Employee Postretirement Benefits

9 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2018

EMPLOYEE POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS

The Company provides postretirement medical and other benefits to certain current and past senior executive officers and senior managers. These plan obligations are unfunded. The components of the net periodic benefit cost for postretirement benefits are as follows:



	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	October 31, 2018			October 31, 2017			October 31, 2018			October 31, 2017
Service cost	$	7		$	21		$	21		$	64
Interest cost	79			83			237			247
Amortization of actuarial losses	32			30			96			90
Amortization of unrecognized gains in prior service cost	(40		)	(40		)	(120		)	(120		)
Net periodic benefit cost	$	78		$	94		$	234		$	281

Postretirement benefit cost components are reclassified in their entirety from accumulated other comprehensive loss to net periodic benefit cost. Net periodic benefit costs are reported in net income in accordance with ASU 2017-07 "Compensation - Retirement Benefits (Topic 715): Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost" (ASU 2017-07) further described in Note 2 Summary of Significant Accounting Policies of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements. Service cost is reported in net income as “Cost of sales” or “Selling, general, and administrative expenses” in a manner consistent with the classification of direct labor and personnel costs of the eligible employees. Interest cost, amortization of actuarial gains or losses, and amortization of prior service cost is classified as a non-operating expense in "Other income (expense), net" on the Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income.