Pension and Post-retirement Benefits

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Pension and Post-retirement Benefits

Pension and Post-retirement Benefits

Note 6.  Pension and Post-retirement Benefits

Components of net periodic pension and post-retirement benefit cost for the three and six months ended March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2019 were as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,								Six Months Ended March 31,
	Pension Benefits				Other Benefits				Pension Benefits				Other Benefits
	2018		2019		2018		2019		2018		2019		2018		2019
Service cost	$	1,384	$	1,310	$	84	$	79	$	2,768	$	2,620	$	168	$	158
Interest cost		2,625		2,567		1,078		1,088		5,231		5,133		2,156		2,176
Expected return		(3,665)		(3,575)		—		—		(7,299)		(7,147)		—		—
Amortizations		1,294		401		751		372		2,583		803		1,500		744
Net periodic benefit cost	$	1,638	$	703	$	1,913	$	1,539	$	3,283	$	1,409	$	3,824	$	3,078

The Company contributed $1,500 to Company-sponsored domestic pension plans, $1,666 to its other post-retirement benefit plans and $391 to the U.K. pension plan for the six months ended March 31, 2019. The Company expects to make contributions of $3,000 to its U.S. pension plan, $3,334 to its other post-retirement benefit plan and $391 to the U.K. pension plan for the remainder of fiscal 2019.