Employee Benefit Plans (Disclosure)

3 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2013

Pension Plans and Postretirement Plans Disclosure [Abstract]

Pension And Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure Text Block

10.Employee Benefit Plans

Components of the net periodic benefit cost for our defined benefit pension plans and our other postretirement employee benefits (OPEB) plan for the three months ended July 31, 2013 and 2012 are presented below.

	Qualified Pension				Nonqualified Pension				Other Benefits
In thousands		2013		2012		2013		2012		2013		2012
Service cost	$	2,704	$	2,230	$	-	$	10	$	332	$	347
Interest cost		2,509		2,680		39		51		282		337
Expected return
on plan assets		(5,229)		(4,967)		-		-		(416)		(388)
Amortization of
transition obligation		-		-		-		-		167		167
Amortization of prior
service (credit) cost		(548)		(548)		21		20		-		-
Amortization of actuarial
loss		2,901		1,724		40		12		-		-
Total	$	2,337	$	1,119	$	100	$	93	$	365	$	463

Components of the net periodic benefit cost for our defined benefit pension plans and our OPEB plan for the nine months ended July 31, 2013 and 2012 are presented below.

	Qualified Pension				Nonqualified Pension				Other Benefits
In thousands		2013		2012		2013		2012		2013		2012
Service cost	$	9,004	$	7,180	$	-	$	29	$	995	$	1,040
Interest cost		7,459		7,980		118		153		848		1,011
Expected return
on plan assets		(15,829)		(15,217)		-		-		(1,247)		(1,163)
Amortization of
transition obligation		-		-		-		-		500		500
Amortization of prior
service (credit) cost		(1,648)		(1,648)		61		61		-		-
Amortization of actuarial
loss		8,401		4,474		120		37		-		-
Total	$	7,387	$	2,769	$	299	$	280	$	1,096	$	1,388

In November 2012, we contributed $20 millionto the qualified pension plan,and in January 2013, we contributed $.7 million to the money purchase pension plan. During the nine months ended July 31, 2013, we contributed $.4 million to the nonqualified pension plans. We anticipate that we will contribute the following amounts to our other plans in 2013.

In thousands
Nonqualified pension plans	$	144
OPEB plan		1,500

We have a non-qualified defined contribution restoration (DCR)plan thatwe fund annually and that covers all officers at the vice president level and above. For the ninemonths ended July 31, 2013,we contributed $.4million to this plan.Participants may not contribute to the DCR plan. We have a voluntary deferral plan for the benefit of alldirector-levelemployees and officers, where we make no contributionsto this plan. Both deferred compensation plans are funded through rabbi trusts with a bank as the trustee. As ofJuly 31, 2013, we have a liability of $3.3 million for these plans.

See Note 7 and Note 8 to the consolidated financial statements in this Form 10-Q for information on the investments in marketable securities that are held in the trusts.