NOTE 13 — RETIREMENT PLAN

The Supplemental Employee Retirement Plan (“SERP”) is an unfunded, non-qualified benefit plan that will provide eligible participants with monthly benefits upon retirement, disability or death, subject to certain conditions. Benefits paid to retirees are based on age at retirement, years of credited service, and average compensation. We use our fiscal year-end as the measurement date for the obligation calculation. Accounting guidance in ASC Topic 715, Compensation — Retirement Benefits requires the recognition of the funded status of the SERP on the Consolidated Balance Sheet. Actuarial gains or losses, prior service costs or credits and transition obligations that have not yet been recognized are recorded as a component of “Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss” (“AOCL”).

The following table presents the changes in the projected benefit obligation for the fiscal years ended:


	June 28, 2018			June 29, 2017
Change in projected benefit obligation
Projected benefit obligation at beginning of year	$	21,641		$	22,791
Service cost		607			631
Interest cost		851			811
Actuarial gain		(511	)		(1,938	)
Benefits paid		(654	)		(654	)

Projected benefit obligation at end of year	$	21,934		$	21,641

The accumulated benefit obligation, which represents benefits earned up to the measurement date, was $18,582 and $17,774 at June 28, 2018 and June 29, 2017, respectively.

Components of the actuarial (gain) loss portion of the change in projected benefit obligation are presented below for the fiscal years ended:


	June 28, 2018			June 29, 2017			June 30, 2016
Actuarial (Gain) Loss
Change in assumed pay increases	$	(56	)	$	124		$	68
Change in discount rate		(523	)		(1,402	)		3,509
Change in mortality assumptions		(117	)		(193	)		(132	)
Other		185			(467	)		128

Actuarial (gain) loss	$	(511	)	$	(1,938	)	$	3,573

The components of the net periodic pension cost are as follows for the fiscal years ended:


	June 28, 2018		June 29, 2017		June 30, 2016
Service cost	$	607	$	631	$	491
Interest cost		851		811		843
Recognized loss amortization		162		365		50
Prior service cost amortization		957		957		957

Net periodic pension cost	$	2,577	$	2,764	$	2,341

Significant assumptions related to our SERP include the discount rate used to calculate the actuarial present value of benefit obligations to be paid in the future, the average rate of compensation expense increase by SERP participants, and anticipated mortality rates. The RP-2014 white collar fully generational mortality table with mortality improvement scale MP-2017 was utilized in the preparation of our pension obligation as of June 28, 2018.

We used the following assumptions to calculate the benefit obligation of our SERP as of the following dates:


	June 28, 2018			June 29, 2017
Discount rate		4.14	%		3.99	%
Average rate of compensation increases		3.38	%		4.50	%
Bonus payment		60% - 85% of base, paid 4 of 5 years			60% - 85% of base, paid 4 of 5 years

We used the following assumptions to calculate the net periodic costs of our SERP as follows for the fiscal years ended:


	June 28, 2018			June 29, 2017			June 30, 2016
Discount rate		3.99	%		3.61	%		4.63	%
Rate of compensation increases		4.50	%		4.50	%		4.50	%
Mortality		RP-2014 white collar with MP- 2016 scale			RP-2014 white collar with MP- 2015 scale			RP-2014 white collar with MP- 2014 scale
Bonus payment		60% - 85% of base, paid 4 of 5 years			60% - 85% of base, paid 4 of 5 years			60% - 85% of base, paid 4 of 5 years

The assumed discount rate is based, in part, upon a discount rate modeling process that considers both high quality long-term indices and the duration of the SERP plan relative to the durations implicit in the broader indices. The discount rate is utilized principally in calculating the actuarial present value of our obligation and periodic expense pursuant to the SERP. To the extent the discount rate increases or decreases, our SERP obligation is decreased or increased, respectively.

The following table presents the benefits expected to be paid in the next ten fiscal years:


Fiscal year
2019	$	646
2020		628
2021		744
2022		716
2023		684
2024 — 2028		5,694

At June 28, 2018 and June 29, 2017, the current portion of the SERP liability was $646 and $647, respectively, and recorded in Accrued payroll and related benefits on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

The following table presents the components of AOCL that have not yet been recognized in net pension expense:


	June 28, 2018			June 29, 2017
Unrecognized net loss	$	(2,951	)	$	(3,624	)
Unrecognized prior service cost		(2,392	)		(3,349	)
Tax effect		2,162			2,569

Net amount unrecognized	$	(3,181	)	$	(4,404	)

We expect to recognize $957 of the prior service cost and $95 of net loss into net periodic pension expense during the fiscal year ending June 27, 2019.