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Retirement Benefit Plans
3 Months Ended
Jul. 27, 2012
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]  
Retirement Benefit Plans

Note 18 – 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 months ended July 27, 2012 and July 29, 2011:

  U.S. Pension Benefits Non-U.S. Pension Benefits Post-Retirement Benefits
 Three months ended Three months ended Three months ended
 July 27,  July 29, July 27,  July 29, July 27,  July 29,
(in millions)2012  2011 (a) 2012  2011 (a) 2012  2011 (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
                   
(a) Components of the net periodic benefit cost for the three months ended July 29, 2011 include balances related to Physio-Control.