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 pension cost for this plan included the following components:

	Three Months Ended September 30						Nine Months Ended September 30
	2017			2016			2017			2016
Service cost	$	65		$	42		$	192		$	152
Interest cost		363			370			1,092			1,099
Expected return on plan assets		(476	)		(470	)		(1,427	)		(1,369	)
Recognized net actuarial loss		80			146			324			392
Net periodic pension cost	$	32		$	88		$	181		$	274

The Company made $.2 million in contributions to the Plan during the nine months ended September 30, 2017. The Company does not anticipate contributing additional funding to the Plan during the remainder of 2017.