Employee Benefit Plans

6 Months Ended

Apr. 01, 2017

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefit Expense [Abstract]

Net periodic benefit costs for our defined benefit pension plans are as follows:



	Three Months Ended						Six Months Ended
	April 1, 2017			April 2, 2016			April 1, 2017			April 2, 2016
U.S. Plans
Service cost	$	6,021		$	5,910		$	12,043		$	11,819
Interest cost	7,635			9,414			15,271			18,829
Expected return on plan assets	(13,627		)	(12,596		)	(27,255		)	(25,192		)
Amortization of prior service cost (credit)	47			47			94			94
Amortization of actuarial loss	8,419			6,542			16,838			13,084
Pension expense for U.S. defined benefit plans	$	8,495		$	9,317		$	16,991		$	18,634
Non-U.S. Plans
Service cost	$	1,514		$	1,325		$	3,046		$	2,638
Interest cost	746			1,226			1,497			2,466
Expected return on plan assets	(1,122		)	(1,211		)	(2,253		)	(2,440		)
Amortization of prior service cost (credit)	(27		)	(19		)	(54		)	(38		)
Amortization of actuarial loss	1,109			647			2,229			1,297
Pension expense for non-U.S. defined benefit plans	$	2,220		$	1,968		$	4,465		$	3,923

Pension expense for the defined contribution plans consists of:



	Three Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	April 1, 2017		April 2, 2016		April 1, 2017		April 2, 2016
U.S. defined contribution plans	$	3,586	$	3,359	$	7,256	$	6,800
Non-U.S. defined contribution plans	1,472		1,471		2,832		3,109
Total pension expense for defined contribution plans	$	5,058	$	4,830	$	10,088	$	9,909

Actual contributions for the six months ended April 1, 2017 and anticipated additional 2017 contributions to our defined benefit pension plans are as follows:



	U.S. Plans		Non-U.S. Plans		Total
Actual	$	26,679	$	4,191	$	30,870
Anticipated	36,849		3,240		40,089
Total expected contributions	$	63,528	$	7,431	$	70,959