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Net Periodic Benefit Cost-Defined Benefit Plans
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
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 13 of the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.

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, 2015 and 2014, respectively:
 
 
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
(In Thousands)
 
2015
 
2014
Service cost
 
$
16

 
$
140

Interest cost
 
189

 
215

Expected return on plan assets
 
(281
)
 
(288
)
Amortization of prior service cost
 
—

 
—

Amortization of net loss
 
40

 
52

Net periodic (benefit) cost
 
$
(36
)
 
$
119



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, 2014, that it expected to contribute a minimum of $600,000 to its defined benefit plan in 2015.  As of March 31, 2015, there were contributions of $215,000 made to the plan with additional contributions of at least $400,000 anticipated during the remainder of 2015.