BENEFIT PLANS

The following table provides summary disclosures of the net periodic postemployment costs recognized for the Company’s postemployment benefit plans:



	Pension Benefits						Retiree Health Care Benefits
Three Months Ended March 31	2017			2016			2017			2016
Components of net periodic cost:
Service cost	$	31		$	23		$	7		$	5
Interest cost	173			216			16			18
Expected return on plan assets	(115		)	(122		)	—			—
Recognized net actuarial loss (gain)	218			228			(45		)	(52		)
Amortization of prior service cost	22			21			(68		)	(67		)
Net periodic cost	$	329		$	366		$	(90	)	$	(96	)



	Pension Benefits						Retiree Health Care Benefits
Nine Months Ended March 31,	2017			2016			2017			2016
Components of net periodic cost:
Service cost	$	94		$	69		$	21		$	17
Interest cost	519			648			48			56
Expected return on plan assets	(345		)	(368		)	—			—
Recognized net actuarial loss (gain)	654			685			(136		)	(158		)
Amortization of prior service cost	65			64			(203		)	(203		)
Net periodic cost	$	987		$	1,098		$	(270	)	$	(288	)

The Company contributed $600 to its pension benefit plans and $135 to its retiree health care plans in the nine months ended March 31, 2017. Expected contributions for the remainder of fiscal 2017 are $150 for the pension benefit plans to fund scheduled retirement payments and $45 for retiree health care plans.