Retirement Benefit Plans

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 24, 2014 and January 25, 2013:



	U.S. Pension Benefits						Non-U.S. Pension Benefits						Post-Retirement Benefits
	Three months ended						Three months ended						Three months ended
(in millions)	January 24, 2014			January 25, 2013			January 24, 2014			January 25, 2013			January 24, 2014			January 25, 2013
Service cost	$	27		$	26		$	13		$	11		$	5		$	5
Interest cost	24			23			7			7			4			4
Expected return on plan assets	(35		)	(32		)	(8		)	(8		)	(5		)	(4		)
Amortization of net actuarial loss	21			18			3			2			—			1
Net periodic benefit cost	$	37		$	35		$	15		$	12		$	4		$	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 24, 2014			January 25, 2013			January 24, 2014			January 25, 2013			January 24, 2014			January 25, 2013
Service cost	$	81		$	78		$	41		$	33		$	15		$	15
Interest cost	72			69			21			21			10			12
Expected return on plan assets	(105		)	(96		)	(26		)	(24		)	(15		)	(12		)
Amortization of net actuarial loss	63			54			7			6			—			3
Net periodic benefit cost	$	111		$	105		$	43		$	36		$	10		$	18