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Pension Benefits
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]  
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We sponsor qualified and supplemental (non-qualified) 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. We fund our other U.S. plans as benefits are paid.  The Plan and our most significant non-qualified plan in the U.S. are closed to new salaried participants.  

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

 
Quarter ended
 
2017
 
2016
Service cost
$
3

 
$
4

Interest cost
10

 
13

Expected return on plan assets
(12
)
 
(15
)
Amortization of net loss
2

 
1

Amortization of prior service cost
1

 
1

Net periodic benefit cost
$
4

 
$
4

 
 
 
 
Additional loss recognized due to settlements(a)
$
5

 
$
—

Pension data adjustment(b)
$
22

 
$
—



(a)
Losses are a result of settlement transactions in each of our U.S. plans which exceeded the sum of annual service and interest costs for each plan. These losses were recorded in Other pension (income) expense.

(b)
Reflects a non-cash, out-of-year charge related to the adjustment of certain historical deferred vested liability balances in the Plan during the quarter ended March 31, 2017. This charge was recorded in Other pension (income) expense. See Note 5.