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Employee Benefit Plans
 6 Months Ended
Apr. 26, 2015
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]  
Employee Benefit Plans
Employee Benefit Plans
Applied sponsors a number of employee benefit plans, including defined benefit plans of certain foreign subsidiaries, and a plan that provides certain medical and vision benefits to eligible retirees. A summary of the components of net periodic benefit costs of these defined and postretirement benefit plans is presented below:
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
April 26,
2015
 
April 27,
2014
 
April 26,
2015
 
April 27,
2014
(In millions)
Service cost
$
4

 
$
4

 
$
7

 
$
8

Interest cost
3

 
4

 
7

 
8

Expected return on plan assets
(4
)
 
(3
)
 
(8
)
 
(6
)
Amortization of actuarial loss
1

 
1

 
3

 
2

Settlement gain
—

 
—

 
(1
)
 
—

Net periodic benefit cost
$
4

 
$
6

 
$
8

 
$
12