RETIREMENT PLANS

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Retirement Plans [Abstract]

RETIREMENT PLANS

10. 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, 2016 and 2015 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)	2016		2015		2016		2015
Defined benefit plans
Interest cost	$	963		951		1,925		1,902
Expected return on assets		(1,093)		(1,136)		(2,187)		(2,272)
Amortization of:
Prior service cost		3		3		7		6
Actuarial loss		486		442		972		884
Net periodic benefit cost	$	359		260		717		520