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Pension and Other Employee Benefits (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 27, 2014
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Reconciliation of Benefit Obligations, Plan Assets, Funded Status and Related Actuarial Assumptions | The tables below provide a reconciliation of benefit obligations, plan assets, funded status, and related actuarial assumptions of the Company’s German Pension Benefits.
Change in Benefit Obligation |  | Years ended
September 27, 2014 |  | September 28, 2013 |  | September 29, 2012
Benefit obligation at beginning of year |  | $ | (10.1 | ) |  | $ | (9.7 | ) |  | $ | (8.0 | )
Service cost |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Interest cost |  | (0.3 | ) |  | (0.4 | ) |  | (0.4 | )
Plan participants’ contributions |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Actuarial (loss) gain |  | (0.8 | ) |  | 0.2 |  |  | (2.0 | )
Foreign exchange gain (loss) |  | 0.6 |  |  | (0.5 | ) |  | 0.4 |
Benefits paid |  | 0.3 |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | 0.3 |
Benefit obligation at end of year |  | (10.3 | ) |  | (10.1 | ) |  | (9.7 | )
Plan assets |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Benefit obligation at end of year |  | $ | (10.3 | ) |  | $ | (10.1 | ) |  | $ | (9.7 | )
Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost and Related Actuarial Assumptions | The tables below outline the components of the net periodic benefit cost and related actuarial assumptions of the Company’s German Pension Benefits.
Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost |  | Years ended
September 27, 2014 |  | September 28, 2013 |  | September 29, 2012
Service cost |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Interest cost |  | 0.3 |  |  | 0.4 |  |  | 0.4 |
Expected return on plan assets |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Amortization of prior service cost |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Recognized net actuarial gain |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Net periodic benefit cost |  | $ | 0.3 |  |  | $ | 0.4 |  |  | $ | 0.4 |
Schedule of Weighted-Average Net Periodic Benefit Cost Assumptions |
Weighted-Average Net Periodic Benefit Cost Assumptions |  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Discount rate |  | 2.95 | % |  | 3.60 | % |  | 3.52 | %
Expected return on plan assets |  | — | % |  | — | % |  | — | %
Rate of compensation increase |  | — | % |  | — | % |  | — | %
Schedule of Expected Pension Benefit | The table below reflects the total Pension Benefits expected to be paid for the German Pension Benefits each fiscal year as of September 27, 2014:
2015 | $ | 0.4 |
2016 | $ | 0.4 |
2017 | $ | 0.4 |
2018 | $ | 0.4 |
2019 | $ | 0.4 |
2020 to 2024 | $ | 2.3 |

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