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Retirement Plans
6 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2020
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
Retirement Plans Retirement Plans
Pension Plan
Our non-contributory, single employer defined benefit pension plan covers a majority of our employees in the U.S. The net periodic pension cost for this plan for the three and six months ended April 30, 2020 and 2019 was as follows:
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
April 30,
 
April 30,
 
2020
 
2019
 
2020
 
2019
 
(In thousands)
Service cost
$
242

 
$
837

 
$
780

 
$
1,814

Interest cost
280

 
445

 
573

 
728

Expected return on plan assets
(502
)
 
(445
)
 
(994
)
 
(988
)
Amortization of net loss
95

 
46

 
204

 
62

Net periodic pension cost
$
115

 
$
883

 
$
563

 
$
1,616


On January 1, 2020, we enacted changes to our pension plan whereby the benefits for all participants were frozen and thereafter those participants will receive increased benefits in the company sponsored defined contribution plan in lieu of participation in a defined benefit plan. As a result of this action, we have remeasured the pension assets and obligations for the pension plan as of December 31, 2019. This resulted in a decrease in our projected benefit obligation and recognition of a net actuarial gain of approximately $2.5 million that was recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income. The decrease in the projected benefit obligation was impacted by our asset performance through December 31, 2019, the impact of the pension plan freeze and an increase in the discount rate since October 31, 2019.
The remeasurement described above is in addition to our annual year-end measurement of the funded status of our benefit plans that we will record as of October 31, 2020. As a result, the change in our pension benefit obligation and net actuarial loss will differ from the $2.5 million discussed above primarily as a result of any changes in interest rates and actual asset performance differs from our expected return on assets during the year.
During September 2019, we contributed $0.7 million to fund our plan, and we expect to make a contribution to our plan in September 2020 of approximately $3.7 million.
Other Plans
We also have a supplemental benefit plan covering certain executive officers and key employees and a non-qualified deferred compensation plan covering members of the Board of Directors and certain key employees. As of April 30, 2020 and October 31, 2019, our liability under the supplemental benefit plan was approximately $4.4 million and $4.2 million, respectively. As of April 30, 2020 and October 31, 2019, the liability associated with the deferred compensation plan was approximately $3.0 million and $3.8 million, respectively. We record the current portion of liabilities associated with these plans under the caption "Accrued
Liabilities," and the long-term portion under the caption "Other Liabilities" in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.