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Retirement Plans (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
Schedule of Benefit Obligations in Excess of Fair Value of Plan Assets

The majority of the Company's defined benefit pension plans have projected benefit obligations in excess of the fair value of plan assets. For these plans, the projected benefit obligations and the fair value of plan assets were as follows as of December 31, 2023 and 2022:

 

 

December 31,

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Projected benefit obligations

 

$

311,336

 

 

$

331,099

 

Fair value of plans' assets

 

 

285,243

 

 

 

302,854

 

Schedule Of Fair Value Of Plan Assets In Excess Of Benefit Obligations Table Text Block

Certain of the Company's U.K. Plans have fair values of plan assets that exceed the projected benefit obligations. For these plans, and certain Other International Plans, the projected benefit obligations and the fair value of plan assets were as follows as of December 31, 2023 and 2022:

 

 

December 31,

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Projected benefit obligations

 

$

146,960

 

 

$

154,474

 

Fair value of plans' assets

 

 

157,914

 

 

 

174,874

 

Schedule of Accumulated Benefit Obligations in Excess of Fair Value of Plan Assets

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of the projected benefit obligations and the fair value of plans' assets for the Company's defined benefit pension plans as of the plans' most recent measurement dates is as follows:

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Projected Benefit Obligations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of measurement period

 

$

485,573

 

 

$

730,315

 

Service cost

 

 

1,423

 

 

 

1,219

 

Interest cost

 

 

23,915

 

 

 

12,903

 

Employee contributions

 

 

23

 

 

 

22

 

Actuarial gain

 

 

(11,023

)

 

 

(160,945

)

Plan settlements

 

 

 

 

 

(1,780

)

Benefits paid

 

 

(51,232

)

 

 

(44,566

)

Foreign currency effects

 

 

9,617

 

 

 

(51,595

)

End of measurement period

 

 

458,296

 

 

 

485,573

 

Fair Value of Plans' Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of measurement period

 

 

477,728

 

 

 

739,789

 

Actual return on plans' assets

 

 

2,712

 

 

 

(161,284

)

Employer contributions

 

 

3,265

 

 

 

1,506

 

Employee contributions

 

 

23

 

 

 

22

 

Plan settlements

 

 

 

 

 

(1,659

)

Benefits paid

 

 

(51,232

)

 

 

(44,566

)

Foreign currency effects

 

 

10,661

 

 

 

(56,080

)

End of measurement period

 

 

443,157

 

 

 

477,728

 

Unfunded Status

 

$

(15,139

)

 

$

(7,845

)

Schedule of Net Funded Status

The funded status of the Company's defined benefit pension plans recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31 consisted of:

 

December 31,

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

U.S. Qualified Plan

 

$

22,317

 

 

$

24,311

 

Other international plans

 

 

1,688

 

 

 

1,602

 

Subtotal, included in "Accrued pension liabilities"

 

 

24,006

 

 

 

25,913

 

U.K. prepaid pension asset included in "Other noncurrent assets"

 

 

(10,876

)

 

 

(20,401

)

Other international plans

 

 

(78

)

 

 

 

Subtotal, included in "Other noncurrent assets"

 

 

(10,954

)

 

 

(20,401

)

Unfunded status of nonqualified defined benefit deferred pension plans included in "Other accrued liabilities"

 

 

230

 

 

 

233

 

Unfunded status of nonqualified defined benefit pension plans included in "Other noncurrent liabilities"

 

 

1,858

 

 

 

2,100

 

Total underfunded status

 

$

15,139

 

 

$

7,845

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss, before income taxes

 

$

(261,102

)

 

$

(256,695

)

Schedule of Net Unrecognized Actuarial Gain (loss)

The following tables set forth the changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss during 2023 and 2022 for the Company's defined benefit retirement plans on a combined basis:

 

 

Defined Benefit
Pension Plans

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Net unrecognized actuarial loss, December 31, 2021

 

$

(251,629

)

Amortization of net loss

 

 

10,320

 

Net loss arising during the year

 

 

(24,939

)

Currency translation

 

 

9,553

 

Net unrecognized actuarial loss, December 31, 2022

 

 

(256,695

)

Amortization of net loss

 

 

12,019

 

Net loss arising during the year

 

 

(13,432

)

Currency translation

 

 

(2,993

)

Net unrecognized actuarial loss, December 31, 2023

 

$

(261,102

)

Schedule of Defined Benefit Plans Disclosures

Net periodic benefit (credit) cost related to all of the Company's defined benefit pension plans recognized in the Company's Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022, and 2021 included the following components:

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Service cost

 

$

1,423

 

 

$

1,219

 

 

$

1,208

 

Interest cost

 

 

23,915

 

 

 

12,903

 

 

 

11,321

 

Expected return on assets

 

 

(27,168

)

 

 

(24,600

)

 

 

(25,248

)

Amortization of actuarial loss

 

 

12,020

 

 

 

10,198

 

 

 

10,455

 

Net periodic benefit cost (credit)

 

$

10,190

 

 

$

(280

)

 

$

(2,264

)

Schedule of Expected Benefit Payments

Over the next ten years, the following benefit payments are expected to be required to be made from the Company's U.S. and U.K. defined benefit pension plans:

 

 

Year Ending December 31,

 

Expected Benefit
Payments

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

2024

 

$

35,700

 

2025

 

 

35,752

 

2026

 

 

35,430

 

2027

 

 

35,126

 

2028

 

 

35,062

 

2029-2033

 

 

163,913

 

Schedule of Assumptions Used Certain assumptions used in computing the benefit obligations and net periodic benefit cost for the U.S. and U.K. defined benefit pension plans were as follows:

 

U.S. Qualified Plan:

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Discount rate used to compute benefit obligations

 

 

4.94

%

 

 

5.13

%

Discount rate used to compute periodic benefit cost

 

 

5.13

%

 

 

2.77

%

Expected long-term rates of return on plans' assets

 

 

6.20

%

 

 

4.80

%

 

U.K. Defined Benefit Plans:

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Discount rate used to compute benefit obligations

 

 

5.78

%

 

 

4.93

%

Discount rate used to compute periodic benefit cost

 

 

4.93

%

 

 

1.82

%

Expected long-term rates of return on plans' assets

 

 

5.40

%

 

 

2.40

%

Schedule of Allocation of Plan Assets

Asset allocations at the respective measurement dates, by asset category, for the Company's U.S. and U.K. qualified defined benefit pension plans were as follows:

 

 

 

 

U.S. Qualified Plan

 

 

U.K. Plans

 

December 31,

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Equity securities

 

 

14.6

%

 

 

13.2

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed income securities

 

 

75.8

%

 

 

73.5

%

 

 

74.1

%

 

 

71.9

%

Alternative strategies

 

 

4.6

%

 

 

7.6

%

 

 

24.4

%

 

 

26.7

%

Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investment funds

 

 

5.0

%

 

 

5.7

%

 

 

1.5

%

 

 

1.4

%

Total asset allocation

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

100.0

%