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Borrowings and Credit Arrangements (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Jul. 01, 2017
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Company's Borrowings | The Company’s borrowings consisted of the following:
| July 1, 2017 |  | September 24, 2016
Current debt obligations, net of debt discount: |  |  |
Term Loan | $ | 111.9 |  |  | $ | 83.8 |
Revolver | $ | 125.0 |  |  | $ | — |
Securitization Program | 200.0 |  |  | 200.0 |
Convertible Notes | 576.4 |  |  | 12.2 |
Total current debt obligations | $ | 1,013.3 |  |  | $ | 296.0 |
Long-term debt obligations, net of debt discount: |  |  |
Term Loan | 1,227.0 |  |  | 1,308.2 |
2022 Senior Notes | 980.6 |  |  | 977.7 |
Convertible Notes | — |  |  | 763.5 |
Total long-term debt obligations | $ | 2,207.6 |  |  | $ | 3,049.4 |
Total debt obligations | $ | 3,220.9 |  |  | $ | 3,345.4 |
Interest Expense under Convertible Notes | Interest expense under the Convertible Notes was as follows:
| Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
| July 1, 2017 |  | June 25, 2016 |  | July 1, 2017 |  | June 25, 2016
Amortization of debt discount | $ | 4.4 |  |  | $ | 5.2 |  |  | $ | 14.5 |  |  | $ | 17.3 |
Amortization of deferred financing costs | 0.2 |  |  | 0.2 |  |  | 0.7 |  |  | 0.9 |
Principal accretion | 3.9 |  |  | 4.2 |  |  | 12.8 |  |  | 12.4 |
Non-cash interest expense | 8.5 |  |  | 9.6 |  |  | 28.0 |  |  | 30.6 |
2.00% accrued interest (cash) | 1.6 |  |  | 2.1 |  |  | 5.4 |  |  | 8.0 |
| $ | 10.1 |  |  | $ | 11.7 |  |  | $ | 33.4 |  |  | $ | 38.6 |

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