Pension and Post-retirement Benefits

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

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, 2016 and 2017 were as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,								Six Months Ended March 31,
	Pension Benefits				Other Benefits				Pension Benefits				Other Benefits
	2016		2017		2016		2017		2016		2017		2016		2017
Service cost	$	1,020	$	1,570	$	58	$	87	$	2,040	$	3,141	$	116	$	174
Interest cost		2,865		2,592		1,149		1,073		5,713		5,141		2,298		2,146
Expected return		(3,399)		(3,531)		—		—		(6,775)		(7,003)		—		—
Amortizations		2,385		2,994		706		1,070		4,766		5,975		1,412		2,140
Net periodic benefit cost	$	2,871	$	3,625	$	1,913	$	2,230	$	5,744	$	7,254	$	3,826	$	4,460

The Company contributed $3,000 to Company-sponsored domestic pension plans, $2,612 to its other post-retirement benefit plans and $373 to the U.K. pension plan for the six months ended March 31, 2017. The Company expects to make future contributions of $3,000 to its U.S. pension plan, $2,388 to its other post-retirement benefit plan, and $405 to the U.K. pension plan for the remainder of fiscal 2017.