v3.20.4

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Cost (Reversal of Cost) [Abstract] |
Components of net periodic benefit cost (gain) | The following tables provide the components of net periodic benefit cost (gain) for the pension plans. In the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, service cost is reported in “Cost of goods sold” and “Selling, general and administrative expenses” and all other components of net periodic benefit cost are reported in “Other income, net.”
| North America
| Three Months Ended December 31, |  |
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  |  |  |
Service cost | $ | 0.9 |  |  | $ | 1.1 |  |  |  |  |
Interest cost | 0.8 |  |  | 0.9 |  |  |  |  |
Expected return on plan assets | (1.6) |  |  | (1.6) |  |  |  |  |
Recognized net actuarial loss | 0.6 |  |  | 0.5 |  |  |  |  |
Net periodic benefit cost | $ | 0.7 |  |  | $ | 0.9 |  |  |  |  |
| Other International
| Three Months Ended December 31, |  |
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  |  |  |
Interest cost | $ | 3.7 |  |  | $ | 3.7 |  |  |  |  |
Expected return on plan assets | (6.0) |  |  | (6.2) |  |  |  |  |
Recognized prior service cost | 0.1 |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |
Net periodic benefit gain | $ | (2.2) |  |  | $ | (2.5) |  |  |  |  |
The following table provides the components of net periodic benefit gain for the North American other postretirement benefit plans. In the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, service cost is reported in “Cost of goods sold” and “Selling, general and administrative expenses” and all other components of net periodic benefit cost are reported in “Other income, net.”
| Three Months Ended December 31, |  |
| 2020 |  | 2019 |  |  |  |
Service cost | $ | 0.1 |  |  | $ | 0.1 |  |  |  |  |
Interest cost | 0.4 |  |  | 0.5 |  |  |  |  |
Recognized net actuarial loss | 0.3 |  |  | 0.2 |  |  |  |  |
Recognized prior service credit | (1.2) |  |  | (1.2) |  |  |  |  |
Net periodic benefit gain | $ | (0.4) |  |  | $ | (0.4) |  |  |  |  |

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