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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Compensation And Retirement Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Carrying Value of Trust Assets, Including Unrealized Gains or Losses | The following table summarizes the carrying value of the trust assets, including unrealized gains or losses at December 31, 2015 and March 31, 2015:
|  | December 31, |  |  | March 31, |
(In thousands) |  | 2015 |  |  | 2015 |
Investments held in Rabbi Trust |  | $ | 9,072 |  |  |  | 9,915 |
Unrealized gains (losses) in fair value of trust assets |  |  | 233 |  |  |  | 235 |
Obligations under the supplemental plan |  |  | 27,143 |  |  |  | 25,510 |
Schedule of Net Periodic Benefit Cost | The net periodic benefit cost for the company’s U.S. defined benefit pension plan and supplemental plan (referred to collectively as “Pension Benefits”) and the postretirement health care and life insurance plan (referred to collectively as “Other Benefits”) is comprised of the following components:
|  | Quarter Ended |  |  | Nine Months Ended |
|  | December 31, |  |  | December 31, |
(In thousands) |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Pension Benefits: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Service cost |  | $ | 234 |  |  |  | 206 |  |  |  | 702 |  |  |  | 618 |
Interest cost |  |  | 935 |  |  |  | 968 |  |  |  | 2,805 |  |  |  | 2,904 |
Expected return on plan assets |  |  | (530 | ) |  |  | (685 | ) |  |  | (1,590 | ) |  |  | (2,055 | )
Amortization of prior service cost |  |  | 9 |  |  |  | 12 |  |  |  | 27 |  |  |  | 36 |
Recognized actuarial loss |  |  | 567 |  |  |  | 247 |  |  |  | 1,701 |  |  |  | 741 |
Net periodic benefit cost |  | $ | 1,215 |  |  |  | 748 |  |  |  | 3,645 |  |  |  | 2,244 |
Other Benefits: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Service cost |  | $ | 41 |  |  |  | 68 |  |  |  | 191 |  |  |  | 204 |
Interest cost |  |  | 103 |  |  |  | 226 |  |  |  | 524 |  |  |  | 678 |
Amortization of prior service cost |  |  | (899 | ) |  |  | (508 | ) |  |  | (1,920 | ) |  |  | (1,524 | )
Recognized actuarial benefit |  |  | (281 | ) |  |  | (325 | ) |  |  | (770 | ) |  |  | (975 | )
Net periodic benefit cost |  | $ | (1,036 | ) |  |  | (539 | ) |  |  | (1,975 | ) |  |  | (1,617 | )

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