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RETIREMENT AND SAVINGS BENEFIT PLANS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 30, 2019
Retirement Benefits [Abstract] |
Components of Pension Cost | The components of pension cost for VF’s defined benefit plans were as follows:
|  | Year Ended March |  |  | Three Months Ended March (Transition Period) |  | Year Ended December
(In thousands) |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Service cost — benefits earned during the period |  | $ | 22,352 |  |  |  | $ | 5,912 |  |  | $ | 24,890 |  |  | $ | 25,839 |
Interest cost on projected benefit obligations |  | 63,434 |  |  |  | 14,825 |  |  | 58,989 |  |  | 68,020 |
Expected return on plan assets |  | (93,409 | ) |  |  | (25,314 | ) |  | (94,807 | ) |  | (99,540 | )
Settlement charges |  | 8,856 |  |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 50,922 |
Curtailments |  | 9,530 |  |  |  | — |  |  | 1,671 |  |  | — |
Amortization of deferred amounts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net deferred actuarial losses |  | 28,474 |  |  |  | 8,548 |  |  | 41,440 |  |  | 65,212 |
Deferred prior service costs |  | 494 |  |  |  | 647 |  |  | 2,646 |  |  | 2,584 |
Total pension expense |  | $ | 39,731 |  |  |  | $ | 4,618 |  |  | $ | 34,829 |  |  | $ | 113,037 |
Weighted average actuarial assumptions used to determine pension expense: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Discount rate in effect for determining service cost |  | 3.85 | % |  |  | 3.58 | % |  | 4.08 | % |  | 4.54 | %
Discount rate in effect for determining interest cost |  | 3.51 | % |  |  | 3.13 | % |  | 3.26 | % |  | 3.56 | %
Expected long-term return on plan assets |  | 5.58 | % |  |  | 5.72 | % |  | 5.72 | % |  | 5.81 | %
Rate of compensation increase |  | 3.73 | % |  |  | 3.73 | % |  | 3.78 | % |  | 3.90 | %
Reconciliation of Changes in Fair Value of Defined Benefit Plan Assets and Projected Benefit Obligations | The following provides a reconciliation of the changes in fair value of VF’s defined benefit plan assets and projected benefit obligations for each period, and the funded status at the end of each period:
(In thousands) |  | March 2019 |  |  | March 2018 |  | December 2017
Fair value of plan assets, beginning of period |  | $ | 1,751,760 |  |  |  | $ | 1,809,649 |  |  | $ | 1,673,297 |
Actual return on plan assets |  | 82,947 |  |  |  | (39,495 | ) |  | 204,017 |
VF contributions |  | 41,581 |  |  |  | 3,205 |  |  | 9,807 |
Participant contributions |  | 4,136 |  |  |  | 1,018 |  |  | 4,011 |
Benefits paid |  | (118,513 | ) |  |  | (27,441 | ) |  | (93,900 | )
Currency translation |  | (10,817 | ) |  |  | 4,824 |  |  | 12,417 |
Fair value of plan assets, end of period |  | 1,751,094 |  |  |  | 1,751,760 |  |  | 1,809,649 |
Projected benefit obligations, beginning of period |  | 1,884,485 |  |  |  | 1,943,821 |  |  | 1,808,327 |
Service cost |  | 22,352 |  |  |  | 5,912 |  |  | 24,890 |
Interest cost |  | 63,434 |  |  |  | 14,825 |  |  | 58,989 |
Participant contributions |  | 4,136 |  |  |  | 1,018 |  |  | 4,011 |
Actuarial loss (gain) |  | 10,653 |  |  |  | (59,511 | ) |  | 131,040 |
Benefits paid |  | (118,513 | ) |  |  | (27,441 | ) |  | (93,900 | )
Plan amendments |  | 715 |  |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Curtailments |  | (33,826 | ) |  |  | — |  |  | (5,664 | )
Currency translation |  | (14,505 | ) |  |  | 5,861 |  |  | 16,128 |
Projected benefit obligations, end of period |  | 1,818,931 |  |  |  | 1,884,485 |  |  | 1,943,821 |
Funded status, end of period |  | $ | (67,837 | ) |  |  | $ | (132,725 | ) |  | $ | (134,172 | )
Pension benefits are reported in the Consolidated Balance Sheets as a net asset or liability based on the overfunded or underfunded status of the defined benefit plans, assessed on a plan-by-plan basis.
