Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

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 March 31,
	Pension						Other Postretirement
	2015			2014			2015			2014
Service cost	$	1,655		$	1,582		$	114		$	109
Interest cost		2,145			2,213			221			230
Expected return on plan assets		(2,470	)		(2,396	)		-			-
Amortization:
Prior service cost		(45	)		(52	)		(49	)		(21	)
Net actuarial loss (gain)		1,564			991			-			(49	)
Net benefit cost	$	2,849		$	2,338		$	286		$	269

	Six months ended March 31,
	Pension						Other Postretirement
	2015			2014			2015			2014
Service cost	$	3,310		$	3,164		$	228		$	218
Interest cost		4,290			4,426			442			460
Expected return on plan assets		(4,940	)		(4,792	)		-			-
Amortization:
Prior service cost		(90	)		(104	)		(98	)		(43	)
Net actuarial loss		3,128			1,982			-			(98	)
Net benefit cost	$	5,698		$	4,676		$	572		$	537

Contributions made and anticipated for the current fiscal year

Contributions made and anticipated for fiscal year 2015 are as follows:

Contributions	Pension		Other Postretirement
Contributions during the six months ended March 31, 2015:
Supplemental retirement plan	$	362	$	-
Other postretirement plan		-		775
Additional contributions expected in fiscal 2015:
Supplemental retirement plan		371		-
Other postretirement plan		-		232