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,
	2013						2012
	U.S.			Non-U.S.			U.S.			Non-U.S.
	(In thousands)
Service cost	$	381		$	373		$	239		$	328
Interest cost	673			593			876			527
Expected return on plan assets	(1,326		)	(298		)	(964		)	(256		)
Net amortization	1,491			263			817			77
Net periodic benefit cost	$	1,219		$	931		$	968		$	676



	Pension Benefits
	Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013						2012
	U.S.			Non-U.S.			U.S.			Non-U.S.
	(In thousands)
Service cost	$	1,144		$	1,057		$	1,272		$	1,006
Interest cost	2,825			1,645			3,051			1,632
Expected return on plan assets	(3,989		)	(814		)	(3,361		)	(773		)
Net amortization	4,482			731			4,244			244
Net periodic benefit cost	$	4,462		$	2,619		$	5,206		$	2,109



	Other Postretirement Benefits
	Three Months Ended September 30,					Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2013		2012			2013		2012
	(In Thousands)
Service cost	$	241	$	191		$	726	$	572
Interest cost	226		230			680		687
Net amortization	6		(37		)	17		(111		)
Net periodic benefit cost	$	473	$	384		$	1,423	$	1,148

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 September 30, 2013, $6.0 million of contributions have been made to the defined benefit plans and $0.6 million has been made to its other postretirement benefit plans. The Company presently anticipates contributing up to an additional $0.5 million in 2013 to fund these plans.