Employee Pension Plans (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Employee Pension Plans

Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost

The following table sets forth the net periodic benefit cost by component for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013			2012
	(in thousands)
Interest cost	$	916		$	1,005
Expected return on plan assets	(1,120		)	(1,186		)
Amortization of net loss	1,544			1,396
Net periodic benefit cost	$	1,340		$	1,215