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Defined Benefit Plan
3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Retirement Benefits [Abstract]  
Defined Benefit Plan DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN
The Third Federal Savings Retirement Plan (the “Plan”) is a defined benefit pension plan. Effective December 31, 2002, the Plan was amended to limit participation to employees who met the Plan’s eligibility requirements on that date. Effective December 31, 2011, the Plan was amended to freeze future benefit accruals for participants in the Plan. After December 31, 2002, employees not participating in the Plan, upon meeting the applicable eligibility requirements, and those eligible participants who no longer receive service credits under the Plan, participate in a separate tier of the Company’s defined contribution 401(k) Savings Plan. Benefits under the Plan are based on years of service and the employee’s average annual compensation (as defined in the Plan) through December 31, 2011. The funding policy of the Plan is consistent with the funding requirements of U.S. federal and other governmental laws and regulations.
The Company executed an amendment to terminate the Plan effective December 31, 2025. The Plan's benefit obligation is expected to be settled through lump sum distributions to participants, followed by the purchase of annuity contracts to transfer the Plan's remaining obligation to a third party, within nine to 12 months of plan termination. Pension settlement charges related to the Plan termination, including the recognition of Plan losses recorded within accumulated other comprehensive loss on the Company's CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CONDITION, are currently expected to occur in the second half of calendar
year 2026. Finalization of the Plan termination is subject to certain conditions, including regulatory review, and the Company has the ability to change the effective date of the termination or revoke the decision to terminate the Plan.
The components of net periodic cost recognized in other non-interest expense in the CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME are as follows:
 For the Three Months Ended
December 31,
 20252024
Interest cost$689 $740 
Expected return on plan assets(789)(1,197)
Net periodic (benefit) cost
$(100)$(457)
There were no required minimum employer contributions during the three months ended December 31, 2025. There are no required minimum employer contributions expected during the remainder of the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026.