NOTE D – 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 March 31
	2018			2017
Service cost	$	84		$	56
Interest cost		333			365
Expected return on plan assets		(496	)		(475	)
Recognized net actuarial loss		121			116
Net periodic pension cost	$	42		$	62

No contributions were made to the Plan during the three months ended March 31, 2018. The Company anticipates contributing $.5 million of additional funding to the Plan during the second quarter of 2018.