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Borrowings and Credit Arrangements (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Mar. 28, 2015
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Company's Borrowings | The Company’s borrowings consisted of the following:
| March 28, 2015 |  | September 27, 2014
Current debt obligations, net of debt discount: |  |  |
Term Loan A | $ | 149.5 |  |  | $ | 99.6 |
Term Loan B | 14.9 |  |  | 14.9 |
Convertible Notes | 417.3 |  |  | — |
Total current debt obligations | 581.7 |  |  | 114.5 |
Long-term debt obligations, net of debt discount: |  |  |
Term Loan A | 697.6 |  |  | 796.7 |
Term Loan B | 816.5 |  |  | 1,120.9 |
Senior Notes | 1,000.0 |  |  | 1,000.0 |
Convertible Notes | 844.0 |  |  | 1,235.6 |
Total long-term debt obligations | 3,358.1 |  |  | 4,153.2 |
Total debt obligations | $ | 3,939.8 |  |  | $ | 4,267.7 |
Interest Expense under Convertible Notes | Interest expense under the Convertible Notes is as follows:
| Three Months Ended |  | Six Months Ended
| March 28, 2015 |  | March 29, 2014 |  | March 28, 2015 |  | March 29, 2014
Amortization of debt discount | $ | 9.0 |  |  | $ | 8.3 |  |  | $ | 17.8 |  |  | $ | 19.9 |
Amortization of deferred financing costs | 0.4 |  |  | 0.4 |  |  | 0.9 |  |  | 1.0 |
Principal accretion | 4.0 |  |  | 3.8 |  |  | 7.9 |  |  | 7.6 |
Non-cash interest expense | 13.4 |  |  | 12.5 |  |  | 26.6 |  |  | 28.5 |
2.00% accrued interest (cash) | 4.8 |  |  | 4.8 |  |  | 9.5 |  |  | 12.9 |
| $ | 18.2 |  |  | $ | 17.3 |  |  | $ | 36.1 |  |  | $ | 41.4 |

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