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Accrued Expenses and Other Long-Term Liabilities | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 28, 2019
Payables and Accruals [Abstract] |
Accrued Expenses and Other Long-Term Liabilities | Accrued Expenses and Other Long-Term Liabilities Accrued expenses and other long-term liabilities consisted of the following:
|  | September 28, 2019 |  | September 29, 2018
Accrued Expenses |  |  |  |
Compensation and employee benefits |  | $ | 223.4 |  |  | $ | 196.0 |
Income and other taxes |  | 56.1 |  |  | 57.2 |
Other |  | 151.4 |  |  | 182.9 |
|  | $ | 430.9 |  |  | $ | 436.1 |
|  | September 28, 2019 |  | September 29, 2018
Other Long-Term Liabilities |  |  |  |
Reserve for income tax uncertainties |  | $ | 106.8 |  |  | $ | 92.6 |
Accrued lease obligation—long-term |  | 33.7 |  |  | 35.5 |
Pension liabilities |  | 10.2 |  |  | 9.9 |
Other |  | 11.7 |  |  | 19.6 |
|  | $ | 162.4 |  |  | $ | 157.6 |

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