RETIREMENT PLANS

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

RETIREMENT PLANS

RETIREMENT PLANS

12.  RETIREMENT PLANS

A summary of net periodic benefit expense for the Company’s defined benefit plans for the three-month periods ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 is shown in the following table. Net periodic benefit cost for each period presented is comprised of the following:

	Three Months
	Ended December 31,
(In thousands)	2019		2018
Defined benefit plans
Interest cost	$	824		875
Expected return on assets		(1,041)		(1,086)
Amortization of:
Prior service cost		—		—
Actuarial loss		543		487
Net periodic benefit cost	$	326		276