NOTE D – PENSION PLANS

The Company uses a December 31 measurement date for the Preformed Line Products Company Employees’ Retirement Plan (the “Plan”). Net periodic pension cost for this plan included the following components:

	Three Months Ended September 30						Nine Months Ended September 30
	2018			2017			2018			2017
Service cost	$	22		$	65		$	188		$	192
Interest cost		346			363			1,012			1,092
Expected return on plan assets		(612	)		(476	)		(1,603	)		(1,427	)
Recognized net actuarial loss		151			80			393			324
Net periodic pension cost (benefit)	$	(93	)	$	32		$	(10	)	$	181

A total of $5.3 million in contributions were made to the Plan during the nine months ended September 30, 2018. The Company does not plan to contribute additional funds to the Plan during the remainder of 2018.