Employee Benefit Plans

3 Months Ended

Jan. 26, 2014

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 months ended January 26, 2014 and January 27, 2013 is presented below:

	Three Months Ended
	January 26, 2014			January 27, 2013
	(In millions)
Service cost	$	4		$	5
Interest cost	4			4
Expected return on plan assets	(3		)	(3		)
Amortization of actuarial loss	1			2
Net periodic benefit cost	$	6		$	8