Pension and Post-retirement Benefits

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 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 nine months ended June 30, 2015 and 2016 were as follows:

	Three Months Ended June 30,								Nine Months Ended June 30,
	Pension Benefits				Other Benefits				Pension Benefits				Other Benefits
	2015		2016		2015		2016		2015		2016		2015		2016
Service cost	$	975	$	1,020	$	84	$	58	$	2,924	$	3,060	$	253	$	174
Interest cost		2,787		2,549		1,097		1,149		8,010		8,262		3,289		3,447
Expected return		(3,761)		(2,978)		—		—		(10,807)		(9,753)		—		—
Amortizations		1,381		2,320		608		706		4,097		7,086		1,825		2,118
Net periodic benefit cost	$	1,382	$	2,911	$	1,789	$	1,913	$	4,224	$	8,655	$	5,367	$	5,739

The Company contributed $4,500 to Company-sponsored domestic pension plans, $4,569 to its other post-retirement benefit plans and $651 to the U.K. pension plan for the nine months ended June 30, 2016. The Company presently expects future contributions of $1,500 to its U.S. pension plan, $1,250 to its other post-retirement benefit plan, and $200 to the U.K. pension plan for the remainder of fiscal 2016.