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Defined Benefit Plans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 29, 2022
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Disclosures [Abstract] |
Schedule of net periodic defined benefit pension cost and other charges to comprehensive income (loss) and accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | The components of net periodic defined benefit pension cost to accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) related to the Company’s defined benefit plans are as follows (in thousands):
| Year Ended January 29, 2022
| SERP |  | Foreign Pension Plans |  | Total
Service cost | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,142 |  |  | $ | 3,142 |
Interest cost | 1,155 |  |  | 74 |  |  | 1,229 |
Expected return on plan assets | — |  |  | (206) |  |  | (206) |
Net amortization of unrecognized prior service credit | — |  |  | (67) |  |  | (67) |
Net amortization of actuarial losses | 81 |  |  | 339 |  |  | 420 |
Net periodic defined benefit pension cost | $ | 1,236 |  |  | $ | 3,282 |  |  | $ | 4,518 |
Unrecognized prior service credit charged to comprehensive income (loss) | $ | — |  |  | $ | (67) |  |  | $ | (67) |
Unrecognized net actuarial loss charged to comprehensive income (loss) | 81 |  |  | 339 |  |  | 420 |
Net actuarial gains | 2,067 |  |  | 738 |  |  | 2,805 |
Foreign currency and other adjustments | — |  |  | 340 |  |  | 340 |
Related tax impact | (496) |  |  | (141) |  |  | (637) |
Total periodic defined benefit pension cost and other charges to other comprehensive income (loss) and accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | $ | 1,652 |  |  | $ | 1,209 |  |  | $ | 2,861 |
| Year Ended January 30, 2021
| SERP |  | Foreign Pension Plans |  | Total
Service cost | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,155 |  |  | $ | 3,155 |
Interest cost | 1,277 |  |  | 32 |  |  | 1,309 |
Expected return on plan assets | — |  |  | (186) |  |  | (186) |
Net amortization of unrecognized prior service credit | — |  |  | (66) |  |  | (66) |
Net amortization of actuarial losses | 40 |  |  | 357 |  |  | 397 |
Net periodic defined benefit pension cost | $ | 1,317 |  |  | $ | 3,292 |  |  | $ | 4,609 |
Unrecognized prior service credit charged to comprehensive income (loss) | $ | — |  |  | $ | (66) |  |  | $ | (66) |
Unrecognized net actuarial loss charged to comprehensive income (loss) | 40 |  |  | 357 |  |  | 397 |
Net actuarial losses | (767) |  |  | (236) |  |  | (1,003) |
Foreign currency and other adjustments | — |  |  | (383) |  |  | (383) |
Related tax impact | 168 |  |  | (21) |  |  | 147 |
Total periodic defined benefit pension cost and other charges to other comprehensive income (loss) and accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | $ | (559) |  |  | $ | (349) |  |  | $ | (908) |
| Year Ended February 1, 2020
| SERP |  | Foreign Pension Plans |  | Total
Service cost | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,211 |  |  | $ | 3,211 |
Interest cost | 1,924 |  |  | 270 |  |  | 2,194 |
Expected return on plan assets | — |  |  | (310) |  |  | (310) |
Net amortization of unrecognized prior service credit | — |  |  | (39) |  |  | (39) |
Net amortization of actuarial losses | 62 |  |  | 384 |  |  | 446 |
Net periodic defined benefit pension cost | $ | 1,986 |  |  | $ | 3,516 |  |  | $ | 5,502 |
Unrecognized prior service credit charged to comprehensive income (loss) | $ | — |  |  | $ | (39) |  |  | $ | (39) |
Unrecognized net actuarial loss charged to comprehensive income (loss) | 62 |  |  | 384 |  |  | 446 |
Net actuarial gains (losses) | 449 |  |  | (43) |  |  | 406 |
Foreign currency and other adjustments | — |  |  | (34) |  |  | (34) |
Related tax impact | (118) |  |  | 50 |  |  | (68) |
Total periodic defined benefit pension cost and other charges to other comprehensive income (loss) and accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | $ | 393 |  |  | $ | 318 |  |  | $ | 711 |
