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Pension Benefits
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 16, 2012
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]  
Pension and Postretirement Medical Benefits
Pension Benefits

We sponsor noncontributory defined benefit pension plans covering certain full-time salaried and hourly U.S. employees.  The most significant of these plans, the YUM Retirement Plan (the “Plan”), is funded while benefits from the other U.S. plan are paid by the Company as incurred.  During 2001, the plans covering our U.S. salaried employees were amended such that any salaried employee hired or rehired by YUM after September 30, 2001 is not eligible to participate in those plans.  We also sponsor various defined benefit pension plans covering certain of our non-U.S. employees, the most significant of which are in the UK.  Our plans in the UK have previously been amended such that new employees are not eligible to participate in those plans and, during 2011, one of our UK plans was frozen such that existing participants can no longer earn future service credits.

The components of net periodic benefit cost associated with our U.S. pension plans and significant international pension plans are as follows:

 
U.S. Pension Plans
 
International Pension Plans
 
Quarter ended
 
Quarter ended
 
6/16/2012
 
6/11/2011
 
6/16/2012
 
6/11/2011
Service cost
$
6

 
$
6

 
$
1

 
$
2

Interest cost
15

 
15

 
2

 
2

Expected return on plan assets
(16
)
 
(17
)
 
(3
)
 
(3
)
Amortization of net loss
14

 
7

 
—

 
1

Net periodic benefit cost
$
19

 
$
11

 
$
—

 
$
2

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
U.S. Pension Plans
 
International Pension Plans
 
Year to date
 
Year to date
 
6/16/2012
 
6/11/2011
 
6/16/2012
 
6/11/2011
Service cost
$
12

 
$
11

 
$
1

 
$
3

Interest cost
30

 
30

 
4

 
4

Expected return on plan assets
(32
)
 
(33
)
 
(5
)
 
(5
)
Amortization of net loss
29

 
14

 
—

 
1

Net periodic benefit cost
$
39

 
$
22

 
$
—

 
$
3



We made contributions of $33 million to the Plan during the quarter ended June 16, 2012. While we are not required to make further contributions to the Plan in 2012, we may choose to make additional discretionary contributions as part of our overall capital structure strategy. We contributed $8 million to one of our UK plans during the year to date ended June 16, 2012, and anticipate making additional contributions to the same plan of approximately $7 million in 2012.