PENSION AND POST-RETIREMENT PLANS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

PENSION AND POST-RETIREMENT PLANS

PENSION AND POST-RETIREMENT PLANS

5.PENSION AND POST-RETIREMENT PLANS

The Company sponsors qualified defined-benefit pension and post-retirement plans (collectively, the “Plans”).  The following table provides the components of net periodic benefit cost for the Plans for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 (in millions):

	Pension Benefits						Post-retirement Benefits
	September 30						September 30
	2014			2013			2014		2013
Service cost	$	2.5		$	2.1		$	0.8	$	0.8
Interest cost	7.1			6.5			1.9		1.6
Expected return on plan assets	(10.5		)	(8.9		)	—		—
Amortization of net loss	2.3			5.1			0.4		0.2
Amortization of prior service cost	(1.7		)	(1.7		)	—		—
Net periodic benefit cost	$	(0.3	)	$	3.1		$	3.1	$	2.6

As of September 30, 2014, the Company had paid its expected total cash contributions for the year to its defined benefit pension plans of approximately $6.5 million.