Pension and Other Postemployment Benefits

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

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Pension and Other Postemployment Benefits

Defined Benefit Pension Plans

The components of net periodic benefit cost for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 were (in millions):

	2012			2011
Service cost	$	1.4		$	1.1
Interest cost	1.4			1.2
Expected return on plan assets	(0.6		)	(0.6		)
Amortization of prior service cost	0.8			0.8
Amortization of actuarial (gains) losses	0.4			0.1
	$	3.4		$	2.6

During the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, we contributed approximately $0.5 million and $0.6 million, respectively, to the defined benefit pension plans.

Postemployment Arrangements

The components of net periodic benefit cost for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 were (in millions):

	2012		2011
Service cost	$	1.0	$	1.0
Interest cost	1.2		1.2
Amortization of prior service cost	0.5		0.5
Amortization of actuarial (gains) losses	0.2		0.1
	$	2.9	$	2.8