Pension and Post-retirement Benefits

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

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, 2019 and 2020 were as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,								Six Months Ended March 31,
	Pension Benefits				Other Benefits				Pension Benefits				Other Benefits
	2019		2020		2019		2020		2019		2020		2019		2020
Service cost	$	1,310	$	1,387	$	79	$	354	$	2,620	$	2,773	$	158	$	708
Interest cost		2,567		2,148		1,088		873		5,133		4,296		2,176		1,746
Expected return		(3,575)		(3,623)		—		—		(7,147)		(7,268)		—		—
Amortizations		401		1,859		372		462		803		3,718		744		924
Net periodic benefit cost	$	703	$	1,771	$	1,539	$	1,689	$	1,409	$	3,519	$	3,078	$	3,378

The Company contributed $3,000 to Company-sponsored domestic pension plans, $1,424 to its other post-retirement benefit plans and $370 to the U.K. pension plan for the six months ended March 31, 2020. The Company expects to make contributions of $3,000 to its U.S. pension plan, $2,730 to its other post-retirement benefit plan and $368 to the U.K. pension plan for the remainder of fiscal 2020.