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Retirement Plans
9 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2022
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
Retirement Plans Retirement Plans
The Company and its subsidiaries cover certain employees under a noncontributory defined benefit retirement plan, entitled the Virco Employees’ Retirement Plan (the “Pension Plan”). As more fully described in the Annual Report on Form 10-K, benefit accruals under the Employees Retirement Plan were frozen effective December 31, 2003. There is no service cost incurred under this plan.
The Company also provides a supplementary retirement plan for certain key employees, the VIP Retirement Plan (the “VIP Plan”). As more fully described in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2023, benefit accruals under the VIP Plan were frozen since December 31, 2003. There is no service cost incurred under the VIP Plan.

The following table summarizes the net periodic pension cost for the Pension Plan and the VIP Plan for the three and nine months ended October 31, 2023 and 2022:
Three Months EndedNine Months Ended
10/31/202310/31/202210/31/202310/31/2022
(In thousands)
Service cost$— $— $— $— 
Interest cost106 298 826 895 
Expected return on plan assets(203)(237)(601)(711)
Plan settlement372 64 372 64 
Amortization of prior service cost— — — — 
Recognized net actuarial loss26 134 26 402 
Benefit cost$301 $259 $623 $650 

401(k) Retirement Plan

The Company’s retirement plan, which covers all U.S. employees, allows participants to defer from 1% to 75% of their eligible compensation through a 401(k)-retirement program. The plan includes Virco stock as one of the investment options. At October 31, 2023 and 2022, the plan held 1,404,774 shares and 1,250,468 shares of Virco stock, respectively. For the three-month period ended October 31, 2023 and 2022, the compensation costs incurred for employer match, which is paid in the form of Company stock, was $356,000 and $333,000 respectively. For the nine-month period ended October 31, 2023 and 2022, the compensation costs incurred for employer match, which is paid in the form of Company stock, was $1,078,000 and $985,000 respectively.
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