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PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Pension and Other Post Retirements Disclosure Paragraph Details [Abstract]  
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits

Note 16. Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits

 

       Net periodic pension and other postretirement benefits costs for our significant defined benefit plans include the following components:

 

Pension Benefits            
   Three Months Ended
   U.S. Plans  Non-U.S. Plans
   March 31,   March 31,
   2014  2013  2014  2013
             
Service cost $ 60 $ 68 $ 14 $ 14
Interest cost   193   168   58   54
Expected return on plan assets   (314)   (268)   (89)   (77)
Amortization of prior service cost (credit)   6   6   -   (1)
  $ (55) $ (26) $ (17) $ (10)
             
             
             
Other Postretirement Benefits            
      Three Months Ended   
      March 31,    
      2014  2013   
             
Service cost $ - $ -   
Interest cost   10   12   
Amortization of prior service (credit)   (5)   (1)   
Recognition of actuarial losses   6   10   
     $ 11 $ 21   
             

In the first quarter of 2014, Honeywell contributed $117 million of marketable securities and $7 million of cash to our non-U.S. pension plans.

 

If required, a mark to market adjustment will be recorded in the fourth quarter of 2014 in accordance with our pension accounting method as described in Note 1 to our financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2013 contained in our Form 10-K filed on February 14, 2014.