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Pension and Retirement Plans
 9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]  
Pension and Retirement Plans
Pension and Retirement Plans
 
The Company has defined benefit and defined contribution plans in the United Kingdom, Germany and the U.S. In the United Kingdom and Germany, the Company provides defined benefit pension plans and defined contribution plans for the majority of its employees. In the U.S., the Company provides benefits through supplemental retirement plans to certain current and former employees. The domestic supplemental retirement plans have life insurance policies which are not plan assets but were purchased by the Company as a vehicle to fund the costs of the plan. Domestically, the Company also provides for officer death benefits through post-retirement plans to certain officers.  All of the Company’s defined benefit plans are closed to newly hired employees and have been for the two years ended September 30, 2012 and for the nine months ended June 30, 2013.

The Company funds its pension plans in amounts sufficient to meet the requirements set forth in applicable employee benefits laws and local tax laws. Liabilities for amounts in excess of these funding levels are accrued and reported in the consolidated balance sheets.
 
Our pension plan in the United Kingdom is the only plan with plan assets. The plan assets consist of an investment in a commingled fund which in turn comprises a diversified mix of assets including corporate equity securities, government securities and corporate debt securities.
 
The components of net periodic benefit costs related to the U.S. and international plans are as follows:
 
 
For the Three Months Ended June 30,
 
2013
 
2012
 
Foreign
 
U.S.
 
Total
 
Foreign
 
U.S.
 
Total
 
(Amounts in thousands)
Pension:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
$
15

 
$
—

 
$
15

 
$
15

 
$
3

 
$
18

Interest cost
163

 
16

 
179

 
178

 
20

 
198

Expected return on plan assets
(96
)
 
—

 
(96
)
 
(105
)
 
—

 
(105
)
Amortization of:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Prior service gain
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Amortization of net gain
35

 
6

 
41

 
22

 
8

 
30

Net periodic benefit cost
$
117

 
$
22

 
$
139

 
$
110

 
$
31

 
$
141

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Post Retirement:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Service cost
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
—

Interest cost
—

 
8

 
8

 
—

 
18

 
18

Amortization of net gain
—

 
(44
)
 
(44
)
 
—

 
17

 
17

Net periodic benefit cost
$
—

 
$
(36
)
 
$
(36
)
 
$
—

 
$
35

 
$
35

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For the Nine Months Ended June 30,
 
2013
 
2012
 
Foreign
 
U.S.
 
Total
 
Foreign
 
U.S.
 
Total
 
(Amounts in thousands)
Pension:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
$
45

 
$
—

 
$
45

 
$
47

 
$
8

 
$
55

Interest cost
509

 
48

 
557

 
534

 
62

 
596

Expected return on plan assets
(304
)
 
—

 
(304
)
 
(313
)
 
—

 
(313
)
Amortization of:
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Prior service gain
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Amortization of net gain
107

 
18

 
125

 
66

 
23

 
89

Net periodic benefit cost
$
357

 
$
66

 
$
423

 
$
334

 
$
93

 
$
427

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Post Retirement:
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Service cost
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
—

Interest cost
—

 
26

 
26

 
—

 
53

 
53

Amortization of net gain
—

 
(136
)
 
(136
)
 
—

 
53

 
53

Net periodic benefit cost
$
—

 
$
(110
)
 
$
(110
)
 
$
—

 
$
106

 
$
106