  |  | (32,153) |  |  | (28,484)
Unrecognized net loss |  | 132,088 |  |  | 138,529 |  |  | 5,853 |  |  | 2,420
Net amount | $ | 121,710 |  |  | 75,085 |  |  | (26,300) |  |  | (26,064)
Accrued liabilities | $ | (2,448) |  |  | (2,553) |  |  | (1,630) |  |  | (1,599)
Other liabilities |  | (7,930) |  |  | (60,891) |  |  | (30,523) |  |  | (26,885)
Accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss) |  | 132,088 |  |  | 138,529 |  |  | 5,853 |  |  | 2,420
Net amount | $ | 121,710 |  |  | 75,085 |  |  | (26,300) |  |  | (26,064)
In fiscal 2018, the Company expects amortization of unrecognized net losses related to its defined benefit pension plans of $8,445 to be included as a component of net periodic benefit cost. The Company does not expect amortization in 2018 related to its postretirement plan.
Assumptions used to determine the year-end pension and postretirement benefit obligations are as follows:
| 2017 |  | 2016
Pension |  |  |
Weighted average discount rate | 3.71% |  | 4.22%
Mortality table | RP-2014/Scale BB |  | RP-2014/Scale BB
Postretirement |  |  |
Discount rate | 3.74% |  | 4.26%
Health care cost trend rate assumed for next year | 6.50% |  | 7.00%
Rate to which the cost trend rate is assumed to decline (ultimate trend rate) | 5.00% |  | 5.00%
Year that the rate reaches the ultimate trend | 2024 |  | 2021
Hasbro's pension plan assets (the "Plan Assets") are intended to provide retirement benefits to participants in accordance with the benefit structure established by Hasbro, Inc. The Plan Asset investment managers, who exercise full investment discretion wi thin guidelines outlined in the Plan Asset Investment Policy, are charged with managing the assets with the care, skill, prudence and diligence that a prudent investment professional in similar circumstance would exercise. Investment practices, at a minimu m, must comply with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and any other applicable laws and regulations. The Plan Asset’s allocations are structured to meet a long-term targeted total return consistent with the ongoing nature of the pension plan liabilities. The shared long-term total return goal, presently 6.25%, includes income plus realized and unrealized gains and/or losses on the Plan’s assets. Utilizing generally accepted diversification techniques, the Plan Assets, in aggregate and at the individual portfolio level, are invested so that the total portfolio risk exposure and risk-adjusted returns best meet the pension plan long-term obligations to employees. The Company’s asset allocation includes alternative investment strategies design ed to achieve a modest absolute return in addition to the return on an underlying asset class such as bond or equity indices. These alternative investment strategies may use derivatives to gain market returns in an efficient and timely manner; however, der ivatives are not used to leverage the portfolio beyond the market value of the underlying assets. These alternative investment strategies are included in other equity, total return fund and fixed income asset categories at December 31, 2017 and December 25, 2016. Plan asset allocations are reviewed at least quarterly and rebalanced to achieve target allocation among the asset categories when necessary. The Plan Assets’ investment managers are provided specific guidelines under which they are to invest the a ssets assigned to them. In general, investment managers are expected to remain fully invested in their asset class with further limitations of risk as related to investments in a single security, portfolio turnover and credit quality. With the exception o f the alternative investment strategies mentioned above, the Plan’s Investment Policy restricts the use of derivatives associated with leverage or speculation. In addition, the Investment Policy also restricts investments in securities issued by Hasbro, In c. except through index-related strategies (e.g. an S&P 500 Index Fund) and/or commingled funds. In addition, unless specifically approved by the Investment Committee (which comprises members of management, established by the Board to manage and control pe nsion plan assets), certain securities, strategies, and investments are ineligible for inclusion within the Plan Assets. The assets of the funded plans are managed by investment advisors. The fair values of the plan assets by asset class and fair value hierarchy level (excluding assets for which the fair value is measured using net asset value per share) as of December 31, 2017 and December 25, 2016 are as follows:
|  |  |  |  |  | Fair value measurements using:
|  |  |  |  |  | Quoted |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |  | Prices in |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |  | Active |  | Significant |  |
|  |  |  |  |  | Markets For |  | Other |  | Significant
|  |  |  |  |  | Identical |  | Observable |  | Unobservable
|  |  | Fair |  | Assets |  | Inputs |  | Inputs
|  |  | Value |  | (Level 1) |  | (Level 2) |  | (Level 3)
2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Equity: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Large Cap | $ | 38,400 |  |  | 38,400 |  |  | — |  |  | —
|  | Small Cap |  | 25,300 |  |  | 25,300 |  |  | — |  |  | —
|  | International measured at net asset value (a) |  | 43,900 |  |  | 43,900 |  |  | — |  |  | —
|  | Other measured at net asset value (a) |  | 300 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | —
Fixed Income measured at net asset value (a) |  | 217,200 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | —
Total Return Fund measured at net asset value (a) |  | 26,900 |  |  | 26,900 |  |  | — |  |  | —
Cash Equivalents measured as net asset value (a) |  | 31,000 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | —
|  |  | $ | 383,000 |  |  | 134,500 |  |  | — |  |  | —
2016 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Equity: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Large Cap | $ | 29,100 |  |  | 29,100 |  |  | — |  |  | —
|  | Small Cap |  | 29,200 |  |  | 29,200 |  |  | — |  |  | —
|  | International measured at net asset value (a) |  | 40,100 |  |  | 40,100 |  |  | — |  |  | —
|  | Other measured at net asset value (a) |  | 1,300 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | —
Fixed Income measured at net asset value (a) |  | 119,500 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | —
Total Return Fund measured at net asset value (a) |  | 29,000 |  |  | 29,000 |  |  | — |  |  | —
Cash Equivalents measured as net asset value (a) |  | 61,100 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | —
|  |  | $ | 309,300 |  |  | 127,400 |  |  | — |  |  | —
| (a) Certain investments that are measured at fair value using the net asset value per share are not classified in the fair value
|  | hierarchy. The fair value amounts presented in this table are intended to permit reconciliation of the fair value hierarchy
|  | to the amounts presented in the Schedule of Changes in Plan Assets disclosed previously in this note.
