Pension and Post-retirement Benefits

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

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 six months ended March 31, 2021 and 2022 were as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,								Six Months Ended March 31,
	Pension Benefits				Other Benefits				Pension Benefits				Other Benefits
	2021		2022		2021		2022		2021		2022		2021		2022
Service cost	$	1,407	$	1,182	$	274	$	456	$	2,814	$	2,364	$	548	$	912
Interest cost		1,808		1,923		573		559		3,616		3,846		1,146		1,118
Expected return		(3,978)		(3,561)		—		—		(7,956)		(7,122)		—		—
Amortizations		1,956		51		—		(60)		3,912		102		—		(120)
Net periodic benefit cost	$	1,193	$	(405)	$	847	$	955	$	2,386	$	(810)	$	1,694	$	1,910

The Company contributed $3,000 to Company-sponsored U.S. pension plans and $1,362 to its other post-retirement benefit plans for the six months ended March 31, 2022. The Company expects to make contributions of $3,000 to its U.S. pension plan and $2,097 to its other post-retirement benefit plan for the remainder of fiscal 2022.  Additional contributions may be made to the U.S. pension plan as part of the Company’s capital allocation strategy, however, the amounts and timing have not yet been determined.