Benefit Plans

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Benefit Plans [Abstract]

Benefit Plans

Note 8 — Benefit Plans

The Company has defined benefit pension plans covering substantially all of its employees in the United States and certain foreign locations. The Company also provides certain postretirement healthcare and life insurance benefits to qualifying domestic retirees. Other postretirement benefit plans in foreign countries are not material.

Net pension and postretirement cost included the following components for the three months ended June 30:

							Other Postretirement
	Pension Plans						Benefits
	2011			2010			2011			2010
Service cost	$	23,114		$	18,070		$	1,463		$	1,252
Interest cost		23,470			22,533			3,289			3,548
Expected return on plan assets		(25,790	)		(24,710	)		—			—
Amortization of prior service (credit) cost		(272	)		(266	)		(171	)		1
Amortization of loss		14,007			10,308			1,117			853
Net pension and postretirement cost	$	34,529		$	25,935		$	5,698		$	5,654

Net pension and postretirement cost included the following components for the nine months ended June 30:

							Other Postretirement
	Pension Plans						Benefits
	2011			2010			2011			2010
Service cost	$	68,767		$	54,781		$	4,381		$	3,755
Interest cost		69,828			68,309			9,856			10,643
Expected return on plan assets		(76,731	)		(74,908	)		—			—
Amortization of prior service (credit) cost		(810	)		(806	)		(515	)		3
Amortization of loss		41,674			31,246			3,349			2,557
Curtailment/settlement loss		1,083			—			—			—
Net pension and postretirement cost	$	103,811		$	78,622		$	17,071		$	16,958

Postemployment benefit costs for the three months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 were $6,794 and $5,467, respectively. For the nine months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010, postemployment benefit costs were $20,381 and $16,401, respectively.