NOTE 6. PENSION PLANS

We have noncontributory defined benefit pension plans outside of the United States. The following sets forth the components of our net periodic pension costs associated with these plans ($ in millions):



	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 29, 2017			September 30, 2016			September 29, 2017			September 30, 2016
Service cost	$	1.1		$	0.9		$	3.1		$	2.6
Interest cost	1.5			1.8			4.4			5.6
Expected return on plan assets	(1.9		)	(2.0		)	(5.5		)	(6.1		)
Amortization of net loss	1.2			1.3			3.4			4.1
Net periodic pension cost	$	1.9		$	2.0		$	5.4		$	6.2

Net periodic pension costs are included in cost of sales and selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying Consolidated and Combined Condensed Statements of Earnings.

Employer Contributions

During 2017, our cash contribution requirements for our defined benefit pension plans are expected to be approximately $10 million. The ultimate amounts to be contributed depend upon, among other things, legal requirements, underlying asset returns, the plan’s funded status, the anticipated tax deductibility of the contribution, local practices, market conditions, interest rates and other factors.