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, 2014

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Abstract]

Net periodic pension and other postretirement benefit 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
	2014			2013			2014			2013

Service cost	$	1,582		$	1,685		$	109		$	199
Interest cost		2,213			1,913			230			282
Expected return on plan assets		(2,396	)		(2,243	)		-			-
Amortization:
Prior service cost		(52	)		(52	)		(23	)		(68	)
Net actuarial loss		991			1,806			(49	)		110

Net benefit cost	$	2,338		$	3,109		$	267		$	523

	Nine months ended June 30,
	Pension						Other Postretirement
	2014			2013			2014			2013

Service cost	$	4,746		$	5,055		$	327		$	597
Interest cost		6,639			5,739			690			846
Expected return on plan assets		(7,188	)		(6,729	)		-			-
Amortization:
Prior service cost		(156	)		(156	)		(66	)		(204	)
Net actuarial loss		2,973			5,418			(147	)		330

Net benefit cost	$	7,014		$	9,327		$	804		$	1,569

Contributions made and anticipated for the current fiscal year

Contributions made and anticipated for fiscal year 2014 are as follows:

Contributions	Pension		Other Postretirement

Contributions during the nine months ended June 30, 2014:
Supplemental retirement plan	$	543	$	-
Other postretirement plan		-		709

Additional contributions expected in fiscal 2014:
Supplemental retirement plan		180		-
Other postretirement plan		-		217