Retirement Plans

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Retirement Plans [Abstract]

Retirement Plans

(10)  Retirement Plans

Domestic Pension Plan

The components of net periodic benefit cost for the Company's domestic plan (which was frozen in 2007) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 were as follows:

	Three months ended						Nine months ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Components of net periodic benefit cost
Interest cost	$	821		$	865		$	2,463		$	2,595
Expected return on plan assets		(918	)		(914	)		(2,754	)		(2,742	)
Recognized actuarial loss		216			115			648			345
Amortization of prior service cost		15			109			45			327
Net periodic benefit cost	$	134		$	175		$	402		$	525

          The Company's Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (which was frozen in 2007) is non-qualified and unfunded.  Net periodic benefit costs for the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 were $55 and $66, respectively.  Net periodic benefit costs for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 were $165 and $198, respectively.

          The Company contributed $2,306 in cash to the domestic plan during the first nine months of 2012.  The Company does not expect to contribute any additional cash to the domestic plan for the remainder of the year.

  International Pension Plan

         The components of net periodic benefit cost for the Company's international plan for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 were as follows:

	Three months ended						Nine months ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Components of net periodic benefit cost
Service cost	$	165		$	160		$	495		$	480
Interest cost		200			237			600			711
Recognized actuarial loss		50			28			150			84
Amortization of prior service benefit		(2	)		(2	)		(6	)		(6	)
Net periodic benefit cost	$	413		$	423		$	1,239		$	1,269