Pension

The amount of net pension cost is shown in the table below:



	For the Three Months Ended March 31
(In thousands)	2014			2013
Service cost - benefits earned during the period	$	133		$	132
Interest cost on projected benefit obligation	1,261			1,122
Expected return on plan assets	(1,561		)	(1,609		)
Amortization of unrecognized net loss	360			767
Net periodic pension cost	$	193		$	412

Substantially all benefits accrued under the Company’s defined benefit pension plan were frozen effective January 1, 2005, and the remaining benefits were frozen effective January 1, 2011. During the first three months of 2014, the Company made no funding contributions to its defined benefit pension plan and made minimal funding contributions to a supplemental executive retirement plan (the CERP), which carries no segregated assets. The Company has no plans to make any further contributions, other than those related to the CERP, during the remainder of 2014.