Net periodic pension cost consisted of the following:


	U.S. Plans						Non-U.S. Plans
	For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Three Months Ended September 30,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
	(in millions)

Service cost	$	16		$	14		$	44		$	47
Interest cost		16			16			77			99
Expected return on plan assets		(23	)		(21	)		(120	)		(123	)
Amortization:
Net loss from experience differences		11			7			33			26
Prior service cost ⁽¹⁾		–			–			–			–
Settlement losses ⁽²⁾		2			14			–			(5	)

Net periodic pension cost	$	22		$	30		$	34		$	44


	U.S. Plans						Non-U.S. Plans
	For the Nine Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
	(in millions)

Service cost	$	48		$	42		$	145		$	136
Interest cost		50			49			231			296
Expected return on plan assets		(70	)		(61	)		(358	)		(371	)
Amortization:
Net loss from experience differences		33			22			110			80
Prior service cost ⁽¹⁾		1			1			16			1
Settlement losses ⁽²⁾		15			20			–			5

Net periodic pension cost	$	77		$	73		$	144		$	147

(1)

For the nine months ended September 30, 2015, amortization of prior service cost includes $17 million of pension curtailment losses related to employees who transitioned to JDE upon the contribution of our global coffee business. Refer to Note 2,Divestitures and Acquisitions – Coffee Business Transactions, for more information.

(2)

Settlement losses include $1 million for the three months and $7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 of pension settlement losses for employees who elected lump-sum payments in connection with our 2014-2018 Restructuring Program. See Note 6, Restructuring Programs, for more information. We recorded an additional $49 million of pension settlement losses related to the coffee business transactions within the gain on the coffee business transactions. Refer to Note 2, Divestitures and Acquisitions – Coffee Business Transactions, for more information.

Components of Net Costs

Net postretirement health care costs consisted of the following:


	For the Three Months Ended						For the Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
	(in millions)

Service cost	$	4		$	4		$	11		$	10
Interest cost		5			5			17			16
Amortization:
Net loss from experience differences		3			1			10			4
Prior service credit		(1	)		(3	)		(5	)		(8	)

Net postretirement health care costs	$	11		$	7		$	33		$	22

Components of Net Costs

Net postemployment costs consisted of the following:


	For the Three Months Ended				For the Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2015		2014		2015		2014
	(in millions)

Service cost	$	2	$	2	$	5	$	6
Interest cost		1		2		4		5

Net postemployment costs	$	3	$	4	$	9	$	11