Retirement Plans

6 Months Ended

Mar. 29, 2019

10. Retirement Plans

The net periodic pension benefit cost for all non‑U.S. and U.S. defined benefit pension plans was as follows:


	Non-U.S. Plans				U.S. Plans
	For the				For the
	Quarters Ended				Quarters Ended
	March 29,		March 30,		March 29,		March 30,
	2019		2018		2019		2018
	(in millions)
Service cost	$	12	$	11	$	3	$	4
Interest cost		10		11		11		11
Expected return on plan assets		(16)		(17)		(15)		(15)
Amortization of net actuarial loss		6		5		5		5
Amortization of prior service credit		(2)		(1)		—		—
Net periodic pension benefit cost	$	10	$	9	$	4	$	5


	Non-U.S. Plans				U.S. Plans
	For the				For the
	Six Months Ended				Six Months Ended
	March 29,		March 30,		March 29,		March 30,
	2019		2018		2019		2018
	(in millions)
Service cost	$	24	$	23	$	6	$	7
Interest cost		21		21		23		22
Expected return on plan assets		(32)		(34)		(29)		(30)
Amortization of net actuarial loss		12		11		9		11
Amortization of prior service credit		(4)		(3)		—		—
Net periodic pension benefit cost	$	21	$	18	$	9	$	10

The components of net periodic pension benefit cost other than service cost are included in net other income on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

During the six months ended March 29, 2019, we contributed $19 million to our non-U.S. pension plans.