Defined Benefit Pension Plans

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

Compensation and Employee Benefit Plans

DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLANS

The following table sets forth the net periodic pension cost for our defined benefit pension and postretirement plans during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018:

	Quarter Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2019			2018			2019			2018
Service cost	$	1		$	1		$	3		$	3
Other components of net periodic pension cost1:
Interest cost	3			3			9			9
Expected return on plan assets	(4		)	(3		)	(11		)	(10		)
Amortization of prior service cost	—			—			—			—
Amortization of net loss	1			2			4			5
Net periodic pension cost	$	2		$	2		$	5		$	7

¹Other components of net periodic pension cost are included in Other non-operating items on our Consolidated Statements of Income.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2019, $2 million of net periodic pension cost was included in Cost of sales and $1 million included in Selling, general and administrative expenses. For the nine months ended September 30, 2018, $2 million of net periodic pension cost was included in Cost of sales and $1 million included in Selling, general and administrative expenses.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, we made $4 million in contributions to our defined benefit pension and postretirement plans. We expect to contribute about $1 million to our defined benefit pension plans in the remaining months of 2019.