Schedule of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), before tax, that have not yet been recognized in net periodic defined benefit pension cost | Included in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), before income tax, are the following amounts that have not yet been recognized in net periodic defined benefit pension cost as follows (in thousands):
| Jan 29, 2022 |  | Jan 30, 2021
| SERP |  | Foreign Pension Plans |  | Total |  | SERP |  | Foreign Pension Plans |  | Total
Unrecognized prior service credit | $ | — |  |  | $ | (227) |  |  | $ | (227) |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (161) |  |  | $ | (161) |
Unrecognized net actuarial loss | 4,550 |  |  | 4,071 |  |  | 8,621 |  |  | 6,696 |  |  | 5,355 |  |  | 12,051 |
Total included in accumulated other comprehensive loss | $ | 4,550 |  |  | $ | 3,844 |  |  | $ | 8,394 |  |  | $ | 6,696 |  |  | $ | 5,194 |  |  | $ | 11,890 |
Schedule of the funded status of the Company's defined benefit plans and the amounts recognized in the Company's consolidated balance sheets | The following summarizes the funded status of the Company’s defined benefit plans and the amounts recognized in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets are as follows (in thousands):
| Jan 29, 2022 |  | Jan 30, 2021
| SERP |  | Foreign Pension Plans |  | Total |  | SERP |  | Foreign Pension Plans |  | Total
Projected benefit obligation | $ | (49,431) |  |  | $ | (42,740) |  |  | $ | (92,171) |  |  | $ | (52,268) |  |  | $ | (41,461) |  |  | $ | (93,729) |
Plan assets at fair value 1 | — |  |  | 38,015 |  |  | 38,015 |  |  | — |  |  | 35,015 |  |  | 35,015 |
Net liability 2 | $ | (49,431) |  |  | $ | (4,725) |  |  | $ | (54,156) |  |  | $ | (52,268) |  |  | $ | (6,446) |  |  | $ | (58,714) |
______________________________________________________________________ 1 The SERP is a non-qualified pension plan and hence the insurance policies are not considered to be plan assets. Accordingly, the table above does not include the insurance policies with cash surrender values of $70.9 million and $72.1 million as of January 29, 2022 and January 30, 2021, respectively. 2 The net liability was included in accrued expenses and other long-term liabilities in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets depending on the expected timing of payments.
Schedule of reconciliation of the changes in the projected benefit obligation | A reconciliation of the changes in the projected benefit obligation is as follows (in thousands):
| SERP |  | Foreign Pension Plans |  | Total
Balance at February 1, 2020 | $ | 51,939 |  |  | $ | 34,779 |  |  | $ | 86,718 |
Service cost | — |  |  | 3,165 |  |  | 3,165 |
Interest cost | 1,277 |  |  | 32 |  |  | 1,309 |
Actuarial losses | 767 |  |  | 286 |  |  | 1,053 |
Contributions by plan participants | — |  |  | 3,863 |  |  | 3,863 |
Payments | (1,715) |  |  | (3,421) |  |  | (5,136) |
Foreign currency and other adjustments | — |  |  | 2,757 |  |  | 2,757 |
Balance at January 30, 2021 | $ | 52,268 |  |  | $ | 41,461 |  |  | $ | 93,729 |
Service cost | — |  |  | 3,142 |  |  | 3,142 |
Interest cost | 1,155 |  |  | 74 |  |  | 1,229 |
Actuarial gains | (2,085) |  |  | (497) |  |  | (2,582) |
Contributions by plan participants | — |  |  | 3,764 |  |  | 3,764 |
Payments | (1,907) |  |  | (3,104) |  |  | (5,011) |
Foreign currency and other adjustments | — |  |  | (2,100) |  |  | (2,100) |
Balance at January 29, 2022 | $ | 49,431 |  |  | $ | 42,740 |  |  | $ | 92,171 |
Schedule of reconciliation of the changes in plan assets for foreign pension plans | A reconciliation of the changes in plan assets for the Company’s foreign pension plans is as follows (in thousands):
| Plan Assets
Balance at February 1, 2020 | $ | 28,893 |
Actual return on plan assets | 247 |
Contributions by employer | 3,184 |
Contributions by plan participants | 3,863 |
Payments | (3,421) |
Foreign currency and other adjustments | 2,249 |
Balance at January 30, 2021 | $ | 35,015 |
Actual return on plan assets | 447 |
Contributions by employer | 3,582 |
Contributions by plan participants | 3,764 |
Payments | (3,104) |
Foreign currency and other adjustments | (1,689) |
Balance at January 29, 2022 | $ | 38,015 |

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