Employee benefit plans

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2022

Employee benefit plans

Employee benefit plans

Note 11 – Employee benefit plans:

The components of net periodic defined benefit pension cost are presented in the table below.

	Three months ended				Six months ended
	June 30,				June 30,
	2021		2022		2021		2022
	(In thousands)
Interest cost	$	279	$	297	$	432	$	594
Expected return on plan assets		(398)		(392)		(796)		(784)
Recognized actuarial losses		376		373		752		746
Total	$	257	$	278	$	388	$	556

We currently expect our 2022 contributions to our defined benefit pension plans to be approximately $1.2 million.