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Defined Benefit Plans
 9 Months Ended
Jul. 01, 2012
Defined Benefit Plans [Abstract]  
Defined Benefit Plans

(8) Defined Benefit Plans

HGI

HGI has a noncontributory defined benefit pension plan (the “HGI Pension Plan”) covering certain former U.S. employees. During 2006, the HGI Pension Plan was frozen which caused all existing participants to become fully vested in their benefits.

Additionally, HGI has an unfunded supplemental pension plan (the “Supplemental Plan”) which provides supplemental retirement payments to certain former senior executives of HGI. The amounts of such payments equal the difference between the amounts received under the HGI Pension Plan and the amounts that would otherwise be received if HGI Pension Plan payments were not reduced as the result of the limitations upon compensation and benefits imposed by Federal law. Effective December 1994, the Supplemental Plan was frozen.

Spectrum Brands

Spectrum Brands has various defined benefit pension plans (the “Spectrum Brands Pension Plans”) covering some of its employees in the United States and certain employees in other countries, primarily the United Kingdom and Germany. The Spectrum Brands Pension Plans generally provide benefits of stated amounts for each year of service. Spectrum Brands funds its U.S. pension plans in accordance with the requirements of the defined benefit pension plans and, where applicable, in amounts sufficient to satisfy the minimum funding requirements of applicable laws. Additionally, in compliance with Spectrum Brands’ funding policy, annual contributions to non-U.S. defined benefit plans are equal to the actuarial recommendations or statutory requirements in the respective countries.

Spectrum Brands also sponsors or participates in a number of other non-U.S. pension arrangements, including various retirement and termination benefit plans, some of which are covered by local law or coordinated with government-sponsored plans, which are not significant in the aggregate and therefore are not included in the information presented below. Spectrum Brands also has various nonqualified deferred compensation agreements with certain of its employees. Under certain of these agreements, Spectrum Brands has agreed to pay certain amounts annually for the first 15 years subsequent to retirement or to a designated beneficiary upon death. It is management’s intent that life insurance contracts owned by Spectrum Brands will fund these agreements. Under the remaining agreements, Spectrum Brands has agreed to pay such deferred amounts in up to 15 annual installments beginning on a date specified by the employee, subsequent to retirement or disability, or to a designated beneficiary upon death.

Spectrum Brands also provides postretirement life insurance and medical benefits to certain retirees under two separate contributory plans.

Consolidated

The components of consolidated net periodic benefit and deferred compensation benefit costs and contributions made are as follows:

 

                                 
    Three Month Period Ended     Nine Month Period Ended  
    July 1, 2012     July 3, 2011     July 1, 2012     July 3, 2011  

Service cost

   $ 667     $ 818     $ 1,966     $ 2,453  

Interest cost

     2,763       2,772       7,662       8,315  

Expected return on assets

     (2,273 )      (2,217 )      (6,043 )      (6,650 ) 

Recognized net actuarial loss

     249       97       528       291  

Employee contributions

     (46 )      (129 )      (139 )      (386 ) 
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

  
    $ 1,360     $ 1,341     $ 3,974     $ 4,023  
   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

  

Contributions made during period

   $ 1,337     $ 3,216     $ 3,914     $ 6,227