BENEFIT PLANS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Disclosures [Abstract]

BENEFIT PLANS

BENEFIT PLANS

The following sets forth the components of net periodic benefit cost of the Company’s defined benefit plans and for the Company’s other postemployment benefit plans for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014:

Defined Benefit Plans	Three Months Ended
(in thousands)	2015			2014
Service cost	$	4,348		$	3,552
Interest cost	1,854			2,866
Expected return on plan assets	(1,378		)	(1,387		)
Amortization of prior service credit	(34		)	(34		)
Amortization of net actuarial loss	1,984			707
Net periodic benefit cost	$	6,774		$	5,704

Other Postemployment Benefit Plans	Three Months Ended
(in thousands)	2015		2014
Service cost	$	89	$	44
Interest cost	144		140
Amortization of net actuarial loss	42		12
Net periodic benefit cost	$	275	$	196

The following sets forth the information related to the contributions to the Company’s benefit plans for 2015:

(in thousands)	Pension Benefits		Other Postemployment Benefits
Actual contributions through March 31, 2015	$	2,899	$	123
Projected contributions for the remainder of the year	8,405		518
Total projected contributions	$	11,304	$	641