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Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Notes To Financial Statements  
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

9.     Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

The following table sets forth information regarding the components of net expense for the pension and other postretirement benefit plans.

Three months ended

March 31, 

(In thousands)

2021

    

2020

Employee Pension Plan:

  

 

  

Interest cost

$

128

$

163

Amortization of actuarial loss

 

122

 

111

Expected return on plan assets

 

(274)

 

(257)

Net employee pension (benefit) expense

$

(24)

$

17

Outside Director Pension Plan:

 

  

 

  

Service cost

$

4

$

4

Interest cost

 

12

 

16

Amortization of actuarial gain

 

(5)

 

(14)

Amortization of past service liability

 

 

Net outside director pension expense

$

11

$

6

Other Postretirement Benefit Plans:

 

  

 

  

Service cost

$

73

$

69

Interest cost

 

58

 

65

Amortization of actuarial gain

 

 

Amortization of past service credit

 

(21)

 

(20)

Net other postretirement expense

$

110

$

114

The Company previously disclosed in its Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2020 that it expects to contribute $0.3 million to each of the Outside Director Pension Plan (the “Outside Director Pension Plan”) and the other postretirement benefit plans (the “Other Postretirement Benefit Plans”), during the year ending December 31, 2021. The Company does not expect to make a contribution to the Employee Pension Plan (the “Employee Pension Plan”). As of March 31, 2021, the Company had contributed $36,000 to the Outside Director Pension Plan and $53,000 in contributions were made to the Other Postretirement Benefit Plans. As of March 31, 2021, the Company has not revised its expected contributions for the year ending December 31, 2021.