Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Abstract]

Net periodic pension and other postretirement benefit 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 March 31,
	Pension						Other Postretirement
	2014			2013			2014			2013
Service cost	$	1,582		$	1,685		$	109		$	199
Interest cost		2,213			1,913			230			282
Expected return on plan assets		(2,396	)		(2,243	)		-			-
Amortization:
Prior service cost		(52	)		(52	)		(21	)		(68	)
Net actuarial loss (gain)		991			1,806			(49	)		110
Net benefit cost	$	2,338		$	3,109		$	269		$	523

	Six months ended March 31,
	Pension						Other Postretirement
	2014			2013			2014			2013
Service cost	$	3,164		$	3,370		$	218		$	398
Interest cost		4,426			3,826			460			564
Expected return on plan assets		(4,792	)		(4,486	)		-			-
Amortization:
Prior service cost		(104	)		(104	)		(43	)		(136	)
Net actuarial loss		1,982			3,612			(98	)		220
Net benefit cost	$	4,676		$	6,218		$	537		$	1,046

Contributions made and anticipated for the current fiscal year

Contributions made and anticipated for fiscal year 2014 are as follows:

Contributions	Pension		Other Postretirement
Contributions during the six months ended March 31, 2014:
Supplemental retirement plan	$	362	$	-
Other postretirement plan		-		464
Additional contributions expected in fiscal 2014:
Supplemental retirement plan		359		-
Other postretirement plan		-		462