Retirement Benefits

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Retirement Benefits

16.    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 March 31,
	2013						2012
	U.S.			Non-U.S.			U.S.			Non-U.S.
	(In thousands)
Service cost	$	437		$	339		$	486		$	342
Interest cost		943			519			1,092			557
Expected return on plan assets		(1,353	)		(256	)		(1,211	)		(257	)
Net amortization		1,614			230			1,591			83
Net periodic benefit cost	$	1,641		$	832		$	1,958		$	725

	Other Postretirement Benefits
	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2013		2012
Service cost	$	242	$	190
Interest cost		227		229
Net amortization		6		(37	)
Net periodic benefit cost	$	475	$	382

The Company previously disclosed in its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2012, that it expected to contribute approximately $7.0 million to its defined benefit plans and $0.9 million to its other postretirement benefit plans in 2013. As of March 31, 2013, $1.9 million of contributions have been made to the defined benefit plans and $0.2 million has been made to its other postretirement benefit plans. The Company presently anticipates contributing up to an additional $5.8 million in 2013 to fund these plans.