Pension

The amount of net pension cost is shown in the table below:



	For the Three Months Ended September 30						For the Nine Months Ended September 30
(In thousands)	2015			2014			2015			2014
Service cost - benefits earned during the period	$	127		$	133		$	379		$	399
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation	1,139			1,262			3,571			3,785
Expected return on plan assets	(1,523		)	(1,561		)	(4,569		)	(4,683		)
Amortization of prior service cost	(203		)	—			(203		)	—
Amortization of unrecognized net loss	660			359			1,969			1,079
Net periodic pension cost	$	200		$	193		$	1,147		$	580

Substantially all benefits accrued under the Company’s defined benefit pension plan were frozen effective January 1, 2005, and the remaining benefits were frozen effective January 1, 2011. During the first nine months of 2015, the Company made no funding contributions to its defined benefit pension plan and made minimal funding contributions to a supplemental executive retirement plan (the CERP), which carries no segregated assets. The Company has no plans to make any further contributions, other than those related to the CERP, during the remainder of 2015.