Retirement Benefit Plans

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Retirement Benefit Plans

Retirement Benefit Plans

7. 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 June  30,						Nine Months Ended June 30,
	2011			2010			2011			2010
Service cost	$	68		$	67		$	204		$	226
Interest cost		265			260			795			787
Expected return on plan assets		(364	)		(351	)		(1,092	)		(1,058	)
Amortization of prior service cost		29			35			87			106
Amortization of net loss		171			132			513			403
Net periodic benefit cost	$	169		$	143		$	507		$	464

Through June 30, 2011, the Company has made contributions in the amount of $504 to its defined benefit pension plans and, in addition, has used carryover balance credits in the amount of $248 to reduce the amount of additional contributions that would otherwise have been required. The Company has carryover balances from previous periods that may be available for use as a credit to reduce the amount of contributions that the Company is required to make to certain of its defined benefit pension plans during the balance of fiscal 2011. The Company anticipates making $253 of additional contributions to fund its defined benefit pension plans during the balance of fiscal 2011.