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Employee Benefit Plans
 9 Months Ended
Jul. 27, 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 and nine months ended July 27, 2014 and July 28, 2013 is presented below:
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
July 27,
2014
 
July 28,
2013
 
July 27,
2014
 
July 28,
2013
(In millions)
Service cost
$
5

 
$
5

 
$
13

 
$
15

Interest cost
4

 
4

 
12

 
12

Expected return on plan assets
(4
)
 
(3
)
 
(10
)
 
(9
)
Amortization of actuarial loss
1

 
1

 
3

 
4

Net periodic benefit cost
$
6

 
$
7

 
$
18

 
$
22