Defined Benefit Plans

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Expense [Abstract]

Pension and Other Post-Retirement Benefit Plans

Defined Benefit Plans

At June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, we had pension liabilities of $206.0 million and $212.5 million, respectively, the majority of which were assumed in the VAC and EaglePicher Technologies acquisitions.

Set forth below is a detail of the net periodic pension expense for the U.S. defined benefit plans:

	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	June 30,						June 30,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Service cost	$	258		$	267		$	544		$	535
Interest cost	2,762			2,697			5,056			5,396
Amortization of unrecognized net loss	218			97			419			195
Expected return on plan assets	(2,623		)	(2,575		)	(5,236		)	(5,148		)
Total expense	$	615		$	486		$	783		$	978

Set forth below is a detail of the net periodic pension expense for the VAC defined benefit plans:

	Three Months Ended			Six Months Ended
	June 30,			June 30,
	2012		2011	2012		2011
Service cost	$	939	n/a	$	1,899	n/a
Interest cost	1,855		n/a	3,750		n/a
Total expense	$	2,794	n/a	$	5,649	n/a