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Executive Nonqualified Defined Benefit Plan (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |
Benefit Obligation, Amounts Recognized Company's Financial Statements and Principal Assumptions | The Company records a projected benefit obligation representing the present value of future plan benefits when earned by the participant. The following table sets forth the benefit obligation, amounts recognized in the Company’s financial statements and the principal assumptions used:
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Change in projected benefit obligation: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Benefit obligation at beginning of year |  | $ | 1,848 |  |  | $ | 1,633 |
Service cost |  |  | 335 |  |  |  | 355 |
Interest cost |  |  | 78 |  |  |  | 53 |
Actuarial loss(gain) |  |  | 213 |  |  |  | (193 | )
Net periodic benefit cost |  |  | 626 |  |  |  | 215 |
Benefit obligation at end of year |  | $ | 2,474 |  |  | $ | 1,848 |
Fair Value of Plan Assets | The following table sets forth the fair value of the plan assets for the periods ending December 31, 2014 and 2013:
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Change in plan assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Plan assets at beginning of year |  | $ | 2,340 |  |  | $ | 1,548 |
Actual return on plan assets |  |  | 89 |  |  |  | 59 |
Net contributions |  |  | 958 |  |  |  | 664 |
Actuarial gains/(losses) |  |  | 531 |  |  |  | (24 | )
Exchange rate impact |  |  | (303 | ) |  |  | 93 |
Plan assets at end of year |  | $ | 3,615 |  |  | $ | 2,340 |
Actuarial Assumptions Used to Determine Benefit Obligation and Net Periodic Service Cost | The Gentherm GmbH defined benefit plan is underfunded by $4,505 and $3,679 as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The portion of the net benefit obligation payable within the next 12 months is included in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet within accrued liabilities. The long-term portion of the net benefit obligation is included in pension benefit obligation. The net periodic benefit cost is included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the Company’s consolidated statements of income. The following table describes the actuarial assumptions used to determine the benefit obligation and the net periodic service cost:
|  | 2014 |
Discount rate |  |  | 1.95 | %
Expected long term rate of return on plan assets |  |  | 3.80 | %
Schedule of Expected Pension Payments | The schedule of expected pension payments made to Gentherm GmbH defined benefit plan participants over the next 10 years is as follows:
Year |  |  |
2015 |  | $ | 276 |
2016 |  |  | 277 |
2017 |  |  | 276 |
2018 |  |  | 275 |
2019 |  |  | 274 |
2020 - 2024 |  |  | 1,360 |
Total |  | $ | 2,738 |
Gentherm GmbH |
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items] |
Benefit Obligation, Amounts Recognized Company's Financial Statements and Principal Assumptions | Gentherm GmbH records a projected benefit obligation representing the present value of future plan benefits when earned by the participant. The following table sets forth the benefit obligation and amounts recognized in the Company’s financial statements:
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Change in projected benefit obligation: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Benefit obligation at beginning of year |  | $ | 6,019 |  |  | $ | 5,392 |
Service cost |  |  | 304 |  |  |  | — |
Interest cost |  |  | 181 |  |  |  | 180 |
Paid pension distributions |  |  | (278 | ) |  |  | (291 | )
Actuarial (gains)/losses |  |  | 1,385 |  |  |  | 43 |
Past service cost |  |  | 1,271 |  |  |  | 445 |
Exchange rate impact |  |  | (762 | ) |  |  | 250 |
Benefit obligation at end of year |  | $ | 8,120 |  |  | $ | 6,019 |

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