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Borrowings and Credit Arrangements (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 29, 2014
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Company's Borrowings | The Company’s borrowings consisted of the following:
|  | March 29, 2014 |  |  | September 28, 2013 |
Current debt obligations, net of debt discount: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Term Loan A |  | $ | 74,628 |  |  | $ | 49,713 |
Term Loan B |  |  | 14,869 |  |  |  | 113,966 |
Convertible Notes |  |  | — |  |  |  | 400,133 |
Total current debt obligations |  |  | 89,497 |  |  |  | 563,812 |
Long-term debt obligations, net of debt discount: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Term Loan A |  |  | 845,782 |  |  |  | 894,834 |
Term Loan B |  |  | 1,127,581 |  |  |  | 1,159,272 |
Senior Notes |  |  | 1,000,000 |  |  |  | 1,000,000 |
Convertible Notes |  |  | 1,210,595 |  |  |  | 1,187,992 |
Total long-term debt obligations |  |  | 4,183,958 |  |  |  | 4,242,098 |
Total debt obligations |  | $ | 4,273,455 |  |  | $ | 4,805,910 |
Interest Expense under Convertible Notes | Interest expense under the Convertible Notes is as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended |  |  | Six Months Ended |
|  | March 29, 2014 |  |  | March 30, 2013 |  |  | March 29, 2014 |  |  | March 30, 2013 |
Amortization of debt discount |  | $ | 8,341 |  |  | $ | 13,621 |  |  | $ | 19,887 |  |  | $ | 29,265 |
Amortization of deferred financing costs |  |  | 413 |  |  |  | 790 |  |  |  | 1,063 |  |  |  | 1,698 |
Principal accretion |  |  | 3,810 |  |  |  | 1,789 |  |  |  | 7,584 |  |  |  | 1,789 |
Non-cash interest expense |  |  | 12,564 |  |  |  | 16,200 |  |  |  | 28,534 |  |  |  | 32,752 |
2.00% accrued interest |  |  | 4,751 |  |  |  | 8,616 |  |  |  | 12,870 |  |  |  | 17,226 |
|  | $ | 17,315 |  |  | $ | 24,816 |  |  | $ | 41,404 |  |  | $ | 49,978 |

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