Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans

9 Months Ended

Jun. 27, 2015

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block]

PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS

The components of the net periodic cost for the pension and postretirement benefit plans for the three and nine months ended June 27, 2015, and June 28, 2014, are as follows (in millions):

	Pension Plans
	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	June 27, 2015			June 28, 2014			June 27, 2015			June 28, 2014
Service cost	$	5		$	2		$	13		$	5
Interest cost	21			2			63			6
Expected return on plan assets	(25		)	(1		)	(75		)	(3		)
Amortization of:
Net actuarial loss	1			1			4			3
Settlement loss	—			—			8			—
Net periodic cost	$	2		$	4		$	13		$	11

	Postretirement Benefit Plans
	Three Months Ended					Nine Months Ended
	June 27, 2015		June 28, 2014			June 27, 2015		June 28, 2014
Service cost	$	2	$	1		$	4	$	2
Interest cost	2		—			5		2
Amortization of:
Net actuarial (gain) loss	6		(6		)	6		(6		)
Prior service credit	—		(1		)	—		(1		)
Net periodic cost (credit)	$	10	$	(6	)	$	15	$	(3	)

We contributed $3 million and $12 million to our pension plans for the three and nine months ended June 27, 2015, respectively. We contributed $2 million and $7 million to our pension plans for the three and nine months ended June 28, 2014, respectively. We expect to contribute an additional $3 million during the remainder of fiscal 2015. The amount of contributions made to pension plans in any year is dependent upon a number of factors including minimum funding requirements in the jurisdictions in which we operate. As a result, the actual funding in fiscal 2015 may differ from the current estimate.