Matthews International Corporation Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Net periodic pension and other postretirement benefit cost for the plans included the following:



	Three months ended March 31,
	Pension				Other Postretirement
	2022		2021		2022		2021

Service cost	$	5	$	1,983	$	41	$	50
Interest cost *	48		1,546		103		94
Expected return on plan assets *	—		(2,762)		—		—
Amortization:
Prior service credit	(66)		(41)		(91)		(91)
Net actuarial loss *	91		3,023		—		—


Net benefit cost	$	78	$	3,749	$	53	$	53


	Six months ended March 31,
	Pension				Other Postretirement
	2022		2021		2022		2021

Service cost	$	385	$	4,196	$	82	$	100
Interest cost *	1,038		3,094		206		188
Expected return on plan assets *	(1,042)		(5,525)		—		—
Amortization:
Prior service credit	(19)		(58)		(182)		(182)
Net actuarial loss *	292		6,044		—		—
Settlement loss *	30,856		—		—		—
Net benefit cost	$	31,510	$	7,751	$	106	$	106
* Non-service components of pension and postretirement expense are included in other income (deductions), net.

Contributions made and anticipated for fiscal year 2022 are as follows:


Contributions	Pension		Other Postretirement

Contributions during the six months ended March 31, 2022:
Principal defined benefit retirement plan	$	35,706	$	—
Supplemental retirement plan	387		—
Other postretirement plan	—		340

Additional contributions expected in fiscal 2022:

Supplemental retirement plan	$	373	$	—
Other postretirement plan	—		544