Employee Benefit Plans

9 Months Ended

Jul. 29, 2012

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 for the three and nine months ended July 29, 2012 and July 31, 2011 is presented below:

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	July 29, 2012			July 31, 2011			July 29, 2012			July 31, 2011
	(In millions)
Service cost	$	4		$	4		$	12		$	11
Interest cost	4			3			11			10
Expected return on plan assets	(2		)	(3		)	(8		)	(8		)
Amortization of actuarial loss	—			1			1			2
Net periodic benefit cost	$	6		$	5		$	16		$	15