RETIREMENT PLANS

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Retirement Plans [Abstract]

RETIREMENT PLANS

9. RETIREMENT PLANS

A summary of net periodic benefit expense for the Company’s defined benefit plans for the three and six-month periods ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 is shown in the following table. Net periodic benefit cost for each period presented is comprised of the following:

	Three Months Ended March 31,				Six Months Ended March 31,
(In thousands)	2015		2014		2015		2014
Defined benefit plans
Interest cost	$	951		1,002		1,902		2,004
Expected return on assets		(1,136)		(1,104)		(2,272)		(2,208)
Amortization of:
Prior service cost		3		3		6		6
Actuarial loss		442		413		884		826
Net periodic benefit cost	$	260		314		520		628