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Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits [Abstract]  
Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits
Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits
The following table summarizes the components of continuing net annual benefit cost (income) for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013:
(in Millions)
Three Months Ended March 31
Pensions
 
Other Benefits
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
Components of net annual benefit cost (income):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
$
4.9

 
$
5.4

 
$

 
$

Interest cost
15.5

 
14.5

 
0.3

 
0.3

Expected return on plan assets
(21.6
)
 
(19.2
)
 

 

Amortization of prior service cost (credit)
0.4

 
0.5

 

 

Recognized net actuarial and other (gain) loss
7.8

 
17.5

 
(0.4
)
 
(0.4
)
Recognized loss due to settlement (1)
1.6

 

 

 

Net periodic benefit cost from continuing operations
$
8.6

 
$
18.7

 
$
(0.1
)
 
$
(0.1
)

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(1)
Settlement charge is associated with the acceleration of previously deferred pension actuarial losses and was triggered by a lump-sum payout to certain former executives.

We made voluntary cash contributions to our U.S. defined benefit pension plan of $17.0 million and $13.0 million in the three months ended March 31, 2014 and March 31, 2013. We expect to make approximately $50 million in voluntary cash contributions to our U.S. defined benefit pension plan during 2014.