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Retirement Benefit Plans
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2012
Retirement Benefit Plans [Abstract]  
Retirement Benefit Plans
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Retirement Benefit Plans

We have defined benefit pension plans covering certain U.S. and Puerto Rico employees. The employees who are not participating in the defined benefit plans receive additional benefits under our defined contribution plans. Plan benefits are primarily based on years of credited service and the participant’s compensation. In addition to the U.S. and Puerto Rico defined benefit pension plans, we sponsor various non-U.S. pension arrangements, including retirement and termination benefit plans required by local law or coordinated with government sponsored plans.

The components of net pension expense for our U.S. and non-U.S. defined benefit retirement plans are as follows (in millions):

 

                                 
    Three Months
Ended
June 30,
    Six Months
Ended
June 30,
 
    2012     2011     2012     2011  

Service cost

  $ 6.1     $ 7.2     $ 12.9     $ 14.1  

Interest cost

    4.6       5.2       9.6       10.2  

Expected return on plan assets

    (8.2     (8.0     (16.5     (15.8

Settlement

    0.7             0.7        

Amortization of prior service cost

    (1.2     (0.2     (1.4     (0.4

Amortization of unrecognized actuarial loss

    3.3       1.8       6.7       3.7  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net periodic benefit cost

  $ 5.3     $ 6.0     $ 12.0     $ 11.8  
   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

We contributed $52.5 million during the six month period ended June 30, 2012 to our U.S. and Puerto Rico defined benefit plans and do not expect to contribute additional funds to these plans during the remainder of 2012. We contributed $7.4 million to our foreign-based defined benefit plans in the six month period ended June 30, 2012 and expect to contribute $7.4 million to these foreign-based plans during the remainder of 2012.

In March 2012, we amended our U.S. defined benefit pension plan which led us to remeasure our plan assets and obligations. Accordingly, the resulting remeasurement was reflected in our condensed consolidated statements of earnings, condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income and condensed consolidated balance sheets.