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Borrowings and Credit Arrangements (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jun. 25, 2016
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Company's Borrowings | The Company’s borrowings consisted of the following:
| June 25, 2016 |  | September 26, 2015
Current debt obligations, net of debt discount: |  |  |
Term Loan | $ | 74.7 |  |  | $ | 74.6 |
Revolver | — |  |  | 175.0 |
Securitization Program | 200.0 |  |  | — |
Convertible Notes | 58.7 |  |  | 142.2 |
Total current debt obligations | $ | 333.4 |  |  | $ | 391.8 |
Long-term debt obligations, net of debt discount: |  |  |
Term Loan | 1,344.7 |  |  | 1,399.8 |
2022 Senior Notes | 988.2 |  |  | 986.7 |
Convertible Notes | 755.9 |  |  | 861.5 |
Total long-term debt obligations | $ | 3,088.8 |  |  | $ | 3,248.0 |
Total debt obligations | $ | 3,422.2 |  |  | $ | 3,639.8 |
Interest Expense under Convertible Notes | Interest expense under the Convertible Notes was as follows:
| Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
| June 25, 2016 |  | June 27, 2015 |  | June 25, 2016 |  | June 27, 2015
Amortization of debt discount | $ | 5.2 |  |  | $ | 9.2 |  |  | $ | 17.3 |  |  | $ | 27.0 |
Amortization of deferred financing costs | 0.2 |  |  | 0.4 |  |  | 0.9 |  |  | 1.3 |
Principal accretion | 4.2 |  |  | 4.0 |  |  | 12.4 |  |  | 11.9 |
Non-cash interest expense | 9.6 |  |  | 13.6 |  |  | 30.6 |  |  | 40.2 |
2.00% accrued interest (cash) | 2.1 |  |  | 4.7 |  |  | 8.0 |  |  | 14.2 |
| $ | 11.7 |  |  | $ | 18.3 |  |  | $ | 38.6 |  |  | $ | 54.4 |

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