Pension and Post-retirement Benefits

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 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 nine months ended June 30, 2019 and 2020 were as follows:

	Three Months Ended June 30,								Nine Months Ended June 30,
	Pension Benefits				Other Benefits				Pension Benefits				Other Benefits
	2019		2020		2019		2020		2019		2020		2019		2020
Service cost	$	1,309	$	1,386	$	79	$	354	$	3,929	$	4,159	$	237	$	1,062
Interest cost		2,567		2,148		1,088		874		7,700		6,444		3,264		2,620
Expected return		(3,561)		(3,639)		—		—		(10,708)		(10,907)		—		—
Amortizations		402		1,860		372		462		1,205		5,578		1,116		1,386
Net periodic benefit cost	$	717	$	1,755	$	1,539	$	1,690	$	2,126	$	5,274	$	4,617	$	5,068

The Company contributed $4,500 to Company-sponsored U.S. pension plans, $2,141 to its other post-retirement benefit plans and $491 to the U.K. pension plan for the nine months ended June 30, 2020. The Company expects to make contributions of $1,500 to its U.S. pension plan, $2,013 to its other post-retirement benefit plan and $0 to the U.K. pension plan for the remainder of fiscal 2020.