| Components of net periodic benefit cost |
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|
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Nine Months Ended September 30, |
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|
Pension Benefits |
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|
U.S. Plan |
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|
Canadian Plan |
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| |
|
2012 |
|
|
2011 |
|
|
2012 |
|
|
2011 |
|
|
Service cost
|
|
$ |
15,750 |
|
|
$ |
15,825 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
Interest cost
|
|
|
127,500 |
|
|
|
129,150 |
|
|
|
56,789 |
|
|
|
58,309 |
|
|
Expected return on plan assets
|
|
|
(120,750 |
) |
|
|
(106,575 |
) |
|
|
(62,319 |
) |
|
|
(63,987 |
) |
|
Net actuarial loss
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
10,312 |
|
|
|
10,588 |
|
|
Amortization
|
|
|
70,500 |
|
|
|
38,475 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net periodic benefit cost
|
|
$ |
93,000 |
|
|
$ |
76,875 |
|
|
$ |
4,782 |
|
|
$ |
4,910 |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
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|
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|
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|
|
|
|
| |
|
Three Months Ended September 30, |
|
| |
|
Pension Benefits |
|
| |
|
U.S. Plan |
|
|
Canadian Plan |
|
| |
|
2012 |
|
|
2011 |
|
|
2012 |
|
|
2011 |
|
|
Service cost
|
|
$ |
5,250 |
|
|
$ |
5,275 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
Interest cost
|
|
|
42,500 |
|
|
|
43,050 |
|
|
|
18,949 |
|
|
|
19,426 |
|
|
Expected return on plan assets
|
|
|
(40,250 |
) |
|
|
(35,525 |
) |
|
|
(20,794 |
) |
|
|
(21,317 |
) |
|
Net actuarial loss
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
3,441 |
|
|
|
3,527 |
|
|
Amortization
|
|
|
23,500 |
|
|
|
12,825 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net periodic benefit cost
|
|
$ |
31,000 |
|
|
$ |
25,625 |
|
|
$ |
1,596 |
|
|
$ |
1,636 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Fair value hierarchy of plan assets |
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|
|
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|
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|
|
|
|
September 30, 2012 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
US Plan |
|
|
Canadian Plan |
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
Level 1 |
|
|
$ |
306,742 |
|
|
$ |
59,343 |
|
|
Mutual funds
|
|
|
Level 1 |
|
|
|
268,290 |
|
|
|
1,259,339 |
|
|
Corporate/Government Bonds
|
|
|
Level 1 |
|
|
|
682,731 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
Equities
|
|
|
Level 1 |
|
|
|
1,039,299 |
|
|
|
— |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
2,297,062 |
|
|
$ |
1,318,682 |
|
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|
|
|
|
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|