(7) The Company has several defined benefit pension plans and defined postretirement health care and life insurance plans covering its U.S. employees and employees in certain foreign countries.

The worldwide components of net periodic pension cost consisted of the following in millions of dollars:

	Three Months Ended January 31
		2014			2013
Service cost	$	61		$	67
Interest cost	119			110
Expected return on plan assets	(193		)	(194		)
Amortization of actuarial loss	43			65
Amortization of prior service cost	6			8
Settlements/curtailments	2
Net cost	$	38		$	56

The worldwide components of net periodic postretirement benefits cost (health care and life insurance) consisted of the following in millions of dollars:

	Three Months Ended January 31
	2014			2013
Service cost	$	11		$	14
Interest cost	66			64
Expected return on plan assets	(18		)	(21		)
Amortization of actuarial loss	9			36
Amortization of prior service credit	(1		)	(1		)
Net cost	$	67		$	92

During the first quarter of 2014, the Company contributed approximately $22 million to its pension plans and $7 million to its other postretirement benefit plans. The Company presently anticipates contributing an additional $70 million to its pension plans and $19 million to its other postretirement benefit plans during the remainder of fiscal year 2014. These contributions include payments from Company funds to either increase plan assets or make direct payments to plan participants.