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Retirement Benefit Plans
 6 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]  
Retirement Benefit Plans
Retirement Benefit Plans
The Company and certain of its subsidiaries sponsor defined benefit pension plans covering most of its employees. The components of net periodic benefit cost of the Company’s defined benefit plans are as follows:
 
Three Months Ended 
 March 31,
 
Six Months Ended 
 March 31,
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Service cost
$
37

 
$
30

 
$
73

 
$
61

Interest cost
244

 
250

 
487

 
501

Expected return on plan assets
(418
)
 
(393
)
 
(835
)
 
(786
)
Amortization of net loss
136

 
151

 
273

 
301

Settlement cost
—

 
50

 
—

 
125

Net periodic cost
$
(1
)
 
$
88

 
$
(2
)
 
$
202


During the six months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company has made no contributions and $255, respectively, to its defined benefit pension plans. The Company does not anticipate making any additional contributions to fund its defined benefit pension plans during the balance of fiscal 2015.