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Pension Liabilities [Abstract] |
Pension Liabilities | Note 18 – Pension Liabilities Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan In March 1, 2007, the Board of Directors of Reading International, Inc. (“Reading”) approved a Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (“SERP”) pursuant to which Reading has agreed to provide James J. Cotter, its Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors, supplemental retirement benefits effective March 1, 2007. Under the SERP, Mr. Cotter will receive a monthly payment of the greater of (i) 40% of the average monthly earnings over the highest consecutive 36-month period of earnings prior to Mr. Cotter’s separation from service with Reading or (ii) $25,000 per month for the remainder of his life, with a guarantee of 180 monthly payments following his separation from service with Reading or following his death. The beneficiaries under the SERP may be designated by Mr. Cotter or by his beneficiary following his or his beneficiary’s death. The benefits under the SERP are fully vested as of March 1, 2007. The SERP initially will be unfunded, but Reading may choose to establish one or more grantor trusts from which to pay the SERP benefits. As such, the SERP benefits are unsecured, general obligations of Reading. The SERP is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Reading. In accordance with FASB ASC 715-30-05 – Defined Benefit Pension Plans (“ASC 715-30-05”), the initial pension benefit obligation of $2.7 million was included in our other liabilities with a corresponding amount of unrecognized prior service cost included in accumulated other comprehensive income on March 1, 2007. The initial benefit obligation was based on a discount rate of 5.75% and a compensation increase rate of 3.5%. The $2.7 million is being amortized as a prior service cost over the estimated service period of 10 years combined with an annual interest cost. For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010, we recognized $149,000, $195,000, and $200,000, respectively, of interest cost and $304,000 of amortized prior service cost per year. For the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, we recognized $0 and $24,000 of amortized net gains. The balance of the other liability for this pension plan was $5.9 million and $3.5 million at December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively, and the accumulated unrecognized prior service costs included in other comprehensive income balance was $3.2 and $1.2 million at December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The December 31, 2012 and 2011 values of the SERP are based on a discount rate of 3.40% and 4.25%, respectively and an annual compensation growth rate of 3.50% per year. The change in the SERP pension benefit obligation and the funded status for the year ending December 31, 2012 and 2011 are as follows (dollars in thousands):
|  | For the year ending
Change in Benefit Obligation |  | December 31, 2012
Benefit obligation at January 1, 2012 | $ | 3,511
Interest cost |  | 149
Actuarial loss |  | 2,284
Benefit obligation at December 31, 2012 |  | 5,944
Funded status at December 31, 2012 | $ | (5,944)
|  | For the year ending
Change in Benefit Obligation |  | December 31, 2011
Benefit obligation at January 1, 2011 | $ | 3,820
Interest cost |  | 195
Actuarial gain |  | (504)
Benefit obligation at December 31, 2011 |  | 3,511
Funded status at December 31, 2011 | $ | (3,511)
Amount recognized in balance sheet consists of (dollars in thousands):
|  | At December 31, 2012 |  | At December 31, 2011
Current liabilities | $ | 14 | $ | 10
Noncurrent liabilities |  | 5,930 |  | 3,501
Items not yet recognized as a component of net periodic pension cost consist of (dollars in thousands):
|  | At December 31, 2012 |  | At December 31, 2011
Unamortized actuarial (gain) loss | $ | 2,269 | $ | (14)
Prior service costs |  | 931 |  | 1,234
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |  | 3,200 |  | 1,220
The components of the net periodic benefit cost and other amounts recognized in other comprehensive income are as follows (dollars in thousands):
Net periodic benefit cost |  | For the year ending December 31, 2012 |  | For the year ending December 31, 2011
Interest cost | $ | 149 | $ | 195
Amortization of prior service costs |  | 304 |  | 304
Amortization of net gain |  | -- |  | 24
Net periodic benefit cost | $ | 453 | $ | 523
Other changes in plan assets and benefit obligations recognized in other comprehensive income |  |  |  |
Net (gain) loss | $ | 2,284 | $ | (504)
Amortization of prior service cost |  | (304) |  | (304)
Amortization of net gain |  | -- |  | (24)
Total recognized in other comprehensive income | $ | 1,980 | $ | (832)
Total recognized in net periodic benefit cost and other comprehensive income | $ | 2,433 | $ | (309)
The estimated net loss and prior service cost for the defined benefit pension plan that will be amortized from accumulated other comprehensive income into net periodic benefit cost over the next fiscal year will be $356,000 and $304,000, respectively. The following weighted average assumptions were used to determine the plan benefit obligations at December 31, 2012 and 2011:
|  | 2012 |  | 2011
Discount rate |  | 3.40% |  | 4.25%
Rate of compensation increase |  | 3.50% |  | 3.50%
The following weighted-average assumptions were used to determine net periodic benefit cost for the year ended December 31, 2012 and 2011:
|  | 2012 |  | 2011
Discount rate |  | 4.25% |  | 5.10%
Expected long-term return on plan assets |  | 0.00% |  | 0.00%
Rate of compensation increase |  | 3.50% |  | 3.50%
Other Pension Liabilities In addition to the aforementioned SERP, we have defined contribution pension plans for selected current and former executives of our corporation resulting in a pension liability of $1.0 million and $778,000 at December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. These pensions accrued $204,000 and $101,000 of pension expense for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively. The benefit payments for all of our pensions, which reflect expected future service, as appropriate, are expected to be paid over the following periods (dollars in thousands):
|  |  |  | Pension Payments
2013 |  |  | $ | 13
2014 |  |  |  | 27
2015 |  |  |  | 44
2016 |  |  |  | 61
2017 |  |  |  | 481
Thereafter |  |  |  | 6,350
Total pension payments |  |  | $ | 6,976

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