Employee Benefit Plans

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

Employee Benefit Plans

9. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

Components of net periodic benefit cost (income) of the pension plans for the three months ended March 31 were as follows:

In millions	U.S. Pension Benefits				International Pension Benefits				Total Pension Benefits
	2022		2021		2022		2021		2022		2021
Net service cost	$	—	$	—	$	1	$	1	$	1	$	1
Interest cost	10		$	9	3		2		13		11
Expected return on plan assets	(17)		(8)		(7)		(6)		(24)		(14)
Amortization of prior service cost	—		$	—	—		—		—		—
Net periodic benefit cost (income)	$	(7)	$	1	$	(3)	$	(3)	$	(10)	$	(2)

Net postretirement benefit was zero for the three months ending March 31, 2022 and 2021.

Components of the net cost of the postemployment plan for the following periods were:

	Three months ended March 31
In millions	2022		2021
Net service cost	$	13	$	6
Interest cost	1		1
Amortization of:
Prior service benefit	(1)		(1)
Actuarial gain	—		—
Net benefit cost	$	13	$	6

Employer Contributions

Pension For the three months ended March 31, 2022, NCR contributed $4 million to its international pension plans. NCR anticipates contributing an additional $13 million to its international pension plans for a total of $17 million in 2022.

Postretirement For the three months ended March 31, 2022, NCR made no contributions to its U.S. postretirement plan. NCR anticipates contributing an additional $1 million to its U.S. postretirement plan for a total of $1 million in 2022.

Postemployment For the three months ended March 31, 2022, NCR contributed $7 million to its postemployment plan. NCR anticipates contributing an additional $23 million to its postemployment plan for a total of $30 million in 2022.