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BENEFIT PLANS: (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Post retirement defined benefit plans and defined contribution plan

Components of net periodic benefit costs

Schedule of the components of net periodic benefit costs

The components of net periodic benefit costs for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 are as follows (in millions):

		2019			2018
Service cost		$	0.3		$	0.3
Interest cost			0.4			0.4
Expected return on plan assets			(0.8)			(0.9)
Amortization of net actuarial loss			(*)			(*)
Amortization of net loss/(gain)			(*)			(*)
Net periodic benefit costs		$	(0.1)		$	(0.2)

Post-retirement Health care plans

Components of net periodic benefit costs

Schedule of the components of net periodic benefit costs

The components of net periodic benefit cost for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 are as follows (in millions):

		2019			2018
Interest cost		$	0.2		$	0.2
Amortization of net loss (gain)			(*)			(*)
Amortization of prior service cost (credit)			(*)			(*)
Net periodic benefit cost		$	0.2		$	0.2

(*) amount is lower than $0.1 million

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