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Note 6 - Employee Benefit Plans

3 Months Ended

Apr. 05, 2015

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 6 – EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

The following tables provide the components of net periodic benefit cost for the three-month periods ended April 5, 2015, and March 30, 2014, respectively:

		Three Months Ended
Defined Benefit Retirement Plan (Europe)		April 5, 2015				March 30, 2014
		(In thousands)
Service cost		$	269			$	175
Interest cost			2,093				2,515
Expected return on assets			(2,247	)			(2,825	)
Amortization of prior service costs			8				12
Recognized net actuarial (gains)/losses			239				153
Net periodic benefit cost		$	362			$	30

		Three Months Ended
Salary Continuation Plan (SCP)		April 5, 2015				March 30, 2014
		(In thousands)
Service cost		$	148			$	125
Interest cost			278				268
Amortization of prior service cost			0				6
Amortization of (gain)/loss			131				67
Net periodic benefit cost		$	557			$	466

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The entire disclosure for pension and other postretirement benefits.

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