Pension and Post-retirement Benefits

3 Months Ended

Dec. 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 months ended December 31, 2016 and 2017 were as follows:

	Three Months Ended December 31,
	Pension Benefits				Other Benefits
	2016		2017		2016		2017
Service cost	$	1,571	$	1,384	$	87	$	84
Interest cost		2,549		2,606		1,073		1,078
Expected return		(3,472)		(3,634)		—		—
Amortizations		2,981		1,289		1,070		749
Net periodic benefit cost	$	3,629	$	1,645	$	2,230	$	1,911

The Company contributed $1,500 to Company-sponsored domestic pension plans, $879 to its other post-retirement benefit plans and $203 to the U.K. pension plan for the three months ended December 31, 2017. The Company expects to make future contributions of $4,500 to its U.S. pension plan, $4,121 to its other post-retirement benefit plan and $504 to the U.K. pension plan for the remainder of fiscal 2018.