The Plan’s Level 1 assets consist of investments traded on active markets that are valued using publ ished closing prices. At December 31, 2017 the Company’s investments for which the fair value is measured using net asset value per share include the following; Fixed income funds - $217,200 of fixed income funds redeemable monthly with five days’ notice, Cash and cash equivalents - $31,000 of cash and cash equivalents which a re redeemable daily and public-private investment funds - $300 consisting of a public-private investment fund which is valued using the net asset value provided by the investment manager and invests in commercial mortgage-backed securities and non-agency r esidential mortgage-backed securities. The Company believes that the net asset values are the best information available for use in the fair value measurement of these funds.
The following is a detail of the components of the net periodic benefit cost for the three years ended December 31, 2017.
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Components of Net Periodic Cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Pension |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Service cost | $ | 1,290 |  |  | 2,100 |  |  | 1,918
Interest cost |  | 15,303 |  |  | 16,106 |  |  | 15,683
Expected return on assets |  | (19,534) |  |  | (17,013) |  |  | (18,538)
Amortization of prior service cost |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 65
Amortization of actuarial loss |  | 9,082 |  |  | 7,361 |  |  | 7,468
Curtailment/settlement losses |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 781
Net periodic benefit cost | $ | 6,141 |  |  | 8,554 |  |  | 7,377
Postretirement |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Service cost | $ | 691 |  |  | 532 |  |  | 567
Interest cost |  | 1,179 |  |  | 1,175 |  |  | 1,154
Amortization of actuarial (gain) loss |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (304)
Curtailment gain |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (3,842)
Net periodic benefit cost (income) | $ | 1,870 |  |  | 1,707 |  |  | (2,425)
See note 17 for additional information on the 2015 curtailment (gain) loss. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Assumptions used to determine net periodic benefit cost of the pension plan and postretirement plan for each fiscal year follow:
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Pension |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average discount rate | 4.22% |  | 4.58% |  | 4.22%
Long-term rate of return on plan assets | 6.25% |  | 6.75% |  | 7.00%
Postretirement |  |  |  |  |
Discount rate | 4.26% |  | 4.64% |  | 4.49%
Health care cost trend rate assumed for next year | 7.00% |  | 7.00% |  | 6.50%
Rate to which the cost trend rate is assumed to decline (ultimate trend rate) | 5.00% |  | 5.00% |  | 5.00%
Year that the rate reaches the ultimate trend rate | 2021 |  | 2021 |  | 2020
If the health care cost trend rate were increased one percentage point in each year, the accumulated postretirement b enefit obligation at December 31, 2017 and the aggregate of the benefits earned during the period and the interest cost would have both increased by approximately 0.6%. Hasbro works with external benefit investment specialists to assist in the development of the long-term rate of return assumptions used to model and determine the overall asset allocation. Forecast returns are based on the combination of historical returns, current market conditions and a forecast for the capital markets for the next 5-7 years. All asset class assumptions are within certain bands around the long-term hist orical averages. Correlations are based primarily on historical return patterns. Expected benefit payments under the defined benefit pension plans and the postretirement benefit plan for the ne xt five years subsequent to 2017 and in the aggregate for the following five years are as follows:
| Pension |  | Postretirement
2018 | $ | 20,803 |  |  | 1,660
2019 |  | 21,125 |  |  | 1,601
2020 |  | 21,315 |  |  | 1,552
2021 |  | 21,943 |  |  | 1,506
2022 |  | 22,391 |  |  | 1,467
2023-2027 |  | 117,813 |  |  | 6,922
International Plans Pension coverage for employees of Hasbro's international subsidiaries is provided, to the extent deemed appropriate, through separate defined benefit and defined contribution plans. At D ecember 31, 2017 and December 25, 2016, the defined benefit plans had total projected benefit obligations of $1 27,012 and $118,492, respectively, and fair values of plan assets of $100,766 and $8 5,678, respectively. Substantially all of the plan assets are invested in equity and fixed income securit ies. The pension expense related to these plans was $3,473, $1,533 and $2,769 in 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively. In fiscal 2018, the Company expects amortization of $(36) of prior service cost s, $1,0 2 6 o f unrecognized net losses and $2 of unrecognized transition obligation to be included as a component of net periodic benefit cost. Expected benefit payments under the international defined benefit pension plans for t he five years subsequent to 2017 and in the aggregate for the five years thereafter ar e as follows: 2018: $2,01 9; 2019: $2,179; 2020: $2,368; 2021: $2,524; 2022: $2,772; and 2023 through 2027: $1 7,806. Postemployment Benefits Hasbro has several plans covering certain groups of employees, which may provide benefits to such employees following their period of active employment but prior to their retirement. These plans include certain severance plans which provide benefits to employees involuntarily terminated and certain plans which continue the Company's health and life insurance contributions for employees who have left Hasbro's employ under terms of its long-term disability plan.

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