Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

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 June 30,
	Pension						Other Postretirement
	2015			2014			2015			2014
Service cost	$	1,655		$	1,582		$	114		$	109
Interest cost		2,145			2,213			221			230
Expected return on plan assets		(2,470	)		(2,396	)		-			-
Amortization:
Prior service cost		(45	)		(52	)		(49	)		(23	)
Net actuarial loss (gain)		1,564			991			-			(49	)
Net benefit cost	$	2,849		$	2,338		$	286		$	267

	Nine months ended June 30,
	Pension						Other Postretirement
	2015			2014			2015			2014
Service cost	$	4,965		$	4,746		$	342		$	327
Interest cost		6,435			6,639			663			690
Expected return on plan assets		(7,410	)		(7,188	)		-			-
Amortization:
Prior service cost		(135	)		(156	)		(147	)		(66	)
Net actuarial loss (gain)		4,692			2,973			-			(147	)
Net benefit cost	$	8,547		$	7,014		$	858		$	804

Contributions made and anticipated for the current fiscal year

Contributions made and anticipated for fiscal year 2015 are as follows:

Contributions	Pension		Other Postretirement
Contributions during the nine months ended June 30, 2015:
Supplemental retirement plan	$	543	$	-
Other postretirement plan		-		1,019
Additional contributions expected in fiscal 2015:
Supplemental retirement plan		190		-
Other postretirement plan		-		250