Employee Benefit Plans

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Employee Benefit Plans

Employee Benefit Plans

12)      Employee Benefit Plans

The components of net periodic benefit cost for pension and retiree medical plans were as follows:

	Pension Benefits				Other Benefits
	Three Months Ended June 30,
	2011		2010		2011		2010
Service cost	$	0	$	0	$	13	$	13
Interest cost		363		359		14		16
Expected return on plan assets		(345)		(322)		0		0
Amortization of prior service credit		0		0		(27)		(28)
Amortization of net loss		26		13		0		0
Net periodic benefit cost	$	44	$	50	$	0	$	1

	Pension Benefits				Other Benefits
	Nine Months Ended June 30,
	2011		2010		2011		2010
Service cost	$	0	$	0	$	39	$	38
Interest cost		1,090		1,078		42		47
Expected return on plan assets		(1,035)		(964)		0		0
Amortization of prior service credit		0		0		(83)		(83)
Amortization of net loss		78		37		0		0
Net periodic benefit cost (credit)	$	133	$	151	$	(2)	$	2

The Company, under IRS minimum funding standards, is not required to make contributions to its defined benefit pension plan during fiscal 2011.

The Company maintains a 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan for certain employees, which provides for employer matching contributions, and a supplemental defined contribution plan for certain executives, which provides for employer contributions at the discretion of the Company. Amounts expensed for Company contributions under these plans during the first nine months of fiscal 2011 and 2010 were $800 and $820, respectively. Distribution of the chief executive officer's additional benefit of $1,324 to the supplemental plan, per his amended employment agreement, was made during October 2010.