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Employee Benefit and Retirement Plans
3 Months Ended
Feb. 29, 2016
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]  
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT AND RETIREMENT PLANS
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT AND RETIREMENT PLANS

The following table presents the components of our pension expense of the defined benefit plans for the three months ended February 29, 2016 and February 28, 2015 (in millions):
 
United States
 
International
 
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
Defined benefit plans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
$
5.4

 
$
5.9

 
$
1.7

 
$
2.1

Interest costs
8.3

 
7.9

 
2.9

 
3.1

Expected return on plan assets
(10.1
)
 
(10.0
)
 
(4.1
)
 
(4.4
)
Amortization of prior service costs

 

 
0.1

 
0.1

Amortization of net actuarial losses
3.1

 
4.2

 
1.0

 
1.5

Total pension expense
$
6.7

 
$
8.0

 
$
1.6

 
$
2.4

 

During the three months ended February 29, 2016 and February 28, 2015, we contributed $6.9 million and $7.3 million, respectively, to our pension plans. Total contributions to our pension plans in fiscal year 2015 were $15.7 million.
The following table presents the components of our other postretirement benefits expense for the three months ended February 29, 2016 and February 28, 2015 (in millions):


Three months ended
 

2016
 
2015
Other postretirement benefits




Service cost

$
0.8


$
0.8

Interest costs

0.9


0.9

Amortization of gains

(0.1
)


Total other postretirement expense

$
1.6


$
1.7