Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

General Discussion of Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits [Abstract]

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block]

Note 6.       Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

       Employees of a number of the company's non-U.S. and certain U.S. subsidiaries participate in defined benefit pension plans covering substantially all full-time employees at those subsidiaries. Some of the plans are unfunded, as permitted under the plans and applicable laws. The company also maintains postretirement healthcare programs at several acquired businesseswhere certain employeesare eligible to participate. The costs of the postretirement healthcare programs are funded on a self-insured and insured-premium basis.

Net periodic benefit costs for the company's defined benefit pension plans include the following components:

		Three Months Ended
			March 31,	April 2,
(In millions)		2012		2011
Service Cost		$	3.1	$	3.1
Interest Cost on Benefit Obligation			12.8		13.4
Expected Return on Plan Assets			(13.8)		(14.3)
Amortization of Net Loss			1.7		1.4
Special Termination Benefits			0.2		—
Net Periodic Benefit Cost		$	4.0	$	3.6
	Net periodic benefit costs for the company's other postretirement benefit plans include the following
components:
		Three Months Ended
			March 31,	April 2,
(In millions)		2012		2011
Service Cost		$	0.2	$	0.2
Interest Cost on Benefit Obligation			0.5		0.5
Amortization of Net Gain			—		(0.1)
Net Periodic Benefit Cost		$	0.7	$	0.6