Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Pensions

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Pensions
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2012
Pensions [Abstract]  
Pensions

NOTE 10 – PENSIONS

The Company's U.K. based subsidiary Austin Taylor maintains defined benefit pension plans that cover seven active employees. The Company does not provide any other post-retirement benefits to its employees. Components of net periodic benefit cost of the pension plans were:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six months Ended June 30

 

 

 

2012

 

2011

 

Service cost

 

$

18,000

 

 

24,000

 

Interest cost

 

 

121,000

 

 

134,000

 

Expected return on plan assets

 

 

(135,000

)

 

(127,000

)

Amortization of prior service cost

 

 

23,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

27,000

 

$

31,000