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Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 26, 2015

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Analysis of the components of income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and the related provision for income taxes

The components of income from continuing operations before income taxes and the related provision for income taxes are presented below:

	Fiscal Year
	2015				2014				2013
	(in thousands)
Income from continuing operations before income taxes:
U.S.	$	76,157			$	71,002			$	39,900
Non-U.S.	119,271				106,593				98,427
	$	195,428			$	177,595			$	138,327
Income tax provision:
Current:
Federal	23,687				13,733				10,832
Foreign	8,572				20,364				18,370
State	6,819				4,746				4,240
Total current	39,078				38,843				33,442
Deferred:
Federal	1,790				12,982				5,468
Foreign	3,064				(4,672		)		(6,431		)
State	(541		)		518				432
Total deferred	4,313				8,828				(531		)
	$	43,391			$	47,671			$	32,911

Schedule of net deferred taxes

The components of deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:

	December 26, 2015				December 27, 2014
	(in thousands)
Deferred tax assets:
Compensation	$	55,259			$	49,702
Accruals and reserves	8,941				7,061
Inventory reserves and valuations	2,022				1,940
Financing related	902				993
Net operating loss and credit carryforwards	35,233				39,927
Other	2,593				4,426
Valuation allowance	(6,112		)		(5,866		)
Total deferred tax assets:	98,838				98,183
Deferred tax liabilities:
Goodwill and other intangibles	(73,208		)		(52,029		)
Depreciation related	(23,664		)		(23,549		)
Investments in limited partnerships	(3,570		)		(4,067		)
Foreign withholding taxes	(6,590		)		—
Total deferred tax liabilities:	(107,032		)		(79,645		)
Net deferred taxes	$	(8,194	)		$	18,538

Reconciliation of statutory U.S. federal income tax rate to effective tax rates

Reconciliations of the statutory U.S. Federal income tax rate to effective tax rates are as follows:

	Fiscal Year
	2015			2014			2013
U.S. statutory income tax rate	35.0	%		35.0	%		35.0	%
Foreign tax rate differences	(8.6	)%		(9.4	)%		(8.0	)%
State income taxes, net of Federal tax benefit	1.9	%		1.9	%		1.6	%
Research tax credits and enhanced deductions	(2.6	)%		(4.1	)%		(6.6	)%
Enacted tax rate changes	(1.5	)%		—	%		(0.4	)%
Impact of tax uncertainties	(5.2	)%		(0.7	)%		1.0	%
Foreign withholding taxes	3.4	%		—	%		—	%
Impact of acquisitions and restructuring	(2.0	)%		1.6	%		0.2	%
Other	1.8	%		2.5	%		1.0	%
	22.2	%		26.8	%		23.8	%

Reconciliation of unrecognized income tax benefits

A reconciliation of the Company’s beginning and ending unrecognized income tax benefits is as follows:

	Fiscal Year
	2015				2014				2013
	(in thousands)
Beginning balance	$	34,627			$	18,475			$	30,996
Additions to tax positions for current year	2,362				1,700				2,009
Additions to tax positions for prior years	3,028				18,502				1,709
Reductions to tax positions for current year	—				—				—
Reductions to tax positions for prior years	(3,991		)		(3,722		)		(732		)
Settlements	(1,946		)		(308		)		(15,246		)
Expiration of statute of limitations	(10,742		)		(20		)		(261		)
Ending balance	$	23,338			$	34,627			$	18,475

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Tabular disclosure of income before income tax between domestic and foreign jurisdictions and the components of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for each year presented including, but not limited to: current tax expense (benefit), deferred tax expense (benefit), investment tax credits, government grants, the benefits of operating loss carryforwards, tax expense that results from allocating certain tax benefits either directly to contributed capital or to reduce goodwill or other noncurrent intangible assets of an acquired entity, adjustments of a deferred tax liability or asset for enacted changes in tax laws or rates or a change in the tax status of the entity, and adjustments of the beginning-of-the-year balances of a valuation allowance because of a change in circumstances that causes a change in judgment about the realizability of the related deferred tax asset in future years.

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Tabular disclosure of the components of net deferred tax asset or liability recognized in an entity's statement of financial position, including the following: the total of all deferred tax liabilities, the total of all deferred tax assets, the total valuation allowance recognized for deferred tax assets.

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Tabular disclosure of the reconciliation using percentage or dollar amounts of the reported amount of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for the year to the amount of income tax expense that would result from applying domestic federal statutory tax rates to pretax income from continuing operations.

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