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PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS
9 Months Ended
Aug. 02, 2026
PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS  
PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT BENEFITS

(6)  Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits

We have several funded and unfunded defined benefit pension plans and other postretirement benefit (OPEB) plans. These plans cover U.S. employees and certain foreign employees. The components of net periodic pension and OPEB (benefit) cost excluding the service cost component are included in the line item “Other operating expenses.”

The components of net periodic pension and OPEB (benefit) cost consisted of the following:

 

Three Months Ended

Nine Months Ended

 

August 2

July 27

August 2

July 27

 

2026

2025

2026

2025

 

Pensions:

Service cost

  ​

$

58

  ​

$

65

  ​

$

174

  ​

$

190

Interest cost

126

 

131

376

 

388

Expected return on plan assets

(249)

 

(256)

(746)

 

(754)

Amortization of actuarial gain

(2)

 

(1)

(7)

 

(4)

Amortization of prior service cost

10

 

10

34

 

29

Settlements/curtailment

 

13

 

16

Net benefit

$

(57)

$

(38)

$

(169)

$

(135)

OPEB:

Service cost

  ​

$

4

  ​

$

4

  ​

$

12

  ​

$

13

Interest cost

37

 

39

112

 

117

Expected return on plan assets

(41)

 

(28)

(123)

 

(83)

Amortization of actuarial gain

(10)

 

(11)

(30)

 

(33)

Amortization of prior service credit

 

(1)

 

(3)

Net (benefit) cost

$

(10)

$

3

$

(29)

$

11

During the first nine months of 2026, we contributed and expect to contribute the following amounts to our pension and OPEB plans:

Pensions

OPEB

Contributed

  ​

$

85

  ​

$

119

 

Expected contributions remainder of the year

30

 

26