RETIREMENT PLANS (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2016

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, 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 June 30,				Nine Months Ended June 30,
(In thousands)	2016		2015		2016		2015
Defined benefit plans
Interest cost	$	963		951		2,888		2,852
Expected return on assets		(1,093)		(1,136)		(3,280)		(3,408)
Amortization of:
Prior service cost		3		3		10		10
Actuarial loss		486		442		1,459		1,326
Net periodic benefit cost	$	359		260		1,077		780