NOTE C – PENSION PLANS

The Company uses a December 31 measurement date for the Preformed Line Products Company Employees’ Retirement Plan (the “Plan”). Net periodic benefit cost for this plan included the following components:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2017			2016
Service cost	$	56		$	55
Interest cost		365			365
Expected return on plan assets		(475	)		(450	)
Recognized net actuarial loss		116			123
Net periodic benefit cost	$	62		$	93

No contributions were made to the Plan during the three months ended March 31, 2017. The Company does not anticipate contributing additional funding to the Plan in 2017.