Employee Benefit Plans (Disclosure)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2014

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 April 30, 2014 and 2013 are presented below.

	Qualified Pension				Nonqualified Pension				Other Benefits
In thousands		2014		2013		2014		2013		2014		2013
Service cost	$	2,750	$	3,150	$	-	$	-	$	277	$	332
Interest cost		2,950		2,475		45		40		362		282
Expected return
on plan assets		(5,700)		(5,300)		-		-		(457)		(416)
Amortization of
transition obligation		-		-		-		-		-		167
Amortization of prior
service (credit) cost		(550)		(550)		20		20		-		-
Amortization of actuarial
loss		1,875		2,750		12		40		-		-
Total	$	1,325	$	2,525	$	77	$	100	$	182	$	365

Components of the net periodic benefit cost for our defined benefit pension plans and our OPEB plan for the six months ended April 30, 2014 and 2013 are presented below.

	Qualified Pension				Nonqualified Pension				Other Benefits
In thousands		2014		2013		2014		2013		2014		2013
Service cost	$	5,500	$	6,300	$	-	$	-	$	554	$	663
Interest cost		5,900		4,950		90		79		724		565
Expected return
on plan assets		(11,400)		(10,600)		-		-		(915)		(832)
Amortization of
transition obligation		-		-		-		-		-		334
Amortization of prior
service (credit) cost		(1,100)		(1,100)		41		40		-		-
Amortization of actuarial
loss		3,750		5,500		23		80		-		-
Total	$	2,650	$	5,050	$	154	$	199	$	363	$	730

In November 2013, we contributed $20 millionto the qualified pension plan,and in January 2014, we contributed $.9 million to the money purchase pension plan. During the six months ended April 30, 2014, we contributed $.2 million to the nonqualified pension plans. We anticipate that we will contribute the following amounts to our plans in 2014.

In thousands
Nonqualified pension plans	$	232
OPEB plan		1,500

We have a non-qualified defined contribution restoration plan (DCR plan) for all officers at the vice president level and above where benefits payable under the plan are informally funded annually through a rabbi trust with a bank as the trustee.For the sixmonths ended April 30, 2014,we contributed $.5million 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 ofApril 30, 2014, we have a liability of $4 million for these plans.

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