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Retirement Benefit Plans
3 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Retirement Benefit Plans  
Retirement Benefit Plans

8. Retirement Benefit Plans

We sponsor various retirement benefit plans including qualified and nonqualified defined benefit pension plans for our employees. The components of net periodic pension expense are as follows (in thousands):

Three Months Ended September 30, 

    

2018

2019

Service cost

$

98

$

100

Interest cost

8

8

Amortization of prior service cost

 

14

 

13

Net periodic pension expense

$

120

$

121

During each of the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2019, we made no contributions to these defined benefit plans.

We also maintain various defined contribution plans. During each of the three month periods ended September 30, 2018 and 2019, we made contributions totaling $1.8 million to these defined contribution plans.