Changes in the fair value of plan assets
|
|
2017
|
2016
|
|||||||
|
In thousands
|
||||||||
|
Balance at January 1,
|
$
|
4,513
|
$
|
4,638
|
||||
|
Expected return
|
127
|
121
|
||||||
|
Contributions by employer
|
227
|
311
|
||||||
|
Benefits paid
|
(586
|
)
|
(522
|
)
|
||||
|
Demographic assumptions
|
1
|
1
|
||||||
|
Financial assumptions
|
1
|
-
|
||||||
|
Past Experience
|
(11
|
)
|
(100
|
)
|
||||
|
Current service cost due to the transfer of real yield from the compensation component to the royalties component in executive insurance policies before 2004
|
7
|
(5
|
)
|
|||||
|
Currency exchange
|
484
|
69
|
||||||
|
Balance at December 31,
|
$
|
4,763
|
$
|
4,513
|
||||