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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
(continued)
40
The estimated amounts that will be amortized from accumulated
other comprehensive (loss) income into net periodic benet cost
in 2007 are as follows:
Other
Pension Postretirement
(in thousands) Benefits Benefits
Actuarial loss $ 25,709 $ 1,424
Prior service (credit) cost (374) 371
Total $ 25,335 $ 1,795
The assumptions used in measuring the net periodic benet costs for the plans follow:
Pension Benefits Other Postretirement Benefits
(in thousands) 2006 2005 2004 2006 2005 2004
Weighted average discount rate 5.75% 6.00% 6.25% 5.75% 6.00% 6.25%
Rate of increase in future
compensation levels 3.75% 3.50% 3.25%
Expected long-term rate of
return on plan assets 8.25% 8.50% 8.75%
Health care cost trend covered charges 9.00% 10.00% 10.00%
The effect of a one-percentage point change in the 2006
assumed health care cost trend is as follows:
(in thousands) Decrease Increase
Total service and interest cost
components of 2006 net
periodic postretirement
health care benefit cost $ (291) $ 465
Accumulated postretirement
benefit obligation for
health care benefits at
December 31, 2006 (5,749) 4,503
The Company has a dened contribution plan that covers
substantially all of its domestic employees. The Company’s
matching contributions are determined based on 20% of the
rst 6% of the covered employee’s salary. Total plan expense
was approximately $6,824,000 in 2006, $6,722,000 in
2005, and $6,034,000 in 2004.
7. Employee Benet Plans (continued)
Net periodic benet cost included the following components:
Pension Benefits Other Postretirement Benefits
(in thousands) 2006 2005 2004 2006 2005 2004
Service cost $ 50,224 $ 41,910 $ 35,740 $ 475 $ 453 $ 460
Interest cost 72,246 64,102 60,039 1,327 1,310 1,256
Expected return on plan assets (100,174) (89,422) (81,962)
Amortization of prior service
(credit) cost (471) (386) (1,006) 371 371 371
Amortization of actuarial loss 26,379 16,172 13,600 1,291 1,224 996
Net periodic benefit cost $ 48,204 $ 32,376 $ 26,411 $ 3,464 $ 3,358 $ 3,083