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Employee Benefit Obligations (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Employee Benefit Obligations

Schedule of employee benefit obligations

		September 30,			December 31,
($ in millions)		2015			2014
Underfunded defined benefit pension liabilities, net		$	715.8		$	724.1
Less current portion and prepaid pension assets		(17.2		)	(19.4		)
Long-term defined benefit pension liabilities		698.6			704.7
Retiree medical and other postemployment benefits		172.2			169.0
Deferred compensation plans		260.1			272.2
Other		28.6			32.4
		$	1,159.5		$	1,178.3

Defined Benefit Pension Plans

Employee Benefit Obligations

Components of net periodic benefit cost

		Three Months Ended September 30,
		2015									2014
($ in millions)		U.S.			Foreign			Total			U.S.			Foreign			Total
Ball-sponsored plans:
Service cost		$	13.0		$	3.7		$	16.7		$	11.5		$	3.1		$	14.6
Interest cost		14.4			4.6			19.0			15.6			6.5			22.1
Expected return on plan assets		(19.8		)	(4.9		)	(24.7		)	(20.6		)	(4.2		)	(24.8		)
Amortization of prior service cost		(0.3		)	(0.1		)	(0.4		)	—			(0.2		)	(0.2		)
Recognized net actuarial loss		9.7			2.3			12.0			7.2			2.0			9.2
Curtailment and settlement losses		5.3						5.3			—			—			—
Net periodic benefit cost for Ball-sponsored plans		22.3			5.6			27.9			13.7			7.2			20.9
Net periodic benefit cost for multiemployer plans		—			—			—			0.7			—			0.7
Total net periodic benefit cost		$	22.3		$	5.6		$	27.9		$	14.4		$	7.2		$	21.6

		Nine Months Ended September 30,
		2015									2014
($ in millions)		U.S.			Foreign			Total			U.S.			Foreign			Total
Ball-sponsored plans:
Service cost		$	39.0		$	11.2		$	50.2		$	34.3		$	10.2		$	44.5
Interest cost		42.9			13.8			56.7			46.8			19.6			66.4
Expected return on plan assets		(59.4		)	(14.8		)	(74.2		)	(61.6		)	(12.9		)	(74.5		)
Amortization of prior service cost		(0.8		)	(0.3		)	(1.1		)	—			(0.4		)	(0.4		)
Recognized net actuarial loss		29.3			7.0			36.3			21.6			6.2			27.8
Curtailment and settlement losses		5.3			—			5.3			—			—			—
Net periodic benefit cost for Ball-sponsored plans		56.3			16.9			73.2			41.1			22.7			63.8
Net periodic benefit cost for multiemployer plans		1.0			—			1.0			2.0			—			2.0
Total net periodic benefit cost		$	57.3		$	16.9		$	74.2		$	43.1		$	22.7		$	65.8

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