NOTE 13 — PENSION PLANS

We offer defined benefit pension plans, defined contribution pension plans, as well as several unfunded health care benefit plans primarily for certain of our retired employees. The following tables provide the retirement-related benefit plans’ impact on income before income taxes for the quarters month periods ended August 31, 2012 and 2011:


	U.S. Plans						Non-U.S. Plans
	Quarter Ended August 31,						Quarter Ended August 31,
Pension Benefits	2012			2011			2012			2011
	(In thousands)
Service cost	$	6,488		$	4,977		$	1,050		$	965
Interest cost		4,060			3,827			1,769			2,040
Expected return on plan assets		(4,358	)		(4,354	)		(1,846	)		(2,036	)
Amortization of:
Prior service cost		87			88			2			3
Net actuarial losses recognized		4,222			2,127			692			560

Net Periodic Benefit Cost	$	10,499		$	6,665		$	1,667		$	1,532


	U.S. Plans						Non-U.S. Plans
	Quarter Ended August 31,						Quarter Ended August 31,
Postretirement Benefits	2012			2011			2012		2011
	(In thousands)
Service cost	$	—		$	—		$	288	$	192
Interest cost		88			104			289		250
Amortization of:
Prior service cost		(22	)		(22	)
Net actuarial (gains) losses recognized		4			(14	)		114		18

Net Periodic Benefit Cost	$	70		$	68		$	691	$	460

We previously disclosed in our financial statements for the fiscal year ended May 31, 2012 that we expected to contribute approximately $29.9 million to our retirement plans in the U.S. and approximately $8.3 million to plans outside the U.S. during the current fiscal year. As of August 31, 2012, we do not anticipate any changes to those planned contribution levels.