(In thousands) |  | March 2019 |  |  | March 2018 |  | December 2017
Amounts included in Consolidated Balance Sheets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Other assets (Note 10) |  | $ | 117,405 |  |  |  | $ | 76,671 |  |  | $ | 82,296 |
Accrued liabilities (Note 12) |  | (10,260 | ) |  |  | (32,814 | ) |  | (27,277 | )
Other liabilities (Note 14) |  | (174,982 | ) |  |  | (176,582 | ) |  | (189,191 | )
Funded status |  | $ | (67,837 | ) |  |  | $ | (132,725 | ) |  | $ | (134,172 | )
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, pretax: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net deferred actuarial losses |  | $ | 399,093 |  |  |  | $ | 452,329 |  |  | $ | 454,463 |
Deferred prior service costs |  | 563 |  |  |  | 9,878 |  |  | 10,533 |
Total accumulated other comprehensive loss, pretax |  | $ | 399,656 |  |  |  | $ | 462,207 |  |  | $ | 464,996 |
Accumulated benefit obligations |  | $ | 1,778,910 |  |  |  | $ | 1,783,600 |  |  | $ | 1,837,776 |
Weighted average actuarial assumptions used to determine pension obligations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Discount rate |  | 3.68 | % |  |  | 3.76 | % |  | 3.46 | %
Rate of compensation increase (a) |  | 2.74 | % |  |  | 3.73 | % |  | 3.73 | %
(a) | Rate of compensation increase is calculated as the weighted average rate of compensation increase for active plans. Frozen plans are excluded from the calculation.
Fair Value of Investments Held by Pension Plan | The fair value of investments held by VF’s defined benefit plans at March 2019, March 2018 and December 2017, by asset class, is summarized below. Refer to Note 22 for a description of the three levels of the fair value measurement hierarchy.
| Total Plan Assets |  | Fair Value Measurements |
(In thousands) | Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3 |
March 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Plan assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash equivalents | $ | 3,023 |  |  | $ | 3,023 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |
Fixed income securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. Treasury and government agencies | 7 |  |  | — |  |  | 7 |  |  | — |  |
Insurance contracts | 71,521 |  |  | — |  |  | 71,521 |  |  | — |  |
Commodities | (347 | ) |  | (347 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |
Total plan assets in the fair value hierarchy | $ | 74,204 |  |  | $ | 2,676 |  |  | $ | 71,528 |  |  | $ | — |  |
Plan assets measured at net asset value |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash equivalents | 36,349 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Domestic | 82,659 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
International | 97,766 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fixed income securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Corporate and international bonds | 1,309,123 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Alternative investments | 150,993 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total plan assets measured at net asset value | 1,676,890 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total plan assets | $ | 1,751,094 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Total Plan Assets |  | Fair Value Measurements
(In thousands) | Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3
March 2018 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Plan assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash equivalents | $ | 14,694 |  |  | $ | 14,694 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Fixed income securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. Treasury and government agencies | 8 |  |  | — |  |  | 8 |  |  | — |
Insurance contracts | 67,444 |  |  | — |  |  | 67,444 |  |  | — |
Commodities | (7,091 | ) |  | (7,091 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Total plan assets in the fair value hierarchy | $ | 75,055 |  |  | $ | 7,603 |  |  | $ | 67,452 |  |  | $ | — |
Plan assets measured at net asset value |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash equivalents | 38,833 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Domestic | 114,958 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
International | 155,330 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fixed income securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Corporate and international bonds | 1,211,103 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Alternative investments | 156,481 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total plan assets measured at net asset value | 1,676,705 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total plan assets | $ | 1,751,760 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Total Plan Assets |  | Fair Value Measurements
(In thousands) | Level 1 |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3
December 2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Plan assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash equivalents | $ | 8,191 |  |  | $ | 8,191 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Fixed income securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. Treasury and government agencies | 8 |  |  | — |  |  | 8 |  |  | — |
Insurance contracts | 69,448 |  |  | — |  |  | 69,448 |  |  | — |
Commodities | (372 | ) |  | (372 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Total plan assets in the fair value hierarchy | $ | 77,275 |  |  | $ | 7,819 |  |  | $ | 69,456 |  |  | $ | — |
Plan assets measured at net asset value |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash equivalents | 36,313 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Domestic | 152,154 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
International | 173,608 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fixed income securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Corporate and international bonds | 1,215,558 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Alternative investments | 154,741 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total plan assets measured at net asset value | 1,732,374 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total plan assets | $ | 1,809,649 |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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