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Defined Benefit Plans (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 29, 2013
Defined Benefit Plans |
Schedule of the components of net periodic benefit cost |
|  | Third Quarter Ended |  | Nine Months Ended |
|  | September 29, 2013 |  | September 30, 2012 |  | September 29, 2013 |  | September 30, 2012 |
|  | (in millions) |
Service cost — administrative costs |  | $ | 0.1 |  | $ | 0.2 |  | $ | 0.3 |  | $ | 0.6 |
Interest costs on benefits obligation |  | 1.4 |  | 1.4 |  | 4.2 |  | 4.2 |
Expected return on assets |  | (1.7 | ) | (1.7 | ) | (5.1 | ) | (5.2 | )
Net actuarial loss amortization |  | 0.2 |  | 0.1 |  | 0.6 |  | 0.4 |
Net periodic benefit cost |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |  | $ | — |
Information related to the company's pension funds cash flow |
|  | Nine Months Ended |
|  | September 29, 2013 |  | September 30, 2012 |
|  | (in millions) |
Employer contributions |  | $ | 0.6 |  | $ | 0.6 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the components of net benefit costs for pension plans and/or other employee benefit plans including service cost, interest cost, expected return on plan assets, gain (loss), prior service cost or credit, transition asset or obligation, and gain (loss) recognized due to settlements or curtailments. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 715 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (h) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=21915506&loc=d3e1928-114920 + Details
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