Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits

3 Months Ended

Mar. 27, 2015

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits

18.  Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits

The following table summarizes the components of net periodic benefit cost for the Company’s pension and other postretirement benefit plans.

	Pension Plans						Postretirement Benefit Plans
	First Quarter Ended						First Quarter Ended
	March 27, 2015			March 28, 2014			March 27, 2015			March 28, 2014
	(in millions)
Components of net periodic benefit cost:
Service cost	$	32		$	27		$	1		$	1
Interest cost		37			36			2			2
Expected return on plan assets		(52	)		(48	)		(1	)		(1	)
Amortization of prior service costs (credits)		1			1			(1	)		(1	)
Amortization of net loss		17			4			—			—
Curtailment loss		—			1			—			—
Net periodic benefit cost	$	35		$	21		$	1		$	1

Contributions. The Company contributed cash of $14 million to its pension plans and $1 million to its other postretirement benefit plans during the quarterly period ended March 27, 2015. The Company expects to contribute an additional $86 million to $118 million to its pension plans and $9 million to its other postretirement benefit plans during the remainder of 2015.