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Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2025
Retirement Benefits [Abstract] |
Contributions for Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits | Contributions to the Corporation’s employee benefit plans were as follows:
|  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
|  | 2025 |  | 2024 |
U.S. defined benefit pension plans |  | $ | 2,488 |  | $ | 4,641 |
U.S. nonqualified defined benefit pension plans (e.g. payments) |  | $ | 574 |  | $ | 576 |
Foreign defined benefit pension plans |  | $ | 323 |  | $ | 327 |
Other postretirement benefits (e.g., net payments) |  | $ | 259 |  | $ | 273 |
U.K. defined contribution pension plan |  | $ | 207 |  | $ | 200 |
U.S. defined contribution plan |  | $ | 2,220 |  | $ | 2,457 |
Net Periodic Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Costs | Net periodic pension and other postretirement benefit costs included the following components:
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
U.S. Defined Benefit Pension Plans (a) |  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |
Service cost |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 14 |  |  | $ | 22 |
Interest cost |  |  | 2,236 |  |  |  | 2,331 |  |  |  | 6,708 |  |  |  | 6,988 |
Expected return on plan assets |  |  | (2,818 | ) |  |  | (3,443 | ) |  |  | (8,458 | ) |  |  | (10,245 | )
Amortization of prior service cost |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1 |
Amortization of actuarial loss |  |  | 44 |  |  |  | 45 |  |  |  | 131 |  |  |  | 136 |
Net benefit income |  | $ | (533 | ) |  | $ | (1,065 | ) |  | $ | (1,605 | ) |  | $ | (3,098 | )
a) Includes the nonqualified defined benefit pension plans.
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
Foreign Defined Benefit Pension Plans |  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |
Service cost |  | $ | 36 |  |  | $ | 63 |  |  | $ | 96 |  |  | $ | 102 |
Interest cost |  |  | 484 |  |  |  | 467 |  |  |  | 1,425 |  |  |  | 1,375 |
Expected return on plan assets |  |  | (555 | ) |  |  | (490 | ) |  |  | (1,636 | ) |  |  | (1,443 | )
Amortization of prior service credit |  |  | (74 | ) |  |  | (72 | ) |  |  | (218 | ) |  |  | (213 | )
Amortization of actuarial loss |  |  | 209 |  |  |  | 185 |  |  |  | 614 |  |  |  | 546 |
Net benefit expense |  | $ | 100 |  |  | $ | 153 |  |  | $ | 281 |  |  | $ | 367 |
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, |  |  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |
Other Postretirement Benefit Plans |  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |  |  | 2025 |  |  | 2024 |
Service cost |  | $ | 34 |  |  | $ | 42 |  |  | $ | 103 |  |  | $ | 126 |
Interest cost |  |  | 88 |  |  |  | 90 |  |  |  | 264 |  |  |  | 271 |
Amortization of prior service credit |  |  | (256 | ) |  |  | (256 | ) |  |  | (768 | ) |  |  | (768 | )
Amortization of actuarial gain |  |  | (80 | ) |  |  | (79 | ) |  |  | (239 | ) |  |  | (236 | )
Net benefit income |  | $ | (214 | ) |  | $ | (203 | ) |  | $ | (640 | ) |  | $ | (607 | )

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