Pension Benefits

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Pension Benefits

Pension Benefits

10.  Pension Benefits

We froze our pension plan effective March 31, 2006, pursuant to which most participants no longer earned future pension benefits. Effective February 16, 2009, the remaining participants in the pension plan no longer earned future benefits. The following summarizes our pension costs during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and September 30, 2019:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
(Amounts in thousands)	September 30, 2020		September 30, 2019		September 30, 2020		September 30, 2019
Service cost	$	325	$	313	$	975	$	988
Interest cost		1,593		1,995		4,838		5,999
Expected return on plan assets		(3,280)		(3,318)		(9,838)		(9,979)
Amortization of net actuarial loss		235		205		750		589
Total net periodic benefit	$	(1,127)	$	(805)	$	(3,275)	$	(2,403)

The components of net periodic pension benefit other than the service cost component were included in "Other net periodic pension benefit" in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

Weighted-Average Assumptions Used To Determine Net Cost

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2020		September 30, 2019		September 30, 2020		September 30, 2019
Discount rate	3.00	%	4.05	%	3.00	%	4.05	%
Rate of compensation increase	N/A		N/A		N/A		N/A
Expected return on plan assets	6.50	%	7.25	%	6.50	%	7.25	%

Employer Contributions

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, we made pension contributions of $1.5 million and $6.0 million, respectively.