Post-retirement benefits

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2023

Postemployment Benefits [Abstract]

Post-retirement benefits

Post-retirement benefits

Gates provides defined benefit pension plans in certain of the countries in which it operates, in particular, in the U.S. and U.K. All of the defined benefit pension plans are closed to new entrants. In addition to the funded defined benefit pension plans, Gates has unfunded defined benefit obligations to certain current and former employees.

Gates also provides other post-retirement benefits, principally health and life insurance coverage, on an unfunded basis to certain of its employees in the U.S. and Canada.

Net periodic benefit cost (income)

The components of the net periodic benefit cost (income) for pensions and other post-retirement benefits were as follows:

	Three months ended September 30, 2023						Three months ended October 1, 2022
(dollars in millions)	Pensions		Other post-retirement benefits		Total		Pensions		Other post-retirement benefits		Total
Reported in operating income:
—Employer service cost	$	1.0	$	—	$	1.0	$	0.8	$	—	$	0.8
Reported outside of operating income:
—Interest cost	6.3		0.4		6.7		3.7		0.3		4.0
—Expected return on plan assets	(6.5)		—		(6.5)		(5.4)		—		(5.4)
—Net amortization of prior period (gains) losses	—		(0.9)		(0.9)		0.3		(0.5)		(0.2)
Net periodic benefit cost (income)	$	0.8	$	(0.5)	$	0.3	$	(0.6)	$	(0.2)	$	(0.8)
Cash Contributions	$	1.6	$	0.6	$	2.2	$	4.5	$	1.6	$	6.1

	Nine months ended September 30, 2023						Nine months ended October 1, 2022
(dollars in millions)	Pensions		Other post-retirement benefits		Total		Pensions		Other post-retirement benefits		Total
Reported in operating income:
—Employer service cost	$	2.9	$	—	$	2.9	$	2.5	$	—	$	2.5
Reported outside of operating income:
—Interest cost	18.8		1.1		19.9		11.5		0.9		12.4
—Expected return on plan assets	(19.5)		—		(19.5)		(16.5)		—		(16.5)
—Net amortization of prior period (gains) losses	(0.1)		(2.5)		(2.6)		0.9		(1.6)		(0.7)
Net periodic benefit cost (income)	$	2.1	$	(1.4)	$	0.7	$	(1.6)	$	(0.7)	$	(2.3)
Cash Contributions	$	5.3	$	2.5	$	7.8	$	6.5	$	2.8	$	9.3

The components of the above net periodic benefit cost (income) for pensions and other post-retirement benefits that are reported outside of operating income are all included in the other (income) expense line in the condensed consolidated statement of operations.

For 2023 as a whole, we expect to contribute approximately $9.2 million to our defined benefit pension plans and approximately $3.2 million to our other post-retirement benefit plans.