Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2013

Notes to Financial Statements [Abstract]

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block]

The components of net periodic benefit cost related to the Company sponsored defined benefit pension and other postretirement benefit (OPEB) plans for our employees are as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31
	Pension Benefits
	U.S. Plans						Non U.S. Plans						OPEB
	2013			2012			2013			2012			2013			2012
	(in millions of dollars)
Service Cost	$	14.9		$	12.2		$	1.1		$	1.2		$	0.2		$	0.4
Interest Cost	21.9			21.1			2.1			2.1			2.0			2.4
Expected Return on Plan Assets	(25.5		)	(22.2		)	(3.0		)	(2.7		)	(0.2		)	(0.2		)
Amortization of:
Net Actuarial Loss	14.6			11.5			0.3			0.1			—			—
Prior Service Credit	—			(0.1		)	—			—			(1.2		)	(0.6		)
Total	$	25.9		$	22.5		$	0.5		$	0.7		$	0.8		$	2.0

We have no regulatory contribution requirements for our U.S. qualified defined benefit plan in 2013, and no voluntary contributions were made to the U.S. qualified defined benefit plan during the three months ended March 31, 2013. For our U.K. operation, which maintains a separate defined benefit plan, we made required contributions of $1.0 million, or approximately £0.6 million, during the three months ended March 31, 2013.