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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 24, 2016
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES | Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 24, 2016, the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings and Comprehensive Income for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended September 24, 2016 and September 26, 2015, and the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and Shareholders' Equity for the thirty-nine week periods then ended have been prepared by the Company, without audit. In the opinion of management, all necessary adjustments (which include normal recurring adjustments) have been made to present fairly the financial statements as of September 24, 2016 and for all periods presented. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America have been condensed or omitted. These Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 26, 2015. The accounting policies and methods of computation followed in these interim financial statements are the same as those followed in the financial statements for the year ended December 26, 2015. The results of operations for the period ended September 24, 2016 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full year. Inventories Approximately 38% and 39% of inventory is valued at the lower of cost, determined on the last-in, first-out (LIFO) method, or market as of September 24, 2016 and December 26, 2015. All other inventory is valued at the lower of cost, determined on the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method or market. Finished goods and manufactured goods inventories include the costs of acquired raw materials and related factory labor and overhead charges required to convert raw materials to manufactured and finished goods. The excess of replacement cost of inventories over the LIFO value is approximately $38,267 and $35,075 at September 24, 2016 and December 26, 2015, respectively. Inventories consisted of the following:
| September 24, 2016 |  | December 26, 2015
Raw materials and purchased parts | $ | 174,442 |  |  | $ | 162,977 |
Work-in-process | 26,079 |  |  | 25,644 |
Finished goods and manufactured goods | 217,371 |  |  | 187,126 |
Subtotal | 417,892 |  |  | 375,747 |
Less: LIFO reserve | 38,267 |  |  | 35,075 |
| $ | 379,625 |  |  | $ | 340,672 |
(1) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued) Income Taxes Earnings before income taxes and equity in earnings of nonconsolidated subsidiaries for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended September 24, 2016 and September 26, 2015, were as follows:
| Thirteen Weeks Ended |  | Thirty-nine Weeks Ended
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
United States | $ | 21,550 |  |  | $ | 26,343 |  |  | $ | 105,390 |  |  | $ | 92,625 |
Foreign | 22,239 |  |  | (776 | ) |  | 51,486 |  |  | 24,743 |
| $ | 43,789 |  |  | $ | 25,567 |  |  | $ | 156,876 |  |  | $ | 117,368 |
Pension Benefits The Company incurs expenses in connection with the Delta Pension Plan ("DPP"). The DPP was acquired as part of the Delta plc acquisition in fiscal 2010 and has no members that are active employees. In order to measure expense and the related benefit obligation, various assumptions are made including discount rates used to value the obligation, expected return on plan assets used to fund these expenses and estimated future inflation rates. These assumptions are based on historical experience as well as current facts and circumstances. An actuarial analysis is used to measure the expense and liability associated with pension benefits. The components of the net periodic pension (benefit) expense for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended September 24, 2016 and September 26, 2015 were as follows:
| Thirteen Weeks Ended |  | Thirty-nine Weeks Ended
Net periodic (benefit) expense: | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Interest cost | $ | 6,092 |  |  | $ | 6,186 |  |  | $ | 19,134 |  |  | $ | 18,486 |
Expected return on plan assets | (5,565 | ) |  | (6,341 | ) |  | (17,648 | ) |  | (18,946 | )
Net periodic (benefit) expense | $ | 527 |  |  | $ | (155 | ) |  | $ | 1,486 |  |  | $ | (460 | )
Stock Plans The Company maintains stock‑based compensation plans approved by the shareholders, which provide that the Human Resource Committee of the Board of Directors may grant incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, non-vested stock awards and bonuses of common stock. At September 24, 2016, 884,562 shares of common stock remained available for issuance under the plans. Shares and options issued and available are subject to changes in capitalization. Under the plans, the exercise price of each option equals the closing market price at the date of the grant. Options vest beginning on the first anniversary of the grant in equal amounts over three to six years or on the fifth anniversary of the grant. (1) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued) Expiration of grants is from seven to ten years from the date of grant. The Company's compensation expense (included in selling, general and administrative expenses) and associated income tax benefits related to stock options for the thirteen and thirty-nine weeks ended September 24, 2016 and September 26, 2015, respectively, were as follows:
| Thirteen Weeks Ended |  | Thirty-nine Weeks Ended
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Compensation expense | $ | 1,399 |  |  | $ | 1,283 |  |  | $ | 4,358 |  |  | $ | 3,936 |
Income tax benefits | 539 |  |  | 494 |  |  | 1,678 |  |  | 1,515 |
