Table of Contents HASBRO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements — (Continued) (Thousands of Dollars and Shares Except Per Share Data) Non-Employee Awards (16) Pension, Postretirement and Postemployment Benefits Pension and Postretirement Benefits United States Plans The intrinsic values, which represent the difference between the fair market value on the date of exercise and the exercise price of the option, of the options exercised in fiscal 2020, 2019 and 2018 were $9,721, $24,483 and $38,909, respectively. At December 27, 2020, the amount of total unrecognized compensation cost related to stock options was $15,181 and the weighted average period over which this will be expensed is 22 months. In 2020, 2019 and 2018, the Company granted 29, 18 and 20 shares of common stock, respectively, to its non-employee members of its Board of Directors. Of these shares, the receipt of 19 shares from the 2020 grant, 10 shares from the 2019 grant and 11 shares from the 2018 grant has been deferred to the date upon which the respective director ceases to be a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. These awards were valued at the market value of the underlying common stock at the date of grant and vested upon grant. In connection with these grants, compensation cost of $1,846 was recorded in selling, distribution and administration expense in the year ended December 27, 2020, $1,760 in the year ended December 29, 2019 and $1,760 in the year ended December 30, 2018. The Company recognizes an asset or liability for each of its defined benefit pension plans equal to the difference between the projected benefit obligation of the plan and the fair value of the plan’s assets. Actuarial gains and losses and prior service costs that have not yet been included in income are recognized in the consolidated balance sheets in AOCE. Reclassifications to earnings from AOCE related to pension and postretirement plans are recorded to other (income) expense. Expenses related to the Company’s defined benefit pension and defined contribution plans for 2020, 2019 and 2018 were approximately $44,700, $48,400 and $41,900, respectively. Of these amounts, $38,400, $35,100 and $32,300, respectively, related to defined contribution plans in the United States and certain international subsidiaries. The remainder of the expense relates to defined benefit pension plans discussed below. Prior to 2008, substantially all United States employees were covered under at least one of several non-contributory defined benefit pension plans maintained by the Company. Benefits under the two major plans which principally covered non-union employees, were based primarily on salary and years of service. Benefits under the remaining plans are based primarily on fixed amounts for specified years of service. In 2007, for the two major plans covering its non-union employees, the Company froze benefits being accrued effective at the end of December 2007. Following the August 2015 sale of its manufacturing facility in East Longmeadow, MA, the Company elected to freeze benefits related to its major plan covering union employees. Effective January 1, 2016, the plan covering union employees merged with and into the Hasbro Inc. Pension Plan, and ceased to exist as a separate plan on that date. In February 2018, the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors approved a resolution to terminate the Company’s U.S. defined benefit pension plan (“U.S. Pension Plan”). During the first quarter of 2018 the Company commenced the U.S. Pension Plan termination process and received regulatory approval during the fourth quarter of 2018. During the second quarter of 2019, the Company settled all remaining benefits directly with vested participants electing a lump sum payout, and purchased a group annuity contract from Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company to administer all future payments to remaining U.S. Pension Plan participants. The U.S. Pension Plan's net funded asset position was sufficient to cover the lump sum payments and the purchase of the group annuity contract and settle all other remaining benefit obligations with no additional cost to the Company. 115 2020 2019 2018 Risk-free interest rate 1.38 % 2.47 % 2.57 % Expected dividend yield 2.81  % 3.14  % 2.57  % Expected volatility 30  % 27  % 27  % Expected option life 4 years 4 years 4 years