Employee Benefit Plans

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Statement - Employee Benefit Plans

Employee Benefit Plans

10. Employee Benefit Plans

The components of net periodic benefit costs for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 and 2010 were as follows (dollars in thousands):

	Three months ended June 30,				Six months ended June 30,
	2011		2010		2011		2010
Net periodic pension benefit cost:
Service cost	$	1,597	$	1,406	$	3,012	$	2,492
Interest cost		1,052		810		1,942		1,723
Expected return on plan assets		(825)		(803)		(1,469)		(1,289)
Amortization of prior service cost		94		8		101		15
Amortization of prior actuarial gain		314		(64)		502		375
Total	$	2,232	$	1,357	$	4,088	$	3,316
Net periodic other benefits cost:
Service cost	$	212	$	149	$	424	$	298
Interest cost		221		168		441		337
Expected return on plan assets		--		--		--		--
Amortization of prior service cost		--		--		--		--
Amortization of prior actuarial gain		59		5		118		10
Total	$	492	$	322	$	983	$	645

The Company madepension contributions in the amount of $3.0million inthesecondquarter of 2011andexpects to maketotal pension contributions of $4.6 million in 2011.