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Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans [Abstract] |
Net periodic pension and other postretirement benefit cost | The Company provides defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans to certain employees. Net periodic pension and other postretirement benefit cost for the plans included the following:
|  | Three months ended March 31, |
|  | Pension |  |  | Other Postretirement |
|  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Service cost |  | $ | 1,655 |  |  | $ | 1,582 |  |  | $ | 114 |  |  | $ | 109 |
Interest cost |  |  | 2,145 |  |  |  | 2,213 |  |  |  | 221 |  |  |  | 230 |
Expected return on plan assets |  |  | (2,470 | ) |  |  | (2,396 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Amortization: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Prior service cost |  |  | (45 | ) |  |  | (52 | ) |  |  | (49 | ) |  |  | (21 | )
Net actuarial loss (gain) |  |  | 1,564 |  |  |  | 991 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | (49 | )
Net benefit cost |  | $ | 2,849 |  |  | $ | 2,338 |  |  | $ | 286 |  |  | $ | 269 |
|  | Six months ended March 31, |
|  | Pension |  |  | Other Postretirement |
|  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Service cost |  | $ | 3,310 |  |  | $ | 3,164 |  |  | $ | 228 |  |  | $ | 218 |
Interest cost |  |  | 4,290 |  |  |  | 4,426 |  |  |  | 442 |  |  |  | 460 |
Expected return on plan assets |  |  | (4,940 | ) |  |  | (4,792 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Amortization: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Prior service cost |  |  | (90 | ) |  |  | (104 | ) |  |  | (98 | ) |  |  | (43 | )
Net actuarial loss |  |  | 3,128 |  |  |  | 1,982 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | (98 | )
Net benefit cost |  | $ | 5,698 |  |  | $ | 4,676 |  |  | $ | 572 |  |  | $ | 537 |
Contributions made and anticipated for the current fiscal year | Contributions made and anticipated for fiscal year 2015 are as follows:
Contributions |  | Pension |  |  | Other Postretirement |
Contributions during the six months ended March 31, 2015: |  |  |  |  |  |
Supplemental retirement plan |  | $ | 362 |  |  | $ | - |
Other postretirement plan |  |  | - |  |  |  | 775 |
Additional contributions expected in fiscal 2015: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Supplemental retirement plan |  |  | 371 |  |  |  | - |
Other postretirement plan |  |  | - |  |  |  | 232 |

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