v3.5.0.2
Employee Benefit and Retirement Plans (Tables)
 9 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2016
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of defined benefit plans disclosures
The following table presents the components of our pension expense of the defined benefit plans for the three months ended August 31, 2016 and 2015 (in millions):
 
United States
 
International
 
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
Defined benefit plans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
$
5.3

 
$
5.9

 
$
1.9

 
$
2.1

Interest costs
8.4

 
7.9

 
2.8

 
3.0

Expected return on plan assets
(10.1
)
 
(10.0
)
 
(4.1
)
 
(4.3
)
Amortization of net actuarial losses
3.1

 
4.2

 
1.1

 
1.5

Total pension expense
$
6.7

 
$
8.0

 
$
1.7

 
$
2.3

The following table presents the components of our pension expense of the defined benefit plans for the nine months ended August 31, 2016 and 2015 (in millions):
 
United States
 
International
 
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
Defined benefit plans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Service cost
$
16.1

 
$
17.7

 
$
5.4

 
$
6.2

Interest costs
25.0

 
23.7

 
8.6

 
9.1

Expected return on plan assets
(30.4
)
 
(30.1
)
 
(12.4
)
 
(13.0
)
Amortization of prior service costs
—

 
—

 
0.2

 
0.2

Amortization of net actuarial losses
9.4

 
12.6

 
3.2

 
4.5

Total pension expense
$
20.1

 
$
23.9

 
$
5.0

 
$
7.0
Schedule of costs of retirement plans
The following table presents the components of our other postretirement benefits expense (in millions):


Three months ended August 31,

Nine months ended August 31,
 

2016
 
2015

2016

2015
Other postretirement benefits








Service cost

$
0.6


$
0.8


$
2.0


$
2.4

Interest costs

1.0


0.9


2.9


2.7

Total other postretirement expense

$
1.6


$
1.7


$
4.9


$
5.1