Retirement Benefits

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Retirement Benefits

15.    Retirement Benefits

The Company sponsors several qualified and nonqualified defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans and other postretirement plans for its employees. The following tables provide the components of net periodic benefit cost for its major defined benefit plans and its other postretirement plans.

	Pension Benefits
	Three Months Ended September 30,
	2012						2011
	U.S.			Non-U.S.			U.S.			Non-U.S.
	(In thousands)
Service cost	$	239		$	328		$	399		$	207
Interest cost		876			527			1,116			587
Expected return on plan assets		(964	)		(256	)		(1,171	)		(278	)
Net amortization		817			77			1,261			111
Net periodic benefit cost	$	968		$	676		$	1,605		$	627

	Pension Benefits
	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012						2011
	U.S.			Non-U.S.			U.S.			Non-U.S.
	(In thousands)
Service cost	$	1,272		$	1,006		$	1,319		$	620
Interest cost		3,051			1,632			3,380			1,756
Expected return on plan assets		(3,361	)		(773	)		(3,567	)		(837	)
Net amortization		4,244			244			3,423			334
Net periodic benefit cost	$	5,206		$	2,109		$	4,555		$	1,873

	Other Postretirement Benefits
	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
	(In thousands)
Service cost	$	191		$	173		$	572		$	519
Interest cost		230			259			687			778
Net amortization		(37	)		(39	)		(111	)		(117	)
Net periodic benefit cost	$	384		$	393		$	1,148		$	1,180

The Company previously disclosed in its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2011, that it expected to contribute approximately $9.4 million to its pension plans and $0.9 million to its other postretirement benefit plans in 2012. As of September 30, 2012, $8.1 million of contributions have been made to the pension plans and $0.4 million have been made to its other postretirement benefit plans. The Company presently anticipates contributing up to an additional $1.8 million in 2012 to fund its pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans.