Employee Benefit Plans

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Employee Benefit Plans [Abstract]

Employee Benefit Plans

9. Employee Benefit Plans

The components of net periodic benefit costs for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 were as follows (dollars in thousands):

	Pension Benefits				Other Benefits
	Three months ended March 31,				Three months ended March 31,
	2012		2011		2012		2011
Net periodic benefit cost:
Service cost	$	1,532	$	1,415	$	279	$	212
Interest Cost		980		890		259		220
Expected return on plan assets		(734)		(644)		--		--
Amortization of prior service cost		99		7		--		--
Amortization of prior actuarial loss		275		188		88		59
Total	$	2,152	$	1,856	$	626	$	491

The Company has not made anypension contributions inthefirst three monthsof 2012butexpects to maketotal pension contributions of $8.7 million in 2012.