Pension and Post-retirement Benefits

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2023

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, 2022 and 2023 were as follows:

	Three Months Ended June 30,								Nine Months Ended June 30,
	Pension Benefits				Other Benefits				Pension Benefits				Other Benefits
	2022		2023		2022		2023		2022		2023		2022		2023
Service cost	$	1,182	$	672	$	456	$	348	$	3,546	$	2,016	$	1,368	$	1,042
Interest cost		1,923		2,772		559		799		5,769		8,316		1,677		2,399
Expected return		(3,561)		(3,419)		—		—		(10,683)		(10,257)		—		—
Amortizations		51		52		(60)		(569)		153		154		(180)		(1,709)
Net periodic benefit cost	$	(405)	$	77	$	955	$	578	$	(1,215)	$	229	$	2,865	$	1,732

The Company contributed $4,500 to Company-sponsored U.S. pension plans and $1,713 to its other post-retirement benefit plans for the nine months ended June 30, 2023. The Company expects to make contributions of $1,500 to its U.S. pension plan and $1,563 to its other post-retirement benefit plan for the remainder of fiscal 2023.