Pension and Other Post-retirement Benefit Plans

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Pension And Other Post-Retirement Benefit Plans

Pension and Other Post-retirement Benefit Plans

Note 4 - Pension and Other Post-retirement Benefit Plans

Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost:

	Six Months Ended March 31,
	Pension Benefits						Other Benefits
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Service cost	$	197,958		$	164,331		$	8,643		$	7,194
Interest cost		357,531			385,671			23,112			20,785
Expected return on plan assets		(443,282	)		(389,097	)		—			—
Amortization of prior service cost		7,114			8,209			1,774			(5,846	)
Amortization of net (gain) loss		311,967			352,766			(7,771	)		(12,237	)
Net periodic benefit cost	$	431,288		$	521,880		$	25,758		$	9,896

Contributions

The Company expects to contribute $1.0 million to its Pension Plan and $63,000 to its other Post Retirement Benefit Plan in fiscal year 2013. A total of $457,932 has been paid to the Pension Plan for the first six months of this fiscal year.