Pension and Post-retirement Benefits

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Pension and Post-retirement Benefits

Pension and Post-retirement Benefits

Note 5.Pension and Post-retirement Benefits

Components of net periodic pension and post-retirement benefit cost for the three and six months ended March 31, 2015 and 2016 were as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,								Six Months Ended March 31,
	Pension Benefits				Other Benefits				Pension Benefits				Other Benefits
	2015		2016		2015		2016		2015		2016		2015		2016
Service cost	$	974	$	1,020	$	85	$	58	$	1,949	$	2,040	$	169	$	116
Interest cost		2,582		2,865		1,096		1,149		5,223		5,713		2,192		2,298
Expected return		(3,483)		(3,399)		—		—		(7,046)		(6,775)		—		—
Amortizations		1,355		2,385		608		706		2,716		4,766		1,217		1,412
Net periodic benefit cost	$	1,428	$	2,871	$	1,789	$	1,913	$	2,842	$	5,744	$	3,578	$	3,826

The Company contributed $3,000 to Company-sponsored domestic pension plans, $3,465to its other post-retirement benefit plans and $439 to the U.K. pension plan for the six months ended March 31, 2016. The Company presently expects future contributions of $3,000 to its U.S. pension plan, $2,400 to its other post-retirement benefit plan, and $243 to the U.K. pension plan for the remainder of fiscal 2016.