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Retirement and Postretirement Benefit Plans
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Retirement and Postretirement Benefit Plans  
RETIREMENT AND POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS

NOTE 6.RETIREMENT AND POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS

 

The following table sets forth the components of the net periodic benefit costs for our defined benefit pension and postretirement benefit plans for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 (in millions):

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

2014

 

2013

 

Net Periodic Benefit Costs

 

Pension
Benefit

 

Postretirement
Benefit

 

Pension
Benefit

 

Postretirement
Benefit

 

Service cost

 

$

1

 

$

1

 

$

1

 

$

1

 

Interest cost

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

Expected return on plan assets

 

(1

)

 

(1

)

 

Recognized actuarial loss

 

 

1

 

1

 

1

 

Total

 

$

1

 

$

2

 

$

2

 

$

2

 

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

2014

 

2013

 

Net Periodic Benefit Costs

 

Pension 
Benefit

 

Postretirement
Benefit

 

Pension 
Benefit

 

Postretirement
Benefit

 

Service cost

 

$

3

 

$

3

 

$

3

 

$

3

 

Interest cost

 

3

 

2

 

3

 

2

 

Expected return on plan assets

 

(4

)

 

(3

)

 

Recognized actuarial loss

 

1

 

1

 

3

 

2

 

Total

 

$

3

 

$

6

 

$

6

 

$

7

 

 

We did not make any contributions in either of the three- month or nine-month periods ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, to our defined benefit pension plans.