Pension and Post-retirement Benefits

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 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 nine months ended June 30, 2016 and 2017 were as follows:

	Three Months Ended June 30,								Nine Months Ended June 30,
	Pension Benefits				Other Benefits				Pension Benefits				Other Benefits
	2016		2017		2016		2017		2016		2017		2016		2017
Service cost	$	1,020	$	1,571	$	58	$	87	$	3,060	$	4,712	$	174	$	261
Interest cost		2,549		2,712		1,149		1,073		8,262		7,853		3,447		3,219
Expected return		(2,978)		(3,699)		—		—		(9,753)		(10,702)		—		—
Amortizations		2,320		3,029		706		1,070		7,086		9,004		2,118		3,210
Net periodic benefit cost	$	2,911	$	3,613	$	1,913	$	2,230	$	8,655	$	10,867	$	5,739	$	6,690

The Company contributed $4,500 to Company-sponsored domestic pension plans, $3,411 to its other post-retirement benefit plans and $586 to the U.K. pension plan for the nine months ended June 30, 2017. The Company expects to make future contributions of $1,500 to its U.S. pension plan, $1,589 to its other post-retirement benefit plan, and $192 to the U.K. pension plan for the remainder of fiscal 2017.