Retirement Benefit Plans

9 Months Ended

Jan. 25, 2013

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

The Company sponsors various retirement benefit plans, including defined benefit pension plans (pension benefits), post-retirement medical plans (post-retirement benefits), defined contribution savings plans, and termination indemnity plans, covering substantially all U.S. employees and many employees outside the U.S. The net periodic benefit cost of the plans includes the following components for the three and nine months ended January 25, 2013 and January 27, 2012:



	U.S. Pension Benefits						Non-U.S. Pension Benefits						Post-Retirement Benefits
	Three months ended						Three months ended						Three months ended
(in millions)	January 25, 2013			January 27, 2012 (a)			January 25, 2013			January 27, 2012 (a)			January 25, 2013			January 27, 2012 (a)
Service cost	$	26		$	23		$	11		$	11		$	5		$	5
Interest cost	23			22			7			7			4			4
Expected return on plan assets	(32		)	(30		)	(8		)	(9		)	(4		)	(4		)
Amortization of net actuarial loss	18			11			2			1			1			1
Net periodic benefit cost	$	35		$	26		$	12		$	10		$	6		$	6



	U.S. Pension Benefits						Non-U.S. Pension Benefits						Post-Retirement Benefits
	Nine months ended						Nine months ended						Nine months ended
(in millions)	January 25, 2013			January 27, 2012 (a)			January 25, 2013			January 27, 2012 (a)			January 25, 2013			January 27, 2012 (a)
Service cost	$	78		$	69		$	33		$	33		$	15		$	15
Interest cost	69			66			21			21			12			12
Expected return on plan assets	(96		)	(90		)	(24		)	(27		)	(12		)	(12		)
Amortization of net actuarial loss	54			33			6			3			3			3
Net periodic benefit cost	$	105		$	78		$	36		$	30		$	18		$	18

(a) Components of the net periodic benefit cost for the three and nine months ended January 27, 2012 include balances related to Physio-Control.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for pension and other postretirement benefits.

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