<?xml version="1.0" encoding="us-ascii"?><InstanceReport xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><Version>2.4.0.8</Version><ReportLongName>122 - Disclosure - Employer Sponsored Benefit Plans (Tables)</ReportLongName><DisplayLabelColumn>true</DisplayLabelColumn><ShowElementNames>false</ShowElementNames><RoundingOption /><HasEmbeddedReports>false</HasEmbeddedReports><Columns><Column FlagID="0"><Id>1</Id><IsAbstractGroupTitle>false</IsAbstractGroupTitle><LabelSeparator>

</LabelSeparator><CurrencyCode /><FootnoteIndexer /><hasSegments>false</hasSegments><hasScenarios>false</hasScenarios><MCU><KeyName /><CurrencySymbol /><contextRef><ContextID>P01_01_2013To06_30_2013</ContextID><EntitySchema>http://www.sec.gov/CIK</EntitySchema><EntityValue>0000060977</EntityValue><PeriodDisplayName /><PeriodType>duration</PeriodType><PeriodStartDate>2013-01-01T00:00:00</PeriodStartDate><PeriodEndDate>2013-06-30T00:00:00</PeriodEndDate><Segments /><Scenarios /></contextRef><UPS /><CurrencyCode /><OriginalCurrencyCode /></MCU><CurrencySymbol /><Labels><Label Key="CalendarSupplement" Id="0" Label="6 Months Ended" /><Label Key="Calendar" Id="1" Label="Jun. 30, 2013" /></Labels></Column></Columns><Rows><Row FlagID="0"><Id>1</Id><IsAbstractGroupTitle>true</IsAbstractGroupTitle><LabelSeparator>

</LabelSeparator><Level>1</Level><ElementName>us-gaap_CompensationAndRetirementDisclosureAbstract</ElementName><ElementPrefix>us-gaap_</ElementPrefix><IsBaseElement>true</IsBaseElement><BalanceType>na</BalanceType><PeriodType>duration</PeriodType><IsReportTitle>false</IsReportTitle><IsSegmentTitle>false</IsSegmentTitle><IsCalendarTitle>false</IsCalendarTitle><IsEquityPrevioslyReportedAsRow>false</IsEquityPrevioslyReportedAsRow><IsEquityAdjustmentRow>false</IsEquityAdjustmentRow><IsBeginningBalance>false</IsBeginningBalance><IsEndingBalance>false</IsEndingBalance><IsReverseSign>false</IsReverseSign><FootnoteIndexer /><Cells><Cell FlagID="0" ContextID="" UnitID=""><Id>1</Id><IsNumeric>false</IsNumeric><IsRatio>false</IsRatio><DisplayZeroAsNone>false</DisplayZeroAsNone><NumericAmount>0</NumericAmount><RoundedNumericAmount>0</RoundedNumericAmount><NonNumbericText /><FootnoteIndexer /><CurrencyCode /><CurrencySymbol /><IsIndependantCurrency>false</IsIndependantCurrency><ShowCurrencySymbol>false</ShowCurrencySymbol><DisplayDateInUSFormat>false</DisplayDateInUSFormat></Cell></Cells><ElementDataType>xbrli:stringItemType</ElementDataType><SimpleDataType>string</SimpleDataType><IsTotalLabel>false</IsTotalLabel><UnitID>0</UnitID><Label>Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]</Label></Row><Row FlagID="0"><Id>2</Id><IsAbstractGroupTitle>false</IsAbstractGroupTitle><LabelSeparator>

