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Employee Benefit Plans
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Employee Benefit Plans

Note 10 - Employee benefit plans:

Defined benefit plans - The components of net periodic defined benefit pension cost (income) are presented in the table below.

 

 

Three months ended
March 31,

 

 

2013

 

 

2014

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Interest cost

$

572

  

 

$

628

  

Expected return on plan assets

 

(1,000

)

 

 

(852

)

Recognized actuarial losses

 

309

  

 

 

232

 

Total

$

(119

)

 

$

8

 

Postretirement benefits - The components of net periodic postretirement benefits other than pension income are presented in the table below.

 

 

Three months ended
March 31,

 

 

2013

 

 

2014

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Interest cost

$

26

  

 

$

29

  

Amortization of prior service credit

 

(171

)

 

 

(161

)

Recognized actuarial gain

 

(37

)

 

 

(44

)

Total

$

(182

)

 

$

(176

)

Contributions - We currently expect our 2014 contributions to our defined benefit pension plans and other postretirement plans to be approximately $2.3 million.