Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT PLANS (Tables)

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PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT PLANS (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
Reconciliation of Benefit Obligations, Plan Assets and Funded Status of Pension Plans
The following provides a reconciliation of benefit obligations, plan assets and funded status of the plans as of the Company's actuarial valuation as of September 30, 2024 and 2023:
  Pension Other Postretirement
  2024 2023 2024 2023
Change in benefit obligation:
Benefit obligation, beginning of year $ 12,896  $ 36,609  $ 12,375  $ 12,813 
Service cost 125  163  55  76 
Interest cost 530  497  684  644 
Actuarial loss (gain) 1,100  (512) 777  (641)
Settlement —  (24,242) —  — 
Exchange loss 645  979  —  — 
Benefit payments (584) (598) (513) (517)
Benefit obligation, end of year (1)
14,712  12,896  13,378  12,375 
Change in plan assets:        
Fair value, beginning of year —  —  —  — 
Benefit payments (584) (598) (513) (517)
Employer contributions 584  24,840  513  517 
Settlement —  (24,242) —  — 
Fair value, end of year —  —  —  — 
Funded status (14,712) (12,896) (13,378) (12,375)
Unrecognized actuarial gain (1,453) (1,518) (4,407) (5,906)
Unrecognized prior service credit —  —  (591) (956)
Net amount recognized $ (16,165) $ (14,414) $ (18,376) $ (19,237)
Amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheet:        
Current liability $ —  $ (68) $ (872) $ (876)
Noncurrent benefit liability (14,712) (12,828) (12,506) (11,499)
Accumulated other comprehensive income (1,453) (1,518) (4,998) (6,862)
Net amount recognized $ (16,165) $ (14,414) $ (18,376) $ (19,237)
Amounts recognized in accumulated        
       other comprehensive income:
       
Net actuarial gain $ (1,453) $ (1,518) $ (4,407) $ (5,906)
Prior service credit —  —  (591) (956)
Net amount recognized $ (1,453) $ (1,518) $ (4,998) $ (6,862)
(1) Gains and losses related to changes in assumptions (e.g., discount rate, mortality, etc.), salary and other experience impacted benefit obligations.
Net Periodic Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Cost
Net periodic pension and other postretirement benefit cost for the plans included the following:
  Pension Other Postretirement
  2024 2023 2022 2024 2023 2022
Service cost $ 125  $ 163  $ 392  $ 55  $ 76  $ 165 
Interest cost * 530  497  1,127  684  644  411 
Expected return on plan assets * —  —  (1,040) —  —  — 
Amortization:            
Prior service cost (credit) —  —  (152) (364) (364) (364)
Net actuarial (gain) loss * (53) (64) 469  (722) (708) — 
Settlement* —  1,271  30,856  —  —  — 
Net benefit cost $ 602  $ 1,867  $ 31,652  $ (347) $ (352) $ 212 
* Non-service components of pension and postretirement expense are included in other income (deductions), net.
Weighted-Average Assumptions for Principal Retirement and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans The weighted-average assumptions for those plans were:
  Pension
  
Other Postretirement   
  2024 2023 2022 2024 2023 2022
Discount rate 3.51  % 4.13  % 4.01  % 4.99  % 5.86  % 5.37  %
Benefit Payments Expected to be Paid
Benefit payments expected to be paid are as follows:
Years ending September 30: Pension Benefits Other Postretirement Benefits
2025 $ 646  $ 872 
2026 650  886 
2027 659  887 
2028 671  894 
2029 692  894 
2030-2034 3,699  4,303 
  $ 7,017  $ 8,736