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Borrowings and Credit Arrangements (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jun. 28, 2014
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Company's Borrowings | The Company’s borrowings consisted of the following:
| June 28, 2014 |  | September 28, 2013
Current debt obligations, net of debt discount: |  |  |
Term Loan A | $ | 87.1 |  |  | $ | 49.7 |
Term Loan B | 14.9 |  |  | 114.0 |
Convertible Notes | — |  |  | 400.1 |
Total current debt obligations | 102.0 |  |  | 563.8 |
Long-term debt obligations, net of debt discount: |  |  |
Term Loan A | 821.2 |  |  | 894.8 |
Term Loan B | 1,124.3 |  |  | 1,159.3 |
Senior Notes | 1,000.0 |  |  | 1,000.0 |
Convertible Notes | 1,223.0 |  |  | 1,188.0 |
Total long-term debt obligations | 4,168.5 |  |  | 4,242.1 |
Total debt obligations | $ | 4,270.5 |  |  | $ | 4,805.9 |
Interest Expense under Convertible Notes | Interest expense under the Convertible Notes is as follows:
| Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
| June 28, 2014 |  | June 29, 2013 |  | June 28, 2014 |  | June 29, 2013
Amortization of debt discount | $ | 8.5 |  |  | $ | 11.6 |  |  | $ | 28.4 |  |  | $ | 40.9 |
Amortization of deferred financing costs | 0.4 |  |  | 0.7 |  |  | 1.5 |  |  | 2.4 |
Principal accretion | 3.9 |  |  | 3.7 |  |  | 11.4 |  |  | 5.5 |
Non-cash interest expense | 12.8 |  |  | 16.0 |  |  | 41.3 |  |  | 48.8 |
2.00% accrued interest | 4.7 |  |  | 8.6 |  |  | 17.6 |  |  | 25.8 |
| $ | 17.5 |  |  | $ | 24.6 |  |  | $ | 58.9 |  |  | $ | 74.6 |

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