Retirement Plans

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2020

Pension Plan

Our non-contributory, single employer defined benefit pension plan covers a majority of our employees in the U.S. The net periodic pension cost for this plan for the three months ended January 31, 2020 and 2019 was as follows:



	Three Months Ended
	January 31,
	2020			2019
	(In thousands)
Service cost	$	538		$	977
Interest cost	293			283
Expected return on plan assets	(491		)	(543		)
Amortization of net loss	108			16
Net periodic pension cost	$	448		$	733

On January 1, 2020, we enacted changes to our pension plan whereby the benefits for all participants were frozen and thereafter those participants will receive increased benefits in the company sponsored defined contribution plan in lieu of participation in a defined benefit plan. As a result of this action, we have remeasured the pension assets and obligations for the pension plan as of December 31, 2019. This resulted in a decrease in our projected benefit obligation and recognition of a net actuarial gain of approximately $2.5 million that was recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income. The decrease in the projected benefit obligation was impacted by our asset performance through December 31, 2019, the impact of the pension plan freeze and an increase in the discount rate since October 31, 2019.

The remeasurement described above is in addition to our annual year-end measurement of the funded status of our benefit plans that we will record as of October 31, 2020. As a result, the change in our pension benefit obligation and net actuarial loss will differ from the $2.5 million discussed above primarily as a result of any changes in interest rates and actual asset performance different from our expected return on assets during the year.

During September 2019, we contributed $0.7 million to fund our plan, and we expect to make a contribution to our plan in September 2020 of approximately $3.7 million.

Other Plans

We also have a supplemental benefit plan covering certain executive officers and key employees and a non-qualified deferred compensation plan covering members of the Board of Directors and certain key employees. As of January 31, 2020 and October 31, 2019, our liability under the supplemental benefit plan was approximately $4.3 million and $4.2 million, respectively. As of January 31, 2020 and October 31, 2019, the liability associated with the deferred compensation plan was approximately $3.7 million and $3.8 million, respectively. We record the current portion of liabilities associated with these plans under the caption "Accrued Liabilities," and the long-term portion under the caption "Other Liabilities" in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.