The Company maintains qualified and non-qualified defined benefit pension plans for its U.S. and non-U.S. eligible employees. The Company's policy for funding its tax qualified defined benefit retirement plans is to contribute amounts at least sufficient to meet the funding requirements set forth by U.S. law and the laws of the non-U.S. jurisdictions in which the Company offers defined benefit plans.

The target asset allocation for the U.S. Plan is 58% equities and 42% fixed income. At the end of the second quarter of 2011, the actual allocation for the U.S. Plan was 62% equities and 38% fixed income. The target asset allocation for the U.K. Plan, which comprises approximately 82% of non-U.S. Plan assets, is 58% equities and 42% fixed income. At the end of the second quarter of 2011, the actual allocation for the U.K. Plan was 55% equities and 45% fixed income.

The components of the net periodic benefit cost for defined benefit and other postretirement plans are as follows:


Combined U.S. and significant non-U.S. Plans For the Three Months Ended June 30,	Pension Benefits						Postretirement Benefits
(In millions of dollars)	2011			2010			2011			2010
Service cost		$ 58			$ 48			$ 1			$ 2
Interest cost		153			141			4			4
Expected return on plan assets		(224	)		(200	)		—			—
Amortization of prior service credit		(4	)		(5	)		(4	)		(4	)
Recognized actuarial loss		53			37			—			—
Net periodic benefit cost		$ 36			$ 21			$ 1			$ 2




Combined U.S. and significant non-U.S. Plans For the Six Months Ended June 30,	Pension Benefits						Postretirement Benefits
(In millions of dollars)	2011			2010			2011			2010
Service cost		$114			$ 98			$ 3			$ 3
Interest cost		305			286			7			7
Expected return on plan assets		(445	)		(404	)		—			—
Amortization of prior service credit		(9	)		(10	)		(7	)		(7	)
Recognized actuarial loss		108			72			—			—
Net periodic benefit cost		$ 73			$ 42			$ 3			$ 3




U.S. Plans only For the Three Months Ended June 30,	Pension Benefits						Postretirement Benefits
(In millions of dollars)	2011			2010			2011			2010
Service cost		$ 21			$ 19			$ 1			$ 1
Interest cost		57			57			3			3
Expected return on plan assets		(78	)		(74	)		—			—
Amortization of prior service credit		(4	)		(5	)		(4	)		(4	)
Recognized actuarial loss		24			19			—			—
Net periodic benefit cost		$ 20			$ 16			$ —			$ —


U.S. Plans only For the Six Months Ended June 30,	Pension Benefits						Postretirement Benefits
(In millions of dollars)	2011			2010			2011			2010
Service cost		$ 42			$ 38			$ 2			$ 2
Interest cost		115			113			5			5
Expected return on plan assets		(157	)		(147	)		—			—
Amortization of prior service credit		(8	)		(9	)		(7	)		(7	)
Recognized actuarial loss		50			36			—			—
Net periodic benefit cost		$ 42			$ 31			$ —			$ —


Significant non-U.S. Plans only For the Three Months Ended June 30,	Pension Benefits						Postretirement Benefits
(In millions of dollars)	2011			2010			2011		2010
Service cost		$ 37			$ 29			$ —		$ 1
Interest cost		96			84			1		1
Expected return on plan assets		(146	)		(126	)		—		—
Amortization of prior service cost		—			—			—		—
Recognized actuarial loss		29			18			—		—
Net periodic benefit cost		$ 16			$ 5			$ 1		$ 2


Significant non-U.S. Plans only For the Six Months Ended June 30,	Pension Benefits						Postretirement Benefits
(In millions of dollars)	2011			2010			2011		2010
Service cost		$ 72			$ 60			$ 1		$ 1
Interest cost		190			173			2		2
Expected return on plan assets		(288	)		(257	)		—		—
Amortization of prior service cost		(1	)		(1	)		—		—
Recognized actuarial loss		58			36			—		—
Net periodic benefit cost		$ 31			$ 11			$ 3		$ 3

The weighted average actuarial assumptions utilized to calculate the net periodic benefit costs for the U.S. and significant non-U.S. defined benefit plans are as follows:

The Company made $170 million of contributions to its U.S. non-qualified and non-U.S. pension plans in the first half of 2011 and expects to contribute approximately $150 million for the remainder of 2011 for these plans.