Pension and Post-retirement Benefits

3 Months Ended

Dec. 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 months ended December 31, 2015 and 2016 were as follows:

	Three Months Ended December 31,
	Pension Benefits				Post-retirement Benefits
	2015		2016		2015		2016
Service cost	$	1,020	$	1,571	$	58	$	87
Interest cost		2,848		2,549		1,149		1,073
Expected return		(3,376)		(3,472)		—		—
Amortizations		2,381		2,981		706		1,070
Net periodic benefit cost	$	2,873	$	3,629	$	1,913	$	2,230

The Company contributed $1,500 to Company-sponsored domestic pension plans, $1,322 to its other post-retirement benefit plans and $185 to the U.K. pension plan for the three months ended December 31, 2016. The Company expects to make future contributions of $4,500 to its U.S. pension plan, $3,678 to its other post-retirement benefit plan, and $594 to the U.K. pension plan for the remainder of fiscal 2017.