RETIREMENT PLANS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2013

Schedule Of Components Of Net Periodic Benefit Cost For Plans

A summary of net periodic benefit expense for the Company’s defined benefit plans for the three and nine-month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 is shown in the following table. Net periodic benefit cost for each period presented is comprised of the following:

	Three Months Ended June 30,				Nine Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands)	2013		2012		2013		2012
Defined benefit plans
Interest cost	$	867		905		2,696		2,714
Expected return on assets		(1,101)		(1,021)		(3,250)		(3,063)
Amortization of:
Prior service cost		3		3		10		10
Actuarial loss		559		567		1,543		1,293
Net periodic benefit cost	$	328		454		999		954