Pension Plans (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 27, 2014

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Net Periodic Pension Cost

Snap-on’s net periodic pension cost included the following components:

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
(Amounts in millions)	September 27, 2014			September 28, 2013			September 27, 2014			September 28, 2013
Service cost	$	4.5		$	5.2		$	13.5		$	15.4
Interest cost		14.4			12.9			43.1			38.7
Expected return on plan assets		(18.2	)		(17.7	)		(54.5	)		(53.0	)
Amortization of unrecognized loss		5.8			10.4			17.2			31.1
Amortization of prior service credit		(0.2	)		(0.2	)		(0.6	)		(0.6	)
Net periodic pension cost	$	6.3		$	10.6		$	18.7		$	31.6