Pension and Other Post-retirement Benefit Plans

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Pension And Other Post-Retirement Benefit Plans

Pension and Other Post-retirement Benefit Plans

Note 4 - Pension and Other Post-retirement Benefit Plans

Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost:

	Six Months Ended March 31,
	Pension Benefits						Other Benefits
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Service cost	$	164,331		$	166,530		$	7,194		$	6,910
Interest cost		385,671			388,029			20,785			20,960
Expected return on plan assets		(389,097	)		(371,519	)		—			—
Amortization of prior service cost		8,209			8,403			(5,846	)		(5,846	)
Amortization of net (gain) loss		352,766			414,683			(12,237	)		(18,036	)
Net periodic benefit cost	$	521,880		$	606,126		$	9,896		$	3,988

Contributions

The Company expects to contribute $1.4 million to its Pension Plan and $53,000 to its other Post Retirement Benefit Plan in fiscal year 2012. A total of $552,928 has been paid to the Pension Plan for the first six months of this fiscal year.