</LabelSeparator><Level>2</Level><ElementName>us-gaap_ScheduleOfNetBenefitCostsTableTextBlock</ElementName><ElementPrefix>us-gaap_</ElementPrefix><IsBaseElement>true</IsBaseElement><BalanceType>na</BalanceType><PeriodType>duration</PeriodType><IsReportTitle>false</IsReportTitle><IsSegmentTitle>false</IsSegmentTitle><IsCalendarTitle>false</IsCalendarTitle><IsEquityPrevioslyReportedAsRow>false</IsEquityPrevioslyReportedAsRow><IsEquityAdjustmentRow>false</IsEquityAdjustmentRow><IsBeginningBalance>false</IsBeginningBalance><IsEndingBalance>false</IsEndingBalance><IsReverseSign>false</IsReverseSign><PreferredLabelRole>verboseLabel</PreferredLabelRole><FootnoteIndexer /><Cells><Cell FlagID="0" ContextID="P01_01_2013To06_30_2013" UnitID=""><Id>1</Id><IsNumeric>false</IsNumeric><IsRatio>false</IsRatio><DisplayZeroAsNone>false</DisplayZeroAsNone><NumericAmount>0</NumericAmount><RoundedNumericAmount>0</RoundedNumericAmount><NonNumbericText>              &lt;table border="0" style="clear:both;width:100%; table-layout:fixed;"&gt;  &lt;tr&gt;  &lt;td&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;/table&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both;FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif "&gt;  &lt;div style="clear:both;FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;  The following is a summary of the components of net periodic  benefit cost, which is recorded primarily within selling, product  development and administrative expenses, for the domestic pension  plan for the quarters and six months ended June 30, 2013 and  2012:&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both;FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; FONT: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"&gt;  &amp;#160;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both;FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt;TEXT-ALIGN:Left;"&gt;  &lt;table style="clear:both;BORDER-BOTTOM: #9eb6ce 0px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #9eb6ce 0px solid; MARGIN: 0in; WIDTH: 100%; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; OVERFLOW: visible; BORDER-TOP: #9eb6ce 0px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #9eb6ce 0px solid"   cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left"&gt;  &lt;tr style="HEIGHT: 12px"&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="52%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 700"   width="23%" colspan="5"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;Quarter Ended&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 700"   width="23%" colspan="5"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;Six Months Ended&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;    &lt;tr style="HEIGHT: 12px"&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="52%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 700"   width="23%" colspan="5"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;June 30,&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 700"   width="23%" colspan="5"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;June 30,&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;    &lt;tr style="HEIGHT: 12px"&gt;  &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 700"   width="52%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;In thousands&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 700"   width="11%" colspan="2"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;2013&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 700"   width="11%" colspan="2"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;2012&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 700"   width="11%" colspan="2"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;2013&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 700"   width="11%" colspan="2"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;2012&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;    &lt;tr style="HEIGHT: 12px"&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 700"   width="52%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;Components of net periodic benefit cost&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;    &lt;tr style="HEIGHT: 12px"&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="52%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;Interest cost&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;$&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;614&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;$&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;648&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;$&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;1,227&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;$&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;1,296&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;    &lt;tr style="HEIGHT: 12px"&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="52%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;Expected return on assets&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;(673)&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;(640)&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;(1,346)&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;(1,280)&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;    &lt;tr style="HEIGHT: 12px"&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="52%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;Amortization of actuarial loss&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;267&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;223&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;534&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ffffff; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;447&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;    &lt;tr style="HEIGHT: 12px"&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; FONT-WEIGHT: 700"   width="52%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;Net periodic benefit cost&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;$&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;208&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;$&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;231&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;$&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;415&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="1%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;$&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; FONT-STYLE: normal; PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; BACKGROUND: #ccffcc; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom; BORDER-TOP: #000000 1px solid; FONT-WEIGHT: 400"   width="10%"&gt;  &lt;div&gt;463&lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/td&gt;  &lt;/tr&gt;  &lt;/table&gt;    &lt;div style="clear:both;FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;        </NonNumbericText><FootnoteIndexer /><CurrencyCode /><CurrencySymbol /><IsIndependantCurrency>false</IsIndependantCurrency><ShowCurrencySymbol>false</ShowCurrencySymbol><DisplayDateInUSFormat>false</DisplayDateInUSFormat></Cell></Cells><ElementDataType>nonnum:textBlockItemType</ElementDataType><SimpleDataType>na</SimpleDataType><ElementDefenition>Tabular disclosure of the components of net benefit costs for pension plans and/or other employee benefit plans including service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, gain (loss), prior service cost or credit, transition asset or obligation, and gain (loss) recognized due to settlements or curtailments.</ElementDefenition><ElementReferences>Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

 -Publisher FASB

 -Name Accounting Standards Codification

 -Topic 715

 -SubTopic 20

 -Section 50

 -Paragraph 1

 -Subparagraph (h)

 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&amp;oid=28361610&amp;loc=d3e1928-114920



</ElementReferences><IsTotalLabel>false</IsTotalLabel><UnitID>0</UnitID><Label>Summary Of The Components Of Net Periodic Benefit Cost For The Domestic Pension Plan</Label></Row></Rows><Footnotes /><IsEquityReport>false</IsEquityReport><ReportName>Employer Sponsored Benefit Plans (Tables)</ReportName><MonetaryRoundingLevel>UnKnown</MonetaryRoundingLevel><SharesRoundingLevel>UnKnown</SharesRoundingLevel><PerShareRoundingLevel>UnKnown</PerShareRoundingLevel><ExchangeRateRoundingLevel>UnKnown</ExchangeRateRoundingLevel><HasCustomUnits>true</HasCustomUnits><IsEmbedReport>false</IsEmbedReport><IsMultiCurrency>false</IsMultiCurrency><ReportType>Sheet</ReportType><RoleURI>http://www.lydall.com/role/EmployerSponsoredBenefitPlansTables</RoleURI><NumberOfCols>1</NumberOfCols><NumberOfRows>2</NumberOfRows></InstanceReport>
