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Accrued Expenses and Other Long-Term Liabilities | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 26, 2020
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 26, 2020 |  | September 28, 2019
Accrued Expenses |  |  |  |
Compensation and employee benefits |  | $ | 262.7 |  |  | $ | 223.4 |
Income and other taxes |  | 125.3 |  |  | 56.1 |
Operating leases |  | 23.5 |  |  | — |
Accrued interest |  | 22.1 |  |  | 22.6 |
Other |  | 114.0 |  |  | 128.8 |
|  | $ | 547.6 |  |  | $ | 430.9 |
|  | September 26, 2020 |  | September 28, 2019
Other Long-Term Liabilities |  |  |  |
Reserve for income tax uncertainties |  | $ | 103.7 |  |  | $ | 106.8 |
Contingent consideration |  | 81.8 |  |  | — |
Operating leases |  | 65.6 |  |  | — |
Interest rate swap |  | 23.0 |  |  | — |
Pension liabilities |  | 11.1 |  |  | 10.2 |
Accrued lease obligation—long-term |  | — |  |  | 33.7 |
Other |  | 18.0 |  |  | 11.7 |
|  | $ | 303.2 |  |  | $ | 162.4 |

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