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Fair Value Measurements (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 29, 2014
Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract] |
Fair Value Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis | Assets and liabilities measured and recorded at fair value on a recurring basis consisted of the following at March 29, 2014:
|  |  |  |  | Fair Value at Reporting Date Using |
|  | Balance as of March 29, 2014 |  |  | Quoted Prices in Active Market for Identical Assets (Level 1) |  |  | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |  |  | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |
Assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Marketable securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity security |  | $ | 15,859 |  |  | $ | 15,859 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Mutual funds |  |  | 18,744 |  |  |  | 18,744 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Total |  | $ | 34,603 |  |  | $ | 34,603 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Deferred compensation liabilities |  | $ | 40,464 |  |  | $ | 40,464 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Contingent consideration |  |  | 3,393 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 3,393 |
Total |  | $ | 43,857 |  |  | $ | 40,464 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 3,393 |
Changes in Fair Value of Recurring Fair Value Measurements Using Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3), Consisting of Contingent Consideration Liabilities | Changes in the fair value of recurring fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), which solely consisted of contingent consideration liabilities, were as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended |  |  | Six Months Ended |
|  | March 29, 2014 |  |  | March 30, 2013 |  |  | March 29, 2014 |  |  | March 30, 2013 |
Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | 3,647 |  |  | $ | 93,000 |  |  | $ | 3,780 |  |  | $ | 86,368 |
Fair value adjustments |  |  | — |  |  |  | 799 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 10,839 |
Payments |  |  | (254 | ) |  |  | (90,172 | ) |  |  | (387 | ) |  |  | (93,580 | )
Balance at end of period |  | $ | 3,393 |  |  | $ | 3,627 |  |  | $ | 3,393 |  |  | $ | 3,627 |
Schedule of Estimated Fair Value of Assets Measured on a Nonrecurring Basis | The following chart depicts the level of inputs within the fair value hierarchy used to estimate the fair value of assets measured on a nonrecurring basis for which the Company recorded impairment charges in fiscal 2014:
|  |  |  |  | Fair Value Measurements Using |  |  |  |
|  | Fair Value |  |  | Quoted Prices in Active Market for Identical Assets (Level 1) |  | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |  | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |  |  | Total Gains (Losses) |
Fiscal 2014: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Intangible assets |  | $ | 18,272 |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 18,272 |  |  | $ | (27,089 | )
Property and equipment |  |  | 1,015 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,015 |  |  |  | (1,505 | )
Buildings |  |  | 1,388 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,388 |  |  |  | (3,132 | )
Cost-method equity investments |  |  | 778 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 778 |  |  |  | (3,705 | )
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | (35,431 | )
Estimated Fair Values of Convertible Notes | The estimated fair values of the Company’s Convertible Notes were as follows:
|  | March 29, 2014 |  |  | September 28, 2013 |
2007 Notes |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 405,000 |
2010 Notes |  |  | 507,800 |  |  |  | 510,800 |
2012 Notes |  |  | 502,800 |  |  |  | 518,800 |
2013 Notes |  |  | 390,900 |  |  |  | 385,700 |
|  | $ | 1,401,500 |  |  | $ | 1,820,300 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of assets and liabilities by class, including financial instruments measured at fair value that are classified in shareholders' equity, if any, that are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis in periods after initial recognition (for example, impaired assets). Disclosures may include, but are not limited to: (a) the fair value measurements recorded and the reasons for the measurements and (b) the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements are categorized in their entirety (levels 1, 2, 3). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25499696&loc=d3e19296-110258 + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of assets and liabilities, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25499696&loc=d3e19190-110258 + Details
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