Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Defined Benefit Pension Plans and Defined Benefit Postretirement Plans Disclosure [Abstract]

Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans

In the U.S., we currently sponsor one defined benefit pension plan for employees hired prior to January 1, 2009, of UGI, UGI Utilities, PNG, CPG and certain of UGI’s other domestic wholly owned subsidiaries (“Pension Plan”). We also provide postretirement health care benefits to certain retirees and postretirement life insurance benefits to nearly all domestic active and retired employees. In addition, Antargaz employees are covered by certain defined benefit pension and postretirement plans.

Net periodic pension expense and other postretirement benefit costs include the following components:

	Pension Benefits						Other Postretirement Benefits
	Three Months Ended December 31,						Three Months Ended December 31,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Service cost	$	2.3		$	2.8		$	0.1		$	0.2
Interest cost	6.4			5.9			0.2			0.2
Expected return on assets	(7.3		)	(6.9		)	(0.1		)	(0.1		)
Amortization of:
Prior service benefit	—			—			(0.1		)	(0.1		)
Actuarial loss	2.0			3.8			—			0.1
Net benefit cost	3.4			5.6			0.1			0.3
Change in associated regulatory liabilities	—			—			0.9			0.8
Net expense	$	3.4		$	5.6		$	1.0		$	1.1

Pension Plan assets are held in trust and consist principally of publicly traded, diversified equity and fixed income mutual funds and UGI Common Stock. It is our general policy to fund amounts for Pension Plan benefits equal to at least the minimum contribution set forth in applicable employee benefit laws. Based upon current assumptions, the Company estimates that it will be required to contribute approximately $14.4 to the Pension Plan during the remainder of Fiscal 2014. During the three months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company made cash contributions to the Pension Plan of $3.5 and $5.7, respectively. UGI Utilities has established a Voluntary Employees’ Beneficiary Association (“VEBA”) trust to pay UGI Gas’ and Electric Utility’s postretirement health care and life insurance benefits referred to above by depositing into the VEBA the annual amount of postretirement benefit costs determined under GAAP. The difference between such amounts calculated under GAAP and the amounts included in UGI Gas’ and Electric Utility’s rates is deferred for future recovery from, or refund to, ratepayers. Amounts contributed to the VEBA by UGI Utilities were not material during the three months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, nor are they expected to be material for all of Fiscal 2014.

We also sponsor unfunded and non-qualified defined benefit supplemental executive retirement plans (“Supplemental Defined Benefit Plans”). We recorded pre-tax expense associated with these plans of $0.8 in each of the three months ended December 31, 2013 and 2012.