Retirement and Pension Plans

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

Retirement Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits

13.	Retirement and Pension Plans

The components of net periodic pension benefit expense (income) were as follows:


	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2020			2019
	(In thousands)
Defined benefit plans:
Service cost	$	1,950		$	1,713
Interest cost		5,636			6,762
Expected return on plan assets		(13,650	)		(13,126	)
Amortization of net actuarial loss and other		3,976			3,287

Pension income		(2,088	)		(1,364	)

Other plans:
Defined contribution plans		10,025			9,108
Foreign plans and other		2,041			1,562

Total other plans		12,066			10,670

Total net pension expense	$	9,978		$	9,306

For defined benefit plans, the net periodic benefit expense(income), other than the service cost component, is included in “Other income(expense), net” in the consolidated statement of income.

For the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, contributions to the Company’s defined benefit pension plans were $1.5 million and $0.7 million, respectively. The Company’s current estimate of 2020 contributions to its worldwide defined benefit pension plans is in line with the range disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form

10-K

for the year ended December 31, 2019.