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

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans (Tables)

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Abstract]

Net Periodic Pension and Other Postretirement Cost

The Company provides defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans to certain employees. Net periodic pension and other postretirement benefit cost for the plans included the following:

	Three months ended June 30,
	Pension						Other Postretirement
	2012			2011			2012			2011

Service cost	$	1,424		$	1,237		$	182		$	158
Interest cost		1,950			1,867			321			313
Expected return on plan assets		(1,953	)		(1,843	)		-			-
Amortization:
Prior service cost		(11	)		6			(113	)		(119	)
Net actuarial loss		1,680			1,338			134			102

Net benefit cost	$	3,090		$	2,605		$	524		$	454

	Nine months ended June 30,
	Pension						Other Postretirement
	2012			2011			2012			2011

Service cost	$	4,272		$	3,711		$	546		$	474
Interest cost		5,850			5,601			963			939
Expected return on plan assets		(5,859	)		(5,529	)		-			-
Amortization:
Prior service cost		(33	)		18			(339	)		(357	)
Net actuarial loss		5,040			4,014			402			306

Net benefit cost	$	9,270		$	7,815		$	1,572		$	1,362

Contributions Made and Anticipated for the Current Fiscal Year

Contributions made and anticipated for fiscal year 2012 are as follows:

Contributions	Pension		Other Postretirement

Contributions during the nine months ended June 30, 2012:
Supplemental retirement plan		$547		$ -
Other postretirement plan		-		730

Additional contributions expected in fiscal 2012:
Supplemental retirement plan		181		-
Other postretirement plan		-		400