Equity Method Investments The Company has equity method investments in non-consolidated subsidiaries, which are recorded within "Other assets" on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. Fair Value The Company applies the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification 820, Fair Value Measurements (“ASC 820”) which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The provisions of ASC 820 apply to other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements. As defined in ASC 820, fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. ASC 820 establishes a three‑level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability as of the measurement date. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk. Financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value will be classified and disclosed in one of the following three categories: Level 1: Quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2: Observable market based inputs or unobservable inputs that are corroborated by market data. Level 3: Unobservable inputs that are not corroborated by market data. The categorization within the valuation hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. Following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for assets and liabilities measured at fair value. Trading Securities: The assets and liabilities recorded for the investments held in the Valmont Deferred Compensation Plan of $36,925 ($37,963 at December 26, 2015) represent mutual funds, invested in debt and equity securities, classified as trading securities in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification 320, Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities, considering the employee's ability to change investment allocation of their deferred compensation at any time. (1) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued) The Company's ownership of shares in Delta EMD Pty. Ltd. (JSE:DTA) is also classified as trading securities. The shares are valued at $1,721 and $4,734 as of September 24, 2016 and December 26, 2015, respectively, which is the estimated fair value. During the first quarter of 2016, the Company received a dividend of $1,541 from Delta EMD Pty. Ltd and the market price of the shares were proportionately reduced accordingly. Quoted market prices are available for these securities in an active market and therefore categorized as a Level 1 input.
|  |  | Fair Value Measurement Using:
| Carrying Value September 24, 2016 |  | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) |  | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |  | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trading Securities | $ | 38,646 |  |  | $ | 38,646 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
|  |  | Fair Value Measurement Using:
| Carrying Value December 26, 2015 |  | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) |  | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |  | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Trading Securities | $ | 42,697 |  |  | $ | 42,697 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Comprehensive Income Comprehensive income includes net earnings, currency translation adjustments, certain derivative-related activity and changes in net actuarial gains/losses from a pension plan. Results of operations for foreign subsidiaries are translated using the average exchange rates during the period. Assets and liabilities are translated at the exchange rates in effect on the balance sheet dates. Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) consisted of the following at September 24, 2016 and December 26, 2015:
| Foreign Currency Translation Adjustments |  | Gain on Hedging Activities |  | Defined Benefit Pension Plan |  | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Balance at December 26, 2015 | $ | (191,928 | ) |  | $ | 3,678 |  |  | $ | (78,968 | ) |  | $ | (267,218 | )
Current-period comprehensive income (loss) | (14,070 | ) |  | 4,953 |  |  | 10,366 |  |  | 1,249 |
Balance at September 24, 2016 | $ | (205,998 | ) |  | $ | 8,631 |  |  | $ | (68,602 | ) |  | $ | (265,969 | )
Net Investment Hedge In the second quarter of 2016, the Company entered into a one-year foreign currency forward contract which qualified as a net investment hedge, in order to mitigate foreign currency risk on a portion of our investments denominated in British pounds. No ineffectiveness resulted from the hedge and the balance is recorded in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Other Comprehensive Income within gain/(loss) on hedging activities. The realized gain (loss) will be deferred in other comprehensive income where it will remain until the net investments in our British subsidiaries are divested. The unrealized gain recorded at Septemb er 24, 2016 is $4,897 and is included in Other Current Assets on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. (1) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued) Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2014-9, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), which supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 605, Revenue Recognition. The new revenue recognition standard requires entities to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers. ASU 2014-9 was to be effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016 and is to be applied retrospectively. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-14, Deferral of the Effective Date, which defers the effective date by one year to interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017 and is to be applied retrospectively. The Company is currently evaluating the effect that adopting this new accounting guidance will have on its consolidated results of operations and financial position. In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-11, Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory. Under this ASU, inventory will be measured at the “lower of cost and net realizable value” and options that currently exist for “market value” will be eliminated. The ASU defines net realizable value as the “estimated selling prices in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal, and transportation.” No other changes were made to the current guidance on inventory measurement. ASU 2015-11 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016 and should be applied prospectively. The Company is evaluating the provisions of this statement, including which period to adopt, and has not determined what impact the adoption of ASU 2015-11 will have on the Company's financial position or results of operations.

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