Pension And Postretirement Benefits

9 Months Ended

May 03, 2015

General Discussion of Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits [Abstract]

Pension And Postretirement Benefits

Pension and Postretirement Benefits

We sponsor certain defined benefit pension plans and postretirement benefit plans for employees. Components of benefit expense were as follows:

	Three Months Ended										Nine Months Ended
	Pension						Postretirement				Pension						Postretirement
	May 3, 2015			April 27, 2014			May 3, 2015		April 27, 2014		May 3, 2015			April 27, 2014			May 3, 2015			April 27, 2014
Service cost	$	8		$	11		$	1	$	1	$	22		$	32		$	2		$	2
Interest cost	26			29			3		4		79			87			11			13
Expected return on plan assets	(43		)	(44		)	—		—		(130		)	(133		)	—			—
Amortization of prior service credit	(1		)	(1		)	—		—		(1		)	(1		)	(1		)	(1		)
Recognized net actuarial loss	21			20			3		2		63			58			9			9
Curtailment loss	1			—			6		—		1			—			6			—
Settlement charge	—			18			—		—		—			18			—			—
Net periodic benefit expense	$	12		$	33		$	13	$	7	$	34		$	61		$	27		$	23

The curtailment loss of $7 was related to a voluntary employee separation program and was included in Restructuring charges. See also Note 8.

The settlement charge of $18 in 2014 was associated with a U.S. pension plan. The settlement resulted from the level of lump sum distributions from the plan's assets in 2014, primarily due to the closure of the facility in Sacramento, California.

No contributions are expected to be made to U.S. pension plans in 2015. Contributions to non-U.S. pension plans during the nine-month period ended May 3, 2015, were $3. We expect contributions to non-U.S. pension plans during the remainder of the year to be approximately $1.