BENEFIT PLANS (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract]

Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost

The following sets forth the components of net periodic benefit cost of the Company’s defined benefit plans and for the Company’s other postemployment benefit plans for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013:

Defined Benefit Plans	Three Months Ended
(in thousands)	2014			2013
Service cost	$	3,552		$	3,723
Interest cost	2,866			2,477
Expected return on plan assets	(1,387		)	(1,247		)
Amortization of prior service credit	(34		)	(34		)
Amortization of net actuarial loss	707			1,280
Curtailments and settlement gains	—			(390		)
Net periodic benefit cost	$	5,704		$	5,809

Other Postemployment Benefit Plans	Three Months Ended
(in thousands)	2014		2013
Service cost	$	44	$	61
Interest cost	140		122
Amortization of net actuarial loss	12		88
Net periodic benefit cost	$	196	$	271

Information Related to the Contributions to the Compnay's Benefit Plans

The following sets forth the information related to the contributions to the Company’s benefit plans for 2014:

(in thousands)	Pension Benefits		Other Postemployment Benefits
Actual contributions through March 31, 2014	$	3,671	$	75
Projected contributions for the remainder of the year	8,940		427
Total projected contributions	$	12,611	$	502