Note 5. Retirement Plans

Donnelley Financial’s Pension Plans

RRD maintained a defined benefit plan (the “plan”) for certain current and former U.S. employees of RRD. Effective December 31, 2013, RRD merged the plan into a separate defined benefit pension plan for Donnelley Financial to create a combined defined benefit pension plan (the “combined plan”). During 2015, the sponsorship of the combined plan was transferred to RRD, which became the legal obligor of the combined plan. Accordingly, the obligations of the combined plan are not reflected in the condensed combined balance sheet of Donnelley Financial as of December 31, 2015.

The components of the estimated net pension plan expense (income) for Donnelley Financial’s pension plans for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 were as follows:

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2016			2015			2016			2015
Pension expense (income)
Interest cost	$	—		$	36.9		$	—		$	110.5
Expected return on assets		—			(52.7	)		—			(158.0	)
Amortization, net		(0.2	)		9.1			(0.4	)		27.3
Net pension income	$	(0.2	)	$	(6.7	)	$	(0.4	)	$	(20.2	)
Less: income allocated to RRD affiliates		—			6.4			—			18.7
Net periodic benefit income, net of allocation	$	(0.2	)	$	(0.3	)	$	(0.4	)	$	(1.5	)

On October 1, 2016, Donnelley Financial recorded net pension plan liabilities of $68.3 million (consisting of a total benefit plan liability of $317.0 million, net of plan assets having fair market value of $248.7 million), as a result of the transfer of certain pension plan liabilities and assets from RRD to the Company upon the legal split of those plans. The Company’s primary defined benefit plan is frozen. No new employees will be permitted to enter the Company’s frozen plan and participants will earn no additional benefits. Benefits are generally based upon years of service and compensation. These defined benefit retirement income plans are funded in conformity with the applicable government regulations. The Company funds at least the minimum amount required for all funded plans using actuarial cost methods and assumptions acceptable under government regulations.

Donnelley Financial’s Participation in RRD’s Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plans

RRD provided pension and other postretirement healthcare benefits to certain current and former employees of Donnelley Financial. Prior to the Separation, RRD was responsible for the net benefit plan obligations associated with these plans, and as such, these liabilities are not reflected in Donnelley Financial’s condensed combined balance sheets.

Donnelley Financial’s condensed combined statements of operations include expense allocations for these benefits. These allocations were funded through intercompany transactions with RRD which are reflected within net parent company investment in Donnelley Financial. Total RRD pension and postretirement benefit plan net income allocated to Donnelley Financial, related to pension cost and postretirement benefits, was $1.3 million and $1.0 million in the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and $4.2 million and $3.0 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Included in these is an allocation for other postretirement benefit plans for $0.3 million and $0.5 million in the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and $1.0 million and $1.5 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively. These allocations are reflected in the Company’s cost of sales and selling, general and administrative expenses.