Employee Pension Plans

3 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2011

Employee Pension Plans

Employee Pension Plans

NOTE J – Employee Pension Plans

The following table summarizes the components of net periodic pension cost for our defined benefit plans for the periods indicated:

	Three Months Ended August 31,
(in thousands)	2011			2010
Defined benefit plans:
Service cost	$	69		$	234
Interest cost		381			354
Expected return on plan assets		(408	)		(333	)
Net amortization and deferral		43			64
Net pension cost of defined benefit plans	$	85		$	319

The current quarter decrease in net pension cost resulted from the curtailment of The Gerstenslager Company Bargain Unit Employees' Pension Plan during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011, as disclosed in "Part II – Item 8. – Financial Statements and Supplementary Data – NOTE J – Employee Pension Plans" of our 2011 Form 10-K.

We anticipate total contributions of approximately $1,564,000 in fiscal 2012, of which approximately $328,000 have been made as of August 31, 2011.