Pension and Post-retirement Benefits

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

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, 2017 and 2018 were as follows:

	Three Months Ended June 30,								Nine Months Ended June 30,
	Pension Benefits				Other Benefits				Pension Benefits				Other Benefits
	2017		2018		2017		2018		2017		2018		2017		2018
Service cost	$	1,571	$	1,385	$	87	$	83	$	4,712	$	4,153	$	261	$	251
Interest cost		2,712		2,530		1,073		1,078		7,853		7,761		3,219		3,234
Expected return		(3,699)		(3,508)		—		—		(10,702)		(10,807)		—		—
Amortizations		3,029		1,268		1,070		750		9,004		3,851		3,210		2,250
Net periodic benefit cost	$	3,613	$	1,675	$	2,230	$	1,911	$	10,867	$	4,958	$	6,690	$	5,735

The Company contributed $4,500 to Company-sponsored domestic pension plans, $2,727 to its other post-retirement benefit plans and $594 to the U.K. pension plan for the nine months ended June 30, 2018. The Company expects to make future contributions of $3,500 to its U.S. pension plan, $2,273 to its other post-retirement benefit plan and $210 to the U.K. pension plan for the remainder of fiscal 2018.