Net Periodic Benefit Cost-Defined Benefit Plans

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Expense [Abstract]

Net Periodic Benefit Cost-Defined Benefit Plans

Net Periodic Benefit Cost-Defined Benefit Plans

For a detailed disclosure on the Company’s pension and employee benefits plans, please refer to Note 12 of the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013.

The following sets forth the components of the net periodic benefit cost of the domestic non-contributory defined benefit plan for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
(In Thousands)	2014			2013
Service cost	$	140		$	159
Interest cost	215			193
Expected return on plan assets	(288		)	(246		)
Amortization of prior service cost	—			7
Amortization of net loss	52			119
Net periodic cost	$	119		$	232

Employer Contributions

The Company previously disclosed in its consolidated financial statements, included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, that it expected to contribute a minimum of $600,000 to its defined benefit plan in 2014.  As of March 31, 2014, there were contributions of $205,000 made to the plan with additional contributions of $395,000 anticipated during the remainder of 2014.