Pension and Other Benefit Plans

6 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Compensation And Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Pension and Other Benefit Plans

Note 9-Pension and Other Benefit Plans

The Company and its subsidiaries offer a number of pension and postretirement healthcare and life insurance benefit plans.  The components of net periodic benefit cost for defined benefit pension plans are as follows:

	Quarter Ended
(Amounts in millions)	September 30, 2011						October 1, 2010
Pensions	U.S. Plans			Non-U.S. Plans			U.S. Plans			Non-U.S. Plans
Service cost	$	2		$	7		$	2		$	5
Interest cost		41			32			41			30
Expected return on assets		(36	)		(32	)		(39	)		(31	)
Amortization of unrecognized net loss and other		8			4			6			3
Net periodic pension cost	$	15		$	11		$	10		$	7

	Six Months Ended
(Amounts in millions)	September 30, 2011						October 1, 2010
Pensions	U.S. Plans			Non-U.S. Plans			U.S. Plans			Non-U.S. Plans
Service cost	$	4		$	14		$	4		$	15
Interest cost		82			64			82			59
Expected return on assets		(72	)		(64	)		(78	)		(61	)
Amortization of unrecognized net loss and other		17			8			12			12
Net periodic pension cost	$	31		$	22		$	20		$	25

The Company expects to contribute approximately $188 million to the defined benefit pension plans during fiscal 2012. During the quarter ended September 30, 2011, the Company contributed $41 million to the defined benefit pension plans.  During the six months ended September 30, 2011, the Company contributed $85 million to the defined benefit pension plans.

The components of net periodic benefit cost for postretirement benefit plans are as follows (amounts reported on a global basis):

	Quarter Ended
(Amounts in millions)	September 30, 2011			October 1, 2010
Other Postretirement Benefits
Service cost	$	1		$	1
Interest cost		3			3
Expected return on assets		(2	)		(1	)
Amortization of unrecognized net loss and other		2			3
Net provision for postretirement benefits	$	4		$	6

	Six Months Ended
(Amounts in millions)	September 30, 2011			October 1, 2010
Other Postretirement Benefits
Service cost	$	2		$	2
Interest cost		6			7
Expected return on assets		(4	)		(3	)
Amortization of unrecognized net loss and other		4			6
Net provision for postretirement benefits	$	8		$	12

The Company expects to contribute approximately $10 million to the postretirement benefit plans during fiscal 2012.  During the quarter ended September 30, 2011, the Company contributed $5 million to the postretirement benefit plans. During the six months ended September 30, 2011, the Company contributed $8 million to the postretirement benefit plans.

The Company received a $1 million subsidy in the six months ended September 30, 2011, in connection with the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003.