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Equity (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 28, 2015
Equity [Abstract] |
Schedule of Share Repurchase | A summary of cumulative share repurchases of our Class A stock is as follows (in millions):
|  | Three Months Ended |  | Six Months Ended
|  | March 28, 2015 |  | March 29, 2014 |  | March 28, 2015 |  | March 29, 2014
|  | Shares |  | Dollars |  | Shares |  | Dollars |  | Shares |  | Dollars |  | Shares |  | Dollars
Shares repurchased: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Under share repurchase program |  | 1.3 |  |  | $ | 50 |  |  | 2.5 |  |  | $ | 100 |  |  | 3.3 |  |  | $ | 131 |  |  | 7.1 |  |  | $ | 250 |
To fund certain obligations under equity compensation plans |  | 0.2 |  |  | 9 |  |  | 0.4 |  |  | 16 |  |  | 0.4 |  |  | 19 |  |  | 0.7 |  |  | 25 |
Total share repurchases |  | 1.5 |  |  | $ | 59 |  |  | 2.9 |  |  | $ | 116 |  |  | 3.7 |  |  | $ | 150 |  |  | 7.8 |  |  | $ | 275 |
Schedule of Tangible Equity Units | The aggregate values assigned upon issuance of each component of the TEUs, based on the relative fair value of the respective components of each TEU, were as follows (in millions, except price per TEU):
| Equity Component |  | Debt Component |  | Total
Price per TEU | $ | 43.17 |  |  | $ | 6.83 |  |  | $ | 50.00 |
Gross Proceeds | 1,295 |  |  | 205 |  |  | 1,500 |
Issuance cost | (40 | ) |  | (6 | ) |  | (46 | )
Net proceeds | $ | 1,255 |  |  | $ | 199 |  |  | $ | 1,454 |

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