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Retirement plans and postretirement benefits other than pension | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 25, 2011
Pension Plans, Defined Benefit |
Retirement plans and postretirement benefits other than pension | NOTE 6 – Retirement plans The Company and its subsidiaries have various retirement plans, including plans established under collective bargaining agreements. The Gannett Retirement Plan is the Company’s principal retirement plan. The Company’s pension costs, which include costs for qualified, nonqualified and union plans are presented in the following table:
(in thousands of dollars) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Thirteen Weeks Ended |  |  | Thirty-nine Weeks Ended |
|  | Sept. 25, 2011 |  |  | Sept. 26, 2010 |  |  | Sept. 25, 2011 |  |  | Sept. 26, 2010 |
Service cost-benefits earned during the period |  | $ | 1,973 |  |  | $ | 3,383 |  |  | $ | 5,919 |  |  | $ | 10,989 |
Interest cost on benefit obligation |  |  | 42,253 |  |  |  | 41,426 |  |  |  | 126,760 |  |  |  | 132,913 |
Expected return on plan assets |  |  | (52,262 | ) |  |  | (44,787 | ) |  |  | (156,785 | ) |  |  | (144,210 | )
Amortization of prior service cost |  |  | 1,867 |  |  |  | 1,577 |  |  |  | 5,601 |  |  |  | 5,076 |
Amortization of actuarial loss |  |  | 9,394 |  |  |  | 11,567 |  |  |  | 28,183 |  |  |  | 36,283 |
Pension expense for Company-sponsored retirement plans |  |  | 3,225 |  |  |  | 13,166 |  |  |  | 9,678 |  |  |  | 41,051 |
Curtailment gain |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (582 | )
Union and other pension cost |  |  | 998 |  |  |  | 1,287 |  |  |  | 2,993 |  |  |  | 3,860 |
Pension cost |  | $ | 4,223 |  |  | $ | 14,453 |  |  | $ | 12,671 |  |  | $ | 44,329 |
In the second and third quarters of 2011, the Company made contributions of $14 million and $10 million, respectively, to the Gannett Retirement Plan. Early in the fourth quarter of 2011, the Company made an additional contribution of $9 million.
Other Postretirement Benefit Plans, Defined Benefit |
Retirement plans and postretirement benefits other than pension | NOTE 7 – Postretirement benefits other than pension The Company provides health care and life insurance benefits to certain retired employees who meet age and service requirements. Most of the Company’s retirees contribute to the cost of these benefits and retiree contributions are increased as actual benefit costs increase. The Company’s policy is to fund benefits as claims and premiums are paid. Postretirement benefit costs for health care and life insurance are presented in the following table:
(in thousands of dollars) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Thirteen Weeks Ended |  |  | Thirty-nine Weeks Ended |
|  | Sept. 25, 2011 |  |  | Sept. 26, 2010 |  |  | Sept. 25, 2011 |  |  | Sept. 26, 2010 |
Service cost-benefits earned during the period |  | $ | 153 |  |  | $ | 178 |  |  | $ | 458 |  |  | $ | 535 |
Interest cost on net benefit obligation |  |  | 2,301 |  |  |  | 2,651 |  |  |  | 6,903 |  |  |  | 7,953 |
Amortization of prior service credit |  |  | (4,878 | ) |  |  | (4,844 | ) |  |  | (14,633 | ) |  |  | (14,532 | )
Amortization of actuarial loss |  |  | 1,361 |  |  |  | 1,237 |  |  |  | 4,083 |  |  |  | 3,711 |
Net periodic postretirement benefit credit |  | $ | (1,063 | ) |  | $ | (778 | ) |  | $ | (3,189 | ) |  | $ | (2,333 | )

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