Benefit Plans

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Benefit Plans

13. Benefit Plans

The following tables provide information regarding the net periodic benefit costs for the Company’s international pension plans and domestic and international postretirement plans for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and September 30, 2011:

	Pension Costs						Pension Costs
	Three Months ended						Nine Months ended
	September 30,			September 30,			September 30,			September 30,
(In millions)	2012			2011			2012			2011
Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost:
Service cost	$	0.2		$	0.2		$	0.7		$	0.7
Interest cost		1.0			1.1			3.1			3.3
Expected return on plan assets		(1.0	)		(1.0	)		(2.9	)		(3.0	)
Amortization of prior service cost		0.3			0.1			0.6			0.3
Net periodic benefit cost	$	0.5		$	0.4		$	1.5		$	1.3
	Nonpension Postretirement Costs						Nonpension Postretirement Costs
	Three Months ended						Nine Months ended
	September 30,			September 30,			September 30,			September 30,
(In millions)	2012			2011			2012			2011
Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost:
Service cost	$	0.1		$	0.1		$	0.3		$	0.3
Interest cost		0.4			0.3			1.0			0.9
Amortization of prior service cost		0.0			0.0			0.1			0.1
Net periodic benefit cost	$	0.5		$	0.4		$	1.4		$	1.3

The Company made cash contributions of approximately $3.7 million to its pension plans during the first nine months of 2012. The Company estimates it will be required to make additional cash contributions to its pension plans of approximately $0.2 million during the remainder of 2012 to offset 2012 benefit payments and administrative costs in excess of investment returns.