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Disclosures About Defined Pension Benefit Obligations
 3 Months Ended
Dec. 30, 2011
Defined Benefit Pension Plans and Defined Benefit Postretirement Plans Disclosure [Abstract]  
Disclosures About Defined Pension Benefit Obligations
Disclosures About Defined Pension Benefit Obligations
The following table presents the components of net periodic benefit cost recognized in earnings during each of the three month periods ended December 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 (in thousands):
 
 
For the Three Months Ended
Component:
December 30,
2011
 
December 31,
2010
    Service cost
$
8,846

 
$
7,249

    Interest cost
18,674

 
14,686

    Expected return on plan assets
(18,600
)
 
(14,255
)
    Amortization of previously unrecognized items
4,867

 
4,051

Net periodic benefit cost
$
13,787

 
$
11,731



The following table presents certain information regarding Company cash contributions to our pension plans for fiscal 2012 (in thousands):
 
Cash contributions made during the first three months of fiscal 2012
$
40,170

Cash contributions we expect to make during the remainder of fiscal 2012
44,744

Total
$
84,914


The change in pension liability included in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three months ended December 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 relates primarily to the effects of exchange rate changes.