Pension Plans

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



	Three Months Ended
(Amounts in millions)	March 30, 2019			March 31, 2018
Service cost	$	6.0		$	6.5
Interest cost	14.1			13.2
Expected return on plan assets	(22.4		)	(21.7		)
Amortization of unrecognized loss	6.2			8.0
Amortization of prior service credit	(0.2		)	(0.3		)
Net periodic pension cost	$	3.7		$	5.7

The components of net periodic pension cost, other than the service cost component, are included in “Other income (expense) - net” on the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings. See Note 16 for additional information on other income (expense) - net.

Snap-on intends to make contributions of $9.4 million to its foreign pension plans and $2.0 million to its domestic pension plans in 2019, as required by law. In the first three months of 2019, Snap-on made $10.4 million of cash contributions to its domestic pension plans consisting of (i) $10.0 million of discretionary contributions and (ii) $0.4 million of required contributions. Depending on market and other conditions, Snap-on may make additional discretionary cash contributions to its pension plans in 2019.