Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Abstract]

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

Note 8.   Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

The Company provides defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans to certain employees. Net periodic pension and other postretirement benefit cost for the plans included the following:

	Three months ended June 30,
	Pension						Other Postretirement
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Service cost	$	1,424		$	1,237		$	182		$	158
Interest cost		1,950			1,867			321			313
Expected return on plan assets		(1,953	)		(1,843	)		-			-
Amortization:
Prior service cost		(11	)		6			(113	)		(119	)
Net actuarial loss		1,680			1,338			134			102
Net benefit cost	$	3,090		$	2,605		$	524		$	454

	Nine months ended June 30,
	Pension						Other Postretirement
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Service cost	$	4,272		$	3,711		$	546		$	474
Interest cost		5,850			5,601			963			939
Expected return on plan assets		(5,859	)		(5,529	)		-			-
Amortization:
Prior service cost		(33	)		18			(339	)		(357	)
Net actuarial loss		5,040			4,014			402			306
Net benefit cost	$	9,270		$	7,815		$	1,572		$	1,362

Benefit payments under the Company's principal retirement plan are made from plan assets, while benefit payments under the postretirement benefit plan are made from the Company's operating funds.  Under IRS regulations, the Company is not required to make any significant contributions to its principal retirement plan in fiscal year 2012.

Contributions made and anticipated for fiscal year 2012 are as follows:

Contributions	Pension		Other Postretirement
Contributions during the nine months ended June 30, 2012:
Supplemental retirement plan		$547		$     -
Other postretirement plan		-		730
Additional contributions expected in fiscal 2012:
Supplemental retirement plan		181		-
Other postretirement plan		-		400