Pension Plans and Postretirement Benefits

Net periodic benefit expense for the United States plans:



	For the three months ended June 30, 2014									For the three months ended June 30, 2013
	Pension benefits			Other benefits			Total			Pension benefits			Other benefits		Total
Service cost	$	—		$	78		$	78		$	—		$	91	$	91
Interest cost	31			43			74			27			40		67
Expected return on assets	(31		)	—			(31		)	(27		)	—		(27		)
Amortization of
prior service cost	—			—			—			—			—		—
unrecognized (gain) loss	—			(10		)	(10		)	14			—		14
Net periodic cost	$	—		$	111		$	111		$	14		$	131	$	145

	For the six months ended June 30, 2014									For the six months ended June 30, 2013
	Pension benefits			Other benefits			Total			Pension benefits			Other benefits		Total
Service cost	$	—		$	156		$	156		$	—		$	182	$	182
Interest cost	61			87			148			$	54		$	81	$	135
Expected return on assets	(61		)	—			(61		)	$	(55	)	$	—	$	(55	)
Amortization of
prior service cost	—			—			—			$	—		$	—	$	—
unrecognized (gain) loss	—			(20		)	(20		)	$	28		$	—	$	28
Net periodic cost	$	—		$	223		$	223		$	27		$	263	$	290

In April 2014, Innophos contributed approximately $0.2 million to its U.S. defined benefit pension plan to satisfy the full year 2014 minimum contribution requirements.

Innophos made its entire cash contribution of $2.9 million for the U.S. defined contribution plan during the first quarter of 2014 for the plan year 2013.

Net periodic benefit expense for the Canadian plans:



	For the three months ended June 30, 2014								For the three months ended June 30, 2013
	Pension benefits			Other benefits		Total			Pension benefits			Other benefits			Total
Service cost	$	80		$	17	$	97		$	88		$	19		$	107
Interest cost	145			21		166			140			20			160
Expected return on assets	(234		)	—		(234		)	(226		)	—			(226		)
Amortization of
actuarial loss (gain)	25			4		29			79			9			88
prior service cost	23			—		23			25			—			25
net transition obligation	—			7		7			—			8			8
Exchange rate changes	(244		)	53		(191		)	94			(21		)	73
Net periodic cost	$	(205	)	$	102	$	(103	)	$	200		$	35		$	235

	For the six months ended June 30, 2014								For the six months ended June 30, 2013
	Pension benefits			Other benefits		Total			Pension benefits			Other benefits			Total
Service cost	$	159		$	34	$	193		$	177		$	39		$	216
Interest cost	287			43		330			282			41			323
Expected return on assets	(466		)	—		(466		)	(456		)	—			(456		)
Amortization of
actuarial loss (gain)	50			7		57			160			18			178
prior service cost	47			—		47			51			—			51
net transition obligation	—			14		14			—			15			15
Exchange rate changes	(25		)	6		(19		)	204			(47		)	157
Net periodic cost	$	52		$	104	$	156		$	418		$	66		$	484

Innophos Canada, Inc. made cash contributions to its Canadian defined benefit plan of $0.4 million during the six months ended June 30, 2014. Innophos Canada, Inc. does not plan to make any more cash contributions to its Canadian defined benefit plan during the remainder of 2014.