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PENSION AND OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFIT PLANS
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
General Discussion of Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits [Abstract]  
PENSION AND OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFIT PLANS
    PENSION AND OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFIT PLANS
 
The net periodic benefit cost of the Company’s defined benefit pension and post-employment benefit plans includes: 
 
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
 
Pension Benefits
 
Other Benefits
(In millions)
 
2015
 
2014
 
2015
 
2014
Service cost – benefits earned during the period
 
$
0.8

 
$
1.3

 
$
0.3

 
$
0.2

Interest cost on projected benefit obligations
 
3.7

 
4.0

 
0.5

 
0.4

Amortization of transition cost
 

 
0.1

 

 

Expected return on plan assets
 
(3.5
)
 
(4.0
)
 

 

Total net periodic benefit cost
 
$
1.0

 
$
1.4

 
$
0.8

 
$
0.6


 
For the three months ended March 31, 2015, the Company contributed $1.7 million, primarily to the U.S. pension plan. For the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Company contributed $1.4 million, primarily to non-U.S. pension plans.