PENSION AND POST-RETIREMENT PLANS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

PENSION AND POST-RETIREMENT PLANS

PENSION AND POST-RETIREMENT PLANS

11.          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 (benefit) for the Plans for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:

	Pension Benefits				Post-retirement Benefits
	March 31,				March 31,
(In millions)	2018		2017		2018		2017
Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost (Benefit):
Service cost	$	1.1	$	1.0	$	0.2	$	0.4
Interest cost		2.2		2.4		0.2		0.7
Expected return on plan assets		(3.4)		(3.4)		—		—
Amortization of net loss		1.1		1.2		0.4		0.3
Amortization of prior service credit		(0.6)		(0.6)		(0.9)		—
Net periodic benefit cost	$	0.4	$	0.6	$	(0.1)	$	1.4