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DEFINED BENEFIT RETIREMENT PLAN (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 29, 2012
DEFINED BENEFIT RETIREMENT PLAN |
Schedule of changes in PBO and fair value of plan assets for pension plan | Changes in the PBO and fair value of plan assets for the pension plan for the period from December 25, 2010 to December 31, 2011 were as follows:
|  | Projected Benefit Obligation |  | Plan Assets |  | Funded status |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Fair value at December 25, 2010 |  | $ | 463,807 |  | $ | 359,636 |  | $ | (104,171 | )
Employer contributions |  |  | — |  |  | 11,860 |  |  |  |
Interest cost |  |  | 25,643 |  |  | — |  |  |  |
Actual return on plan assets |  |  | — |  |  | 67,474 |  |  |  |
Benefits paid |  |  | (11,539 | ) |  | (11,539 | ) |  |  |
Actuarial loss |  |  | 16,187 |  |  | — |  |  |  |
Currency translation |  |  | (1,579 | ) |  | (2,936 | ) |  |  |
Fair Value at December 31, 2011 |  | $ | 492,519 |  | $ | 424,495 |  | $ | (68,024 | )
Changes in the PBO and fair value of plan assets for the pension plan for the period from December 31, 2011 to December 29, 2012 were as follows:
|  | Projected Benefit Obligation |  | Plan Assets |  | Funded status |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Fair Value at December 31, 2011 |  | $ | 492,519 |  | $ | 424,495 |  | $ | (68,024 | )
Employer contributions |  |  | — |  |  | 11,591 |  |  |  |
Interest cost |  |  | 23,445 |  |  | — |  |  |  |
Actual return on plan assets |  |  | — |  |  | 41,345 |  |  |  |
Benefits paid |  |  | (11,722 | ) |  | (11,722 | ) |  |  |
Actuarial loss |  |  | 69,859 |  |  | — |  |  |  |
Currency translation |  |  | 23,666 |  |  | 20,015 |  |  |  |
Fair Value at December 29, 2012 |  | $ | 597,767 |  | $ | 485,724 |  | $ | (112,043 | )
Schedule of pre-tax amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) |
Balance December 25, 2010 |  | $ | 28,952 |
Actuarial gain |  |  | 31,093 |
Currency translation loss |  |  | (31 | )
Balance December 31, 2011 |  |  | 60,014 |
Actuarial loss |  |  | (48,524 | )
Currency translation gain |  |  | 1,127 |
Balance December 29, 2012 |  | $ | 12,617 |
Schedule of weighted-average actuarial assumptions used to determine the benefit obligation | The weighted-average actuarial assumptions used to determine the benefit obligation at December 29, 2012 and December 31, 2011 were as follows:
Percentages |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
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Discount rate |  |  | 4.60 | % |  | 4.80 | %
Salary increase |  |  | N/A |  |  | N/A |
Inflation |  |  | 2.70 | % |  | 2.30 | %
Schedule of components of the net periodic pension expense | The components of the net periodic pension expense for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2011 and December 29, 2012 were as follows:
|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Net Periodic Benefit Cost: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest cost |  |  | 23,445 |  |  | 25,643 |
Expected return on plan assets |  |  | (19,168 | ) |  | (20,194 | )
Net periodic benefit expense |  | $ | 4,277 |  | $ | 5,449 |
Schedule of weighted-average actuarial assumptions used to determine expense | The weighted-average actuarial assumptions used to determine expense are as follows for fiscal 2012 and 2011:
Percentages |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Discount rate |  |  | 4.80 | % |  | 5.50 | %
Expected return on plan assets |  |  | 4.40 | % |  | 5.40 | %
Salary increase |  |  | N/A |  |  | N/A |
Inflation |  |  | 3.20 | % |  | 3.50 | %
Schedule of expected pension benefit payments | The following table details expected pension benefit payments for the years 2013 through 2022:
2013 |  | $ | 12,413 |
2014 |  |  | 12,736 |
2015 |  |  | 13,058 |
2016 |  |  | 13,380 |
2017 |  |  | 13,703 |
Years 2018 - 2022 |  |  | 73,512 |
Schedule of pension plan assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis | At December 29, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the pension plan assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis were as follows:
December 29, 2012 |  | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Inputs (Level 1) |  | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |  | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |  | Total |
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Plan net assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Temporary cash investments |  | $ | — |  | $ | 12,091 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 12,091 |
Index-linked gilts |  |  | — |  |  | 107,366 |  |  | — |  |  | 107,366 |
Corporate bonds |  |  | — |  |  | 347,083 |  |  | — |  |  | 347,083 |
Corporate stock |  |  | — |  |  | 19,184 |  |  | — |  |  | 19,184 |
Other investments |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total plan net assets at fair value |  | $ | — |  | $ | 485,724 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 485,724 |
December 31, 2011 |  | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Inputs (Level 1) |  | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |  | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |  | Total |
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Plan net assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Temporary cash investments |  | $ | — |  | $ | 1,556 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 1,556 |
Index-linked gilts |  |  | — |  |  | 97,422 |  |  | — |  |  | 97,422 |
Corporate bonds |  |  | — |  |  | 309,206 |  |  | — |  |  | 309,206 |
Corporate stock |  |  | — |  |  | 16,276 |  |  | — |  |  | 16,276 |
Other investments |  |  | — |  |  | 35 |  |  | — |  |  | 35 |
Total plan net assets at fair value |  | $ | — |  | $ | 424,495 |  | $ | — |  | $ | 424,495 |

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