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Employee Benefit Plans | 9 Months Ended
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Aug. 28, 2011
General Discussion of Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits [Abstract] |
Employee Benefit Plans [Text Block] | EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS In the three and nine months ended August 28, 2011 and August 29, 2010, net pension and postretirement costs included the following: Employee Benefit Plans (Three Months Ended August 28, 2011 and August 29, 2010)
|  | Pension Benefits |  | U.S. Postretirement Benefits
|  | U.S. Plan |  | Non-U.S. Plans |  |
(In thousands) |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Service cost |  | $ | 942 |  |  | $ | 908 |  |  | $ | 92 |  |  | $ | 94 |  |  | $ | 18 |  |  | $ | 21 |
Interest cost |  | 2,841 |  |  | 2,908 |  |  | 568 |  |  | 564 |  |  | 56 |  |  | 52 |
Expected return on plan assets |  | (3,098 | ) |  | (2,844 | ) |  | (483 | ) |  | (398 | ) |  | (6 | ) |  | (7 | )
Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost |  | 11 |  |  | 13 |  |  | 50 |  |  | 69 |  |  | 14 |  |  | 5 |
Curtailment |  | — |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Amortization of unrecognized net transition obligation |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 12 |  |  | 12 |
Amortization of accumulated loss |  | 2,495 |  |  | 2,685 |  |  | 4 |  |  | (35 | ) |  | 27 |  |  | 6 |
Net periodic cost |  | $ | 3,191 |  |  | $ | 3,671 |  |  | $ | 231 |  |  | $ | 294 |  |  | $ | 121 |  |  | $ | 89 |
Employee Benefit Plans (Nine Months Ended August 28, 2011 and August 29, 2010)
|  | Pension Benefits |  | U.S. Postretirement Benefits
|  | U.S. Plan |  | Non-U.S. Plans |  |
(In thousands) |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Service cost |  | $ | 2,826 |  |  | $ | 2,724 |  |  | $ | 276 |  |  | $ | 282 |  |  | $ | 54 |  |  | $ | 63 |
Interest cost |  | 8,523 |  |  | 8,724 |  |  | 1,704 |  |  | 1,692 |  |  | 168 |  |  | 156 |
Expected return on plan assets |  | (9,294 | ) |  | (8,532 | ) |  | (1,449 | ) |  | (1,194 | ) |  | (18 | ) |  | (21 | )
Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost |  | 33 |  |  | 39 |  |  | 150 |  |  | 207 |  |  | 42 |  |  | 15 |
Curtailment |  | — |  |  | 3 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Amortization of unrecognized net transition obligation |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 36 |  |  | 36 |
Amortization of accumulated loss |  | 7,485 |  |  | 8,055 |  |  | 12 |  |  | (105 | ) |  | 81 |  |  | 18 |
Net periodic cost |  | $ | 9,573 |  |  | $ | 11,013 |  |  | $ | 693 |  |  | $ | 882 |  |  | $ | 363 |  |  | $ | 267 |
The Company contributed $9,100,000 to its U.S. pension plan and $377,000 to its non-U.S. pension plans in the first nine months of 2011. The Company expects to contribute an additional $2,300,000 to its U.S. pension plan and $1,000,000 to its non-U.S. pension plans during the remainder of 2011.

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