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Employee Benefit Plans - (Notes)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Defined Benefit Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans Table Text Block [Line Items]  
Employee Benefits Plans
NOTE 10. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

We have both funded and unfunded noncontributory defined benefit pension plans ("Pension Benefits") covering certain employees primarily in the U.S., the United Kingdom, Germany and Canada. We also provide certain postretirement health care benefits (“Other Postretirement Benefits”), through an unfunded plan, to a closed group of U.S. employees who, when they retire, have met certain age and service requirements.

The components of net periodic cost are as follows for the three months ended September 30:
 
U.S. Pension Benefits
 
Non-U.S. Pension Benefits
 
Other Postretirement Benefits
 
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
Service cost
$
17

 
$
16

 
$
3

 
$
4

 
$
1

 
$
1

Interest cost
7

 
5

 
8

 
8

 
1

 
1

Expected return on plan assets
(11
)
 
(9
)
 
(9
)
 
(9
)
 

 

Amortization of prior service credit

 

 

 

 
(2
)
 
(2
)
Amortization of net actuarial loss
2

 
3

 
1

 
2

 
1

 
1

Net periodic cost
$
15

 
$
15

 
$
3

 
$
5

 
$
1

 
$
1



The components of net periodic cost are as follows for the nine months ended September 30:
 
U.S. Pension Benefits
 
Non-U.S. Pension Benefits
 
Other Postretirement Benefits
 
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
Service cost
$
52

 
$
48

 
$
10

 
$
12

 
$
4

 
$
5

Interest cost
21

 
16

 
26

 
24

 
4

 
3

Expected return on plan assets
(33
)
 
(29
)
 
(29
)
 
(29
)
 

 

Amortization of prior service credit

 

 

 

 
(5
)
 
(6
)
Amortization of net actuarial loss
6

 
10

 
3

 
6

 
2

 
3

Other

 

 

 

 
(3
)
 

Net periodic cost
$
46

 
$
45

 
$
10

 
$
13

 
$
2

 
$
5