Retirement and Post-Retirement Benefit Plans (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2016

Retirement and Post-Retirement Benefit Plans

Schedule of pension and post-retirement benefit (credit) cost

	Three months ended January 31
	U.S. Defined Benefit Plans						Non-U.S. Defined Benefit Plans						Post- Retirement Benefit Plans
	2016			2015			2016			2015			2016			2015
	In millions
Service cost	$	—		$	—		$	12		$	68		$	—		$	1
Interest cost		136			139			6			99			5			7
Expected return on plan assets		(183	)		(217	)		(12	)		(207	)		(8	)		(9	)
Amortization and deferrals:
Actuarial loss (gain)		14			13			6			78			(3	)		(3	)
Prior service benefit		—			—			(1	)		(5	)		(4	)		(5	)
Net periodic benefit (credit) cost		(33	)		(65	)		11			33			(10	)		(9	)
Settlement loss		1			—			—			—			—			—
Special termination benefits		—			—			—			1			—			—
Plan (credit) expense allocation(1)		—			—			—			(4	)		—			8
Total periodic benefit (credit) cost from continuing operations		(32	)		(65	)		11			30			(10	)		(1	)
Summary of total periodic benefit (credit) cost:
Continuing operations		(32	)		(65	)		11			30			(10	)		(1	)
Discontinued operations		—			4			—			27			—			(8	)
Total periodic benefit (credit) cost	$	(32	)	$	(61	)	$	11		$	57		$	(10	)	$	(9	)

(1) Plan (credit) expense allocation relates to the employees of HP covered under Hewlett Packard Enterprise defined benefit pension or post-retirement benefit plans.