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Stockholders' Equity
 12 Months Ended
Oct. 02, 2020
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]  
Stockholders' Equity STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:
On August 6, 2019, the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") authorized a new share repurchase program providing for purchases up to $200.0 million of Aramark common stock through July 2022. During fiscal 2020, the Company completed a repurchase of 0.3 million shares of its common stock for $6.5 million under this program. During fiscal 2019, the Company completed a repurchase of 1.6 million shares of its common stock for $50.0 million under the fiscal 2017 share repurchase program, which expired on February 1, 2019. In accordance with Amendment No. 9 to the Credit Agreement entered into during the third quarter of fiscal 2020, the Company cannot make any future share repurchases as long as the covenant compliance waiver remains in effect (see Note 5).
Additionally under the covenant compliance waiver, in order to pay dividends of up to $29.0 million per quarter, the Company must maintain a minimum liquidity of $600.0 million at all times during such quarter. To the extent the Company's liquidity falls below $600.0 million in any quarter, the Company's dividend payments would be limited to $10.0 million for such quarter which would be substantially less than the amount of dividends the Company has historically paid.
The following table presents the Company's cash dividend payments to its stockholders (in millions):
October 2, 2020September 27, 2019September 28, 2018
Dividend payments$110.9 $108.4 $103.1 
On November 16, 2020, the Board declared a $0.11 dividend per share of common stock, payable on December 8, 2020, to shareholders of record on the close of business on December 1, 2020.
The Company has 100.0 million shares of preferred stock authorized, with a par value of $0.01 per share. At October 2, 2020 and September 27, 2019, zero shares of preferred stock were issued or outstanding.
During fiscal 2020, MR BridgeStone Advisor LLC (“Mantle Ridge”), on behalf of itself and its affiliated funds (such funds, together with Mantle Ridge, collectively, the “Mantle Ridge Group”), transferred cash proceeds of $14.8 million to the Company to fulfill obligations deriving from the short-swing profit provisions of Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These obligations related to the Mantle Ridge Group's trading activity in the Company's common stock. The cash proceeds were recorded to "Capital Surplus" on the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of October 2, 2020 and are reflected in "Other financing activities" on the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the fiscal year ended October 2, 2020. The cash proceeds resulted in the Company recording an income tax provision of $4.1 million in the Consolidated Statements of (Loss) Income for the fiscal year ended of October 2, 2020.