Employee Benefit Plans

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Compensation And Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Employee Benefit Plans

Note 12 – 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						Nine months ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2014			2015			2014			2015
	(In thousands)
Interest cost	$	631		$	597		$	1,903		$	1,801
Expected return on plan assets		(856	)		(840	)		(2,564	)		(2,516	)
Recognized actuarial losses		267			349			721			1,025
Total	$	42		$	106		$	60		$	310

Postretirement benefits – The components of net periodic postretirement benefits other than pension (OPEB) income are presented in the table below.

	Three months ended						Nine months ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2014			2015			2014			2015
	(In thousands)
Interest cost	$	29		$	27		$	86		$	81
Amortization of prior service credit		(161	)		(155	)		(483	)		(466	)
Recognized actuarial gain		(44	)		(25	)		(132	)		(76	)
Total	$	(176	)	$	(153	)	$	(529	)	$	(461	)

Contributions – We currently expect our 2015 contributions to our defined benefit pension plans and other postretirement plans to be approximately $1.3 million.