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Pension and Postretirement Benefits
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
General Discussion Of Pension And Other Postretirement Benefits [Abstract]  
Pension And Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 6 – Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits

The components of net periodic benefit cost for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and June 30, 2013 are as follows:

 Three Months Ended June 30,  Six Months Ended June 30,
       Other       Other
       Postretirement       Postretirement
 Pension Benefits Benefits Pension Benefits Benefits
  2014  2013  2014  2013  2014  2013  2014  2013
Service cost$736 $728 $2 $4 $1,470 $1,566 $10 $17
Interest cost and other 1,519  1,398  62  36  3,061  2,778  116  92
Expected return on plan assets (1,601)  (1,463)  0  0  (3,208)  (2,941)  0  0
Actuarial loss amortization 759  991  26  (31)  1,548  1,972  32  16
Prior service cost amortization (15)  104  0  0  851  132  0  0
Net periodic benefit cost$1,398 $1,758 $90 $9 $3,722 $3,507 $158 $125

During 2013, it was discovered that the Company's subsidiary in the United Kingdom did not appropriately amend a trust for a legacy change in its pension scheme, as it related to a past retirement age equalization law. Given the lack of an official deed to the pension trust, the effective date of the change to the Subsidiary's pension scheme differed from the Company's historical beliefs, but the extent of the potential exposure was not estimable. In the first quarter of 2014, the Company recorded costs of $902, or $0.05 per diluted share, related to prior service cost and interest cost, to appropriately reflect the past plan amendment related to the retirement age equalization law.

Employer Contributions:

The Company previously disclosed in its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2013, that it expected to make minimum cash contributions of $6,172 to its pension plans and $607 to its other postretirement benefit plan in 2014. As of June 30, 2014, $4,506 and $328 of contributions had been made to the Company's pension plans and its other postretirement benefit plans, respectively.