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Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2025

Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

Contributions for Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits

Contributions to the Corporation’s employee benefit plans were as follows:

		Six Months Ended June 30,
		2025			2024
U.S. defined benefit pension plans		$	1,680		$	3,170
U.S. nonqualified defined benefit pension plans (e.g. payments)		$	384		$	384
Foreign defined benefit pension plans		$	193		$	176
Other postretirement benefits (e.g., net payments)		$	181		$	182
U.K. defined contribution pension plan		$	139		$	134
U.S. defined contribution plan		$	1,565		$	1,814

Net Periodic Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Costs

Net periodic pension and other postretirement benefit costs included the following components:

		Three Months Ended June 30,								Six Months Ended June 30,
U.S. Defined Benefit Pension Plans (a)		2025				2024				2025				2024
Service cost		$	2			$	10			$	9			$	20
Interest cost			2,223				2,328				4,472				4,657
Expected return on plan assets			(2,769	)			(3,401	)			(5,640	)			(6,802	)
Amortization of prior service cost			—				1				—				1
Amortization of actuarial (gain) loss			(55	)			46				87				91
Net benefit income		$	(599	)		$	(1,016	)		$	(1,072	)		$	(2,033	)

a) Includes the nonqualified defined benefit pension plans.

		Three Months Ended June 30,								Six Months Ended June 30,
Foreign Defined Benefit Pension Plans		2025				2024				2025				2024
Service cost		$	34			$	8			$	60			$	39
Interest cost			484				452				941				908
Expected return on plan assets			(556	)			(475	)			(1,081	)			(953	)
Amortization of prior service credit			(74	)			(70	)			(144	)			(141	)
Amortization of actuarial loss			208				181				405				361
Net benefit expense		$	96			$	96			$	181			$	214

		Three Months Ended June 30,								Six Months Ended June 30,
Other Postretirement Benefit Plans		2025				2024				2025				2024
Service cost		$	27			$	41			$	69			$	84
Interest cost			86				83				176				181
Amortization of prior service credit			(256	)			(256	)			(512	)			(512	)
Amortization of actuarial gain			(81	)			(76	)			(159	)			(157	)
Net benefit income		$	(224	)		$	(208	)		$	(426	)		$	(404	)

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Tabular disclosure of the components of net benefit costs for pension plans and/or other employee benefit plans including service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, gain (loss), prior service cost or credit, transition asset or obligation, and gain (loss) recognized due to settlements or curtailments.

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