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Postretirement Plans (Tables) (Other Postretirement Benefit Plans, Defined Benefit [Member]) | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 03, 2015
Other Postretirement Benefit Plans, Defined Benefit [Member] |
Summary of Weighted-Average Assumptions Used to Determine Accumulated Benefit Obligation |
The weighted-average discount rate used to determine Snap-on’s accumulated benefit obligation is as follows: |
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |  |  |  |
Discount rate |  |  | 3.6% |  |  |  | 4.2%

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