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Dividends
9 Months Ended
Jun. 29, 2013
Dividends [Abstract]  
Dividends

G. DIVIDENDS

 

The Company paid cash dividends of $0.165 for each share of Class A Common Stock and $0.15 for each share of Class B Common Stock on October 25, 2012 to stockholders of record on October 11, 2012.  On December 7, 2012, the Company declared a special dividend of $0.66 per share of Class A Common Stock and $0.60 per share of Class B Common Stock payable on December 31, 2012 to shareholders of record on December 21, 2012.  The Company paid cash dividends of $0.165 for each share of Class A Common Stock and $0.15 for each share of Class B Common Stock on December 31, 2012 to stockholders of record on December 21, 2012.  This dividend normally would have been declared and paid in January 2013.

 

The Company paid cash dividends of $0.165 for each share of Class A Common Stock and $0.15 for each share of Class B Common Stock on April 25, 2013 to stockholders of record on April 11, 2013.

 

For additional information regarding the dividend rights of the Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock, please see Note 8, “Stockholders’ Equity” to the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on December 26, 2012.