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Employee Benefit Plans
6 Months Ended
Apr. 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 six months ended April 29, 2012 and May 1, 2011 is presented below:
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
April 29,
2012
 
May 1,
2011
 
April 29,
2012
 
May 1,
2011
(In millions)
Service cost
$
4

 
$
4

 
$
8

 
$
8

Interest cost
3

 
3

 
7

 
7

Expected return on plan assets
(3
)
 
(3
)
 
(6
)
 
(6
)
Amortization of actuarial loss
1

 
1

 
1

 
1

Net periodic benefit cost
$
5

 
$
5

 
$
10

 
$
10