Defined Benefit Pension Plan and Postretirement Benefits (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Net Periodic Benefit Cost for Pension Plans

The following table provides information about the net periodic benefit cost for the pension plans (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Service cost	$	94		$	65		$	280		$	148
Interest cost		30			26			90			76
Recognized actuarial (gains)		(11	)		(14	)		(35	)		(42	)
Net periodic benefit cost	$	113		$	77		$	335		$	182

Company's Contributions to Employee Retirement Savings Plans

The Company’s contributions included in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations were as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012		2011		2012		2011
401(k) plan contributions	$	245	$	208	$	977	$	770

Post-Retirement Benefit Obligation and Unrealized Gain (Losses)

The postretirement benefit obligation included in “Other long-term liabilities” and the unrealized gains (losses) included in “Accumulated other comprehensive income” in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets were as follows (in thousands):

	September 30, 2012		December 31, 2011
Postretirement benefit obligation	$	77	$	114
Unrealized gains (losses) in AOCI (1)	$	503	$	459

⁽¹⁾ Unrealized gains (losses) are due to changes in discount rates related to the postretirement obligation.