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Defined Benefit Pension Plans (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2014

Compensation And Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Pension Expenses

Pension expense consisted of the following (in thousands):

		Three months ended January 31, 2014				Three months ended January 31, 2013
Service cost		$	-0-			$	-0-
Interest cost			214				226
Expected return on plan assets			(321	)			(303	)
Recognition of net loss			286				276
Net periodic pension expense		$	179			$	199
		Nine months ended January 31, 2014				Nine months ended January 31, 2013
Service cost		$	-0-			$	-0-
Interest cost			643				679
Expected return on plan assets			(962	)			(910	)
Recognition of net loss			857				827
Net periodic pension expense		$	538			$	596

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the reconciliation of beginning and ending balances of the fair value of plan assets of pension plans and/or other employee benefit plans showing separately, if applicable, the effects during the period attributable to each of the following: actual return on plan assets, foreign currency exchange rate changes, contributions by the employer, contributions by plan participants, benefits paid, business combinations, divestitures, and settlements.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 715

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (b)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28361610&loc=d3e1928-114920

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