Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Abstract]

Net Periodic Pension and Other Postretirement Cost

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

Contributions Made and Anticipated for the Current Fiscal Year

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