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Postretirement Health Care Plans

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Postretirement Health Care Plans [Abstract]

Note 10: Postretirement Health Care Plans

Snap-on's net postretirement health care expense included the following components:


	Three Months Ended
(Amounts in millions)	March 31, 2012		April 2, 2011
Service cost	$	–	$	0.1
Interest cost		0.7		0.8
Expected return on plan assets		(0.3)		(0.3)

Net postretirement expense	$	0.4	$	0.6

- Definition

The entire disclosure for postemployment benefits, which may include supplemental unemployment benefits, obligations recognized for all types of benefits provided to former or inactive employees, their beneficiaries, and covered dependents after employment but before retirement. Disclosure may also include discussion that an obligation for postemployment benefits is not accrued in accordance with regulation only because the amount cannot be reasonably estimated.

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