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Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

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Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans
 9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Abstract]  
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans
Note 8.   Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans
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
 
 
 
2013
 
 
2012
 
 
2013
 
 
2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
 
$
1,685
 
 
$
1,424
 
 
$
199
 
 
$
182
 
Interest cost
 
 
1,913
 
 
 
1,950
 
 
 
282
 
 
 
321
 
Expected return on plan assets
 
 
(2,243
)
 
 
(1,953
)
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
Amortization:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Prior service cost
 
 
(52
)
 
 
(11
)
 
 
(68
)
 
 
(113
)
   Net actuarial loss
 
 
1,806
 
 
 
1,680
 
 
 
110
 
 
 
134
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net benefit cost
 
$
3,109
 
 
$
3,090
 
 
$
523
 
 
$
524
 

 
 
Nine months ended June 30,
 
 
 
Pension
 
 
Other Postretirement
 
 
 
2013
 
 
2012
 
 
2013
 
 
2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
 
$
5,055
 
 
$
4,272
 
 
$
597
 
 
$
546
 
Interest cost
 
 
5,739
 
 
 
5,850
 
 
 
846
 
 
 
963
 
Expected return on plan assets
 
 
(6,729
)
 
 
(5,859
)
 
 
-
 
 
 
-
 
Amortization:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Prior service cost
 
 
(156
)
 
 
(33
)
 
 
(204
)
 
 
(339
)
   Net actuarial loss
 
 
5,418
 
 
 
5,040
 
 
 
330
 
 
 
402
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Net benefit cost
 
$
9,327
 
 
$
9,270
 
 
$
1,569
 
 
$
1,572
 

Benefit payments under the Company's principal retirement plan are made from plan assets, while benefit payments under the postretirement benefit plan are made from the Company's operating funds.  Under IRS regulations, the Company is not required to make any significant contributions to its principal retirement plan in fiscal year 2013.

Contributions made and anticipated for fiscal year 2013 are as follows:

Contributions
 
Pension
 
 
Other Postretirement
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Contributions during the nine months ended June 30, 2013:
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Supplemental retirement plan
 
$
543
 
 
$
-
 
   Other postretirement plan
 
 
-
 
 
 
594
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Additional contributions expected in fiscal 2013:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Supplemental retirement plan
 
 
177
 
 
 
-
 
   Other postretirement plan
 
 
-
 
